FABULOUS FOUNDER'S DAY 2015

Beta Iota celebrated our 21st Founder's Day on January 31! Beta Iota commemorated this milestone with a wonderful Vegas-themed event hosted by social chairs Katie McLellan and Krissy Dilger.

Krissy and Katie 

Alpha Rho class 

Alpha Xi class

During the event our President, David Friedhoff, presented the annual State of the Chapter address, which updated Brothers on Chapter accomplishments.

David addressing the Chapter

In tradition, we congratulated Mr. PSP, Jarrett Forkey, and Mrs. PSP, Rachel Podell, for their hard-work and dedication to our Chapter.

Rachel and Jarrett 

On behalf of Beta Iota, thank you to the Brothers who helped make this new Founder's Day tradition a success!

Alpha Tau class winning big

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Katie McLellan

 Senior majoring in Logistics

If you were to make a time capsule from the past year, what 3 things would you put into it?

• A picture of my Alpha (b)Rhos at Founders Day last year because I just love them so much, and they’ve been a huge part of my year. I would also put the ornament I have with all my roommates names on it. Finally, I would put movie ticket stubs and the mini golf scorecard from different dates with the biff (Zach Oberlander).

If you were president, what is the first thing you would do?

• I would make Bachelor mandatory to watch so Cati Pachmayer would be happy because that is my most important priority.

If you could live in any period in history, when would it be?

• 1920’s because it just seems like fun with the dancing and all that jazz.

What’s the best gift you’ve ever given and why?

• The picture I took with my brothers with Santa like 3 years ago for my parents. Because my parents cried, and what says winning gift more than making someone cry?

Rachel Podell

Senior majoring in Health Sciences

If you were to make a time capsule from the past year, what 3 things would you put into it?

• Three things I would put in my time capsule: rocks from Jerusalem to remind me of my trip to Israel, a picture of my family, and my grandmothers blueberry pie recipe because this past summer she taught me how to make blueberry pie!

If you were president, what is the first thing you would do?

• If I was president the first thing I would do is give everyone equal access to good healthcare.

If you could live in any period in history, when would it be?

• I would want to live in the 1920's because I love swing dance and swing music. Also it was before WWII and the great depression so things were probably pretty good back then.

What’s the best gift you’ve ever given and why?

• The best gift I've ever given was a picture book made from iPhoto for my mom for her 50th birthday. She absolutely loves it and still keeps it on display to this day.

Spring 2015 Pinning

Welcome Alpha Upsilon!

Last week we welcomed our newest initiate class, Alpha Upsilon, to the Beta Iota chapter. After an exciting rush season with many new practices and protocols in place for the chapter's recruitment process, we're proud and happy to have 19 new additions!

The pinning ceremony took place in the Union. Pictured above is everyone's favorite part-- the Big reveal!

From left to right: Mrinali Sethi, Katie Duff, Marissa Ajamian, Jenny Boughton and Jenny Lee. Mrinali and Katie are Marissa's Bigs!

As tradition, Brothers celebrated the new class after the ceremony at El Vaquero. We're looking forward to watching Alpha Upsilon grow through the initiate process and become full members of Beta Iota!

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Lauren Knauss 

Second year majoring in Accounting

What is your dream job and why?

• Still considering my options, but at the moment a tax lawyer at a hospital!

What was the best meal you’ve ever eaten and where was it?

• I LOVE food and trying new food. But my favorite kind of food is Lebanese food from a small family owned restaurant in my hometown. Its fresh made pita bread and homemade hummus is my favorite!

What’s the earliest memory you can remember?

• Disney when I was four. I got pneumonia halfway through our trip and was miserable, but my Cinderella nightgown made it all better. I got my first puppy the day we got home from Disney too so it was an exciting time.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

• Being comfortable is the most dangerous thing you can be in life. Amazing things happen when you step outside of your comfort zones and experience new things.This is advice that my older sister, Shelby gave me when I was making my decision about where to go to college.

Krissy Dilger

Fourth year majoring in Criminology and Psychology 

What is your dream job and why?

• I would love to work for the FBI as a criminal investigator.  I think it would be an interesting job that would always keep me on my toes and provide me with new and challenging puzzles to solve.

What was the best meal you’ve ever eaten and where was it?

• I don't really know if this was the best meal ever, because there have been a lot of great ones, but it's the first one to come to mind. I had paella at a restaurant in Barcelona, Spain.  The seafood was the freshest I have ever had because the restaurant was on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It was amazing!

What’s the earliest memory you can remember?

• My earliest memory is of Story Book Forest, which is a theme park in Pennsylvania for young children.  I remember all the characters walking around from the fairy tales I learned about as a kid.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

• You regret more what you don't do in your life than the things you do and fail at. So as long as you try, there's nothing to be afraid of.

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Matt Boberek

Fourth year majoring in Health Sciences

Whats the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? 

• I honest to God do not have a solid answer for this question. I'm not really big on trying any crazy new foods, and I despise spicy foods, so I will always order meals at restaurants where I know everything that's in it. Any other answer that I would give that I think is weird would probably just be embarrassing for me. 

If you could be a fly on the wall somewhere, where would it be and why?

• I think that it would be pretty great to travel to a part of the world that has been completely untouched or undiscovered yet, if that place even exists. So many years ago, there was so many things that people never had the opportunity to explore, and now with all of the new technology we are basically desensitized to any new thing. The paradox to this is that if I ever found a place like this, me visiting it would destroy its value because it's now been discovered by people, so being a fly to see it would be the way to go.

When you were little, what did you want to be and why?

• When I was a lot younger, I was always obsessed with Jeff Corwin. If you don't know who that is then you were deprived as a child, but he ran his own show on Animal Planet where he basically traveled the world on someone else's dime and then found animals and spit out facts about them. He was the coolest cat of the 90s, so being him was always the dream. 

Who would play you in a movie about your life and why?

• I always ask people what my celebrity doppelgänger is and no one is ever able to give me a decent answer to it. My cousins once told me that I look a little like Andrew Garfield (the guy from the new Spiderman series or The Social Network), so I guess I'll have to go with that unless anyone tells me otherwise. 

Moriah Lieberman

Third year majoring in Political Science

Whats the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? 

• I used to eat mayonnaise plain.  

If you could be a fly on the wall somewhere, where would it be and why?

• The Daily Show writers room.  I would get to listen to funny, intelligent people talk about politics all day and be able to laugh without having the pressure of social interaction.  

When you were little, what did you want to be and why?

• I wanted to be a supreme court justice when I was in 4th grade.  I can’t actually remember why. I’m guessing that we were learning about the set up of the government, and I like the idea that the Supreme Court gets to deliver justice to the whole nation (at least in theory).

Who would play you in a movie about your life and why?

• Amy Poehler.  Not because we’re alike but because she would make me seem like I was a funny person, which is my secret dream.