Feb '06 News

Oswego State Phi Tau's (BCC)
Copy: Phi Kappa Tau National staff, Oswego Alumni Association
**Rob Cerame – please forward to all Undergraduate Brothers (not sure if my list is 100% accurate)

Welcome to the February 2006 PKT-EH report.

In this month's report:
1) News for alumni and news from alumni brothers (11 entries)
2) News from the Undergraduate Chapter/Oswego State
3) News from Phi Kappa Tau HQ
4) February birthdays (14)
4b) Need your help with missing birthdates
5) February anniversaries (1)
6) PKT-EH website

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1) News for alumni and from alumni brothers

a) Ciro "Jerry" Vitiello - jerry@cjsmtnparadise.com (Zeta, SP '91) wrote:

Tell Rosen I said hello-
Go Penguins!!!!!!!!!!
No other news- working like a dog!!!!!!!

Editor's note: Rangers 3 Penguins 1

b) Brian Wrage - bwrage@hotmail.com (Alpha, Fl ’88) wrote:

The wife and two boys (ages 9 & 7) are well. I enjoy my career but let's
face it, work is for chumps. Wenzel and anyone else who became a teacher
had the right idea! I still hang w/ Wenzel but if he keeps sending everyone
those freak e-mails, I swear he is going to get locked up. Oh yeah, I just
gave up and shaved my head. A recent picture of me showed that I had both a
mohawk and a mullet at the same time -no good. Plus, when your son draws
you a picture of Dracula and says "No Daddy, that's you!", you know you're
in trouble. Thanks for sending the monthly out, it is always a kick to
catch up on people, even if it's just a blurb.

Regards,
Brian Wrage

c) Stephen Rupprecht - scoop@alumni.oswego.edu (Zeta, Sp 91) and Mike Rosengarten – mikerosengarten@yahoo.com (Alpha, Fl 88) ran into Craig Asteicher - Craig.Astreicher@sungard.com (Zeta, Sp ’91) at the NY Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins game at MSG on 2/1. Rosen was pissed when he found out Craig was in the Verizon skybox while he sat in Section 402.

d) Joe Condon – jccondon@hotmail.com (Zeta, Sp 91) wrote:

Stevie Boy,
things are good. Looking forward to an exciting Super Bowl. Say hi to Rosen
and get back to me with where his hair line is at and that I hope to see him
in June at the Stadium ( if we are still on for this date) Lock me in for 2
tickets if we are and keep me posted.

Went to the Poconos last weekend with three other couples and stayed at one
of the Ceasar Resorts. Great time! Heading to Disney World in April. We're
driving it, should be challenging, but fun.
Everyone on my end is healthy and enjoying the mild winter as we look
forward to spring.

Talk to you soon.

Joe

e) P. Scott Cole pscole@mac.com (Delta, Sp 90) wrote in with an awesome write up about life in China. SEE THE ATTACHED MESSAGE – a good read for those of us who know P. Scott.

f) Anthony Trapani - phrenocon@aol.com (Rho, Fl 96) wrote:

I'm closing on my condo in florida this month. And Taking my Florida's Broker's License Test later this month or early March. Planning on meeting up with Evan Sonne to check out his casa ala "Thunder" in hot spot Pt. St. Lucie.

g) Greg Bramman - gregbramman@hotmail.com (Omicron, Fl 95) wrote:

Hey Scoop -
I'm doing well. I've been working at an affiliate marketing company called
LinkShare in Manhattan for the past year and half. I'm living in Brooklyn
with my girlfriend.

Still see a lot of the guys quite often. Demian the BallBag Wolters, Doug
Cassidy, John Deely, Jimmy Galvin, Joe Tocci and Paul Ferguson. Dan Reilly
is out in Chicago but we usually see him a couple of times a year.
Mike Casale was up from Florida a couple of months ago. I hadn't seen him
in years but he's doing well. He was talking about possibly making a move
back to New York.

Thanks for putting these newsletters together - I really enjoy reading them
every month.

Hey Justin Butman - if you'r reading this - drop me a line brotha!
Take care everyone.

h) Tim Jensen - timmyjensen@yahoo.com (Sigma, Sp 97) wrote:

Scoop,
I just moved out to Las Vegas Thanksgiving weekend. I
couldn't deal with the snow anymore. I'm working at
the Greater Nevada Auto Auction, and everything is
going great. Anyone is welcome to come visit and stay
at my place, I have a futon which is much cheaper than
Mandalay Bay. My cell is still 315er-567-9991.

I.F. Newton

i) Walter Fernandez - Walter.Fernandez@frx.com (Alpha, Fl 88) wrote:

Hiya Scoop !!!
My update is very quick and simple...

I've taken on a new position here at Forest Laboratories, Inc. I'm now the Senior Programmer Analyst for the MIS - Sales & Marketing dept. I'm in charge of Maintaining, Repairing and Recovering the Databases that our Sales Reps across the US access on a day to day basis for their Doctor calls/visits, their drug samples that they give to the Doctors and everything else related that call.

I'll be in Las Vegas the week of February 14th at an SAP / CRM seminar.

That's about it for me...

j) Chris D’Agostino – dondags1@yahoo.com (Pi, Sp 96) wrote:

Not too much new with me Scoop. Been with Sprint over 5 years now and just enjoying life with my girlfriend and my house. I am going out to Las Vegas in March with Joe "Shaggy" Pecora and few other friends and might run into Tim "Newton" Jensen. Hope all is well.

Dags "Mole"

k) Brian Van Zandt - brian_vt@hotmail.com (Eta, Fl 91) wrote:
Hey Scoop,
I'm out in Tahoe as I write. I got out here last Friday with my wife and 10
friends to do some snowboarding and partying. I just got back from a day of
Backcountry Snow Cat Riding. We're heading back to home on Friday. One
more day on the mountain - heading to Kirkwood tomorrow. Hope you guys had
a good time at the Rangers game.

Later,
Brian V.

**Let’s hear some news from you – please reply and share what happening with you.

2a) News from the Undergraduate Chapter – from VPAR Rob Cerame (cerame@oswego.edu)

Alumni Weekend is scheduled for the last weekend in April (28th-30th) in sunny Oswego. The weekend will include a BBQ at our new house on Johnson Road, which happens to have a big yard for athletic activities. I will also be trying to set up a mixer with a sorority if I can find another group of Alumni up that weekend. Any other ideas for activities or gatherings I should set up are welcome at cerame@oswego.edu.
$1800 was mailed to National today in order to Nationally Initiate 9 associate members. We are well on our way to making sure that all undergrads are initiated as is expected.
Having our 11 new guys on campus along with a couple other sophomores looks to be a huge advantage for us in our recruitment for this semester. This week has included mixers with DPhiE, AEPhi, and SDT, which have been great opportunities to meet perspectives.
The new Student Union/Hockey Rink in the middle of campus (next to the Quad) is really taking form. It appears as though the outside is nearly done, and I hope everyone has an opportunity to see it during Alumni Weekend.
The weather in Oswego is ridiculously mild, as is so in the rest of upstate New York, which means that we will probably have some snow hanging around for Alumni Weekend. Make sure to dress appropriately for the snowball war.

That's all for now,

Snarf

P.S. Did anyone catch interviews of well-known Phi Tau and Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman after the State of the Union? He works for the darkside, in my opinion, but its still nice to see prominent Phi Tau's in the media.

3) News from Phi Kappa Tau HQ

2 things:

You all should have received a gold postcard from a company called “Harris” and they are working to get accurate information into the upcoming Phi Kappa Tau National Directory. PLEASE be sure to call that # to verify your information.

They will ask you if you want to purchase a copy of this, and if you do, great. If not, great.

Put yourself in Phi Kappa Tau's history - literally! The Fraternity is celebrating its first great century by building a garden for all members and friends to enjoy. The garden will be adjacent to the Executive Offices in Oxford, Ohio. You can buy a brick to be placed in the garden inscribed with:

*Your Name/Nickname, info

*Your pledge class (and chapter of course)

*We can purchase one as a chapter

*other ideas???

Check out: http://www.phikappatau.org/centennial/brick.order.asp

4) Please get in touch with the following Brothers celebrating birthdays in February:

by birthday
Status2	First	Last	Class	Birthday	E-mail
Alumni	Richard	LaVoie	23-Chi	02/03/80	lavoie@axa-advisors.com
Alumni	Andrew	Sytsma	27-Alpha Beta	02/06/80	asytsma@oswego.edu
Alumni	Dan	Volles	30-Alpha Epsilon	02/06/84	volles@oswego.edu
Alumni	P. Scott	Cole	05-Delta	02/07	pscole@mac.com
Alumni	Pat	Ingram	06-Epsilon	02/07/72	patrick.ingram@kbc.be
Alumni	Craig	Astreicher	07-Zeta	02/07/72	Craig.Astreicher@sungard.com
Alumni	Stephen	Rupprecht	07-Zeta	02/09/70	scoop@alumni.oswego.edu
Alumni	Matthew	Romano	29-Alpha Delta	02/09/83	mromano1@oswego.edu
Alumni	Doug	Rose	06-Epsilon	02/15/70	drose@ci.webster.ny.us
Alumni	Steven	David	02-Alpha	02/15/70
Alumni	Michael	Pecora	14-Nu	02/21/74
Alumni	Colin	Bailey	03-Beta	02/24	sq_dog@hotmail.com
Alumni	Frank	Napolitano	10-Iota	02/28/72	FDAWG28@aol.com
Alumni	Paul	Ferguson	16-Omicron	02/28/77

**If your birthday is in February and you are not listed, it means I do not have up-to-date contact info for you. Please reply and share this with me.

4B) Attached is a list of brothers whose birthday is UNKNOWN. Can you help fill in this information?? Please take a look.

5) Please get in touch with the following brothers celebrating anniversaries in February:

First	Last	Partner	Anniv	E-mail
Norman	Bujanos	Amy Miller (DPhiE)	02/12/00	nvboo88@yahoo.com

6) Website – www.pkteh.com

That's it for February. Next report is scheduled for March 2006!

Scoop
Stephen Rupprecht '91
Graduate Council President-EH