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The Delta - Illuminating a Path |
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Brother Bill Courtney (Mississippi) just wanted to coach football again. But when his life intersected with the players on one of the worst high school teams in the State of Tennessee, he
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The Delta - "I love you guys. I'm sorry about everything." |
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...Feature
No parent can imagine losing a child. But Don Hooton (Louisiana-Lafayette) came face-to-face with such tragedy ten years ago. He’s been fighting ever since for the lives of other young peo
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The Delta - Entrepreneur at Heart |
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In the midst of the economic downturn, Jessie Rodriguez (Cal Poly-Pomona) sold 2,500 homes in the last five years. He’s been recognized nationally for his tremendous career success, but no
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The Delta - A Leader Among Legends |
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Pat Riley is a man of his craft. He has won NBA championships as a player, coach and, most recently, as Miami Heat team president, a post he’s held since leaving the head coaching position
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The Delta - Rebuilding Moore |
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Rebuilding Moore
By the time footage of a horrific tornado reached the airwaves Brothers from three different chapters in Oklahoma were already leading the rebuilding effort in their comm
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The Delta - Valor in Action |
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...Perspectives on Our Past
What is “valor”? It’sa word we’re all familiar with; in fact it’s used in our ritual. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “great courage in the face of danger, e
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The Delta - Q and A with Joe Gilman |
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...Q and A with Joe Gilman
Interview
Past Regent and current Educational Foundation Board of Directors Chairman Joe Gilman (Morehead State/Georgia) shares his thoughts on hazing prevention, the trai
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The Delta - Ants Marching |
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...Ants Marching?
Psychology
A study about ant colonies reveals a possible exception to the wisdom of crowds.
By Nathaniel Clarkson
[image: Ants Marching]
It’s generally assumed that groups make
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The Delta - Letter from the Editor |
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...Undefeated by Circumstances
Letter from the Editor
Our cover story “Illuminating a Path” was a couple of years in the making. Story development began in February 2012, a few days before the Acade
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The Delta - Chapter News |
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...Chapter News
Chapter News
Akron
Brothers from the Kappa Lambda Chapter gathered this July for the annual alumni and active golf scramble. The brothers played 18 holes and concluded with a cook
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The Delta - Gamma Zeta Fall 2013 News |
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...Gamma Zeta Wins Oregon Greek Awards
Chapter News
[image: Oregon Chapter Awards]
Gamma Zeta brothers showing off the chapter's recent awards. The awards included Fraternity Man of the Year, Presi
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The Delta - Gamma Beta Fall 2013 News |
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...Gamma Beta Colony Launches at Northwestern
Chapter News
The Gamma Beta Colony was recolonized in the earliest months of 2013. It could be said that the Alpha class came together in opposition to
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The Delta - Mu Chi Fall 2013 News |
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...Lynchburg Brothers Donate to Tornado Relief
Chapter News
Mu Chi Chapter celebrated its 10th anniversary at Lynchburg College this past spring with a series of events to commemorate this important
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The Delta - New at SigmaNuOrg |
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...New at SigmaNu.Org
New at SigmaNu.Org
Best Practices Library Updates
[image: BPL Screenshot]
The Best Practices Library underwent another update this summer. Review of chapter ideas and exam
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The Delta - Best Practices Library Updates |
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...New at SigmaNu.Org
New at SigmaNu.Org
Best Practices Library Updates
[image: BPL Screenshot]
The Best Practices Library underwent another update this summer. Review of chapter ideas and exam
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The Delta - Don't Play Doctor |
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...New at SigmaNu.Org
New at SigmaNu.Org
Don’t Play Doctor
[image: Don't Play Doctor]
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ( http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.g
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The Delta - AAB Guidelines |
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...New at SigmaNu.Org
New at SigmaNu.Org
Alumni Advisory Board Guidelines
[image: AAB Guidelines]
Alumni Advisory Boards (AABs) became a priority for Sigma Nu in 2008. Designed to advise, gui
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The Delta - Conversation - v130n1 |
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...Readers Respond to Summer 2013 Issue
Conversation
[image: Summer 2013 Cover]
Chapter News
Congratulations to the men of Gamma Upsilon at the University of Arkansas. Since the re-establishm
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The Delta - Finding the Scoop in Sochi |
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...Features
“Just two hours ago I was donating plasma. I was planning to go back to my house and relax but had to run to a suspicious package.”
Drew Bogs (Ball State) is well accustomed to the firef
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The Delta - Splitting Lanes |
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“My friend is making good money as a bartender, having the time of his life. Im working ten-hour days in a door-to-door sales job, and I said, Im doing it, Im going to be an actor.”
As D
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The Delta - A Fraternity of Men, Not Boys |
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...A Fraternity of Men, Not Boys
Bookshelf
By Scott Smith (Central Arkansas)
Michael Kimmel’s Guyland tells the (delayed) coming of age story of men in America.
Guyland cover_high resIn his book
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The Delta - Sigma Nu Authors |
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...Sigma Nu Authors
Bookshelf
The Golden Gift (The Adventures of Baxter Heavytread)
Dan Curran (UC Davis)
ASIN: B00F0WXJI8
Publisher: Dan-Yves CurranGolden Gift
Five hundred years ago, primiti
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The Delta - Conversation |
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...Reader Responses
Conversation
Readers response to the Fall 2013 issue featuring Bill Courtney and the Undefeated documentary.
Another excellent edition of the best fraternity magazine in the i
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The Delta - v130n2 - Letter from the Editor |
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...Hard Work Pays Off
Letter from the Editor
Despite a late-season surge, Eli and the Giants fell short of making the playoffs this year, but that didn’t stop another Sigma Nu from stealing the show
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The Delta - v130n2 - New at SigmaNuOrg |
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...New at SigmaNu.Org
New at SigmaNu.Org
Best Practices Library for Alumni
The Best Practices Library for Alumni is designed to give specific examples of how Sigma Nu chapters have achieved excel
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The Delta - v130n2 - Fowler Fountain |
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...The Fowler Fountain
Updates from Lexington
By Ben Nye (Arkansas)
The Fowler Fountain has stood watch over the back patio of the Headquarters Shrine for nearly 45 years. Added as part of the ex
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The Delta - v130n2 - Visitors to Lexington |
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...Visitors to Lexington
Updates from Lexington
The Epsilon Mu Chapter (Butler) takes a fall pilgrimage.
Candidates of the Gamma Alpha Chapter (Georgia Tech) visiting the Headquarters Shrine.
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The Delta - v130n2 - Chapter News |
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Chapter News
Chapter & Alumni News
Akron
The men of the Kappa Lambda Chapter have been very busy this semester. Halfway through the semester, the brothers have completed 268.5 community ser
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The Delta - v130n2 - Alumni News |
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...Alumni News
Chapter & Alumni News
Alumnus Inducted in Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Former University of Houston head basketball coach from 1956-1986 Guy V. Lewis (Houston) was ind
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The Delta - v130n2 - Chapter Eternal |
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...Chapter Eternal
Chapter & Alumni News
Former Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (Stetson) entered Chapter Eternal on September 10, 2013, at the age of 74. Brother Shaw was the former mayor of Fort Lau
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The Delta - v130n2 - Higher Education |
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...MOOCS: Significant Disruptor or a Fleeting Curiosity?
Higher Education
By Ben Nye (Arkansas)
The familiar image of a room with rows of students at their desks and a professor at the front delive
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The Delta - v130n2 - Perspectives on our Past |
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...History, Tradition and Heroes
Perspectives on Our Past
By Grand Historian Bob McCully (San Diego State)
Is history important? Is it worth using limited resources to preserve? Does anybody rea
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The Delta - Interview |
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...5 Questions with Division Commander of the Year Dr. Jamison Keller (Cal State San Bernardino)
Interview
Division Commander of the Year Jamison Keller reflects on his Sigma Nu story, what it tak
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The Delta - The Power of Quality |
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...Features
Bill Watson (Stetson) can trace his interest in real estate back to one of his business professors who had a special skill for getting students excited about real estate. “He created so m
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The Delta - The Hunger Games |
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...Features
If you’ve never watched Cutthroat Kitchen until now the Food Network’s hit show is perhaps best summarized by one former contestant: “Cutthroat Kitchen is so much harder than you think it
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The Delta - Taming the Data Beast |
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Interview by Spencer Montgomery (South Florida)
As of October, 2014, DataRank had been in its new office in Fayetteville, Ark., for a month. The office is modestly furnished, and has f
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The Delta - An Authentic Shave |
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...Features
Interview by Markus Jones (Southern Mississippi)
Photos courtesy of Harry’s
Andy Katz-Mayfield (Duke) waited patiently for a drug store attendant to unlock the display case holding ra
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The Delta - Culture Built on Ethics |
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...Features
Photos by Matt May Photography
Starting a company from the ground up gave Les Muma the opportunity to create the organizational culture he wanted – a culture built around sound busines
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