Lambda Chi Alpha — Pi Lambda Zeta

AP (St. Louis, MO) - For the second time in five years, the Pi-Lambda Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha has won the St. Louis College of Pharmacy Organization of the Year Award. Presented tonight at the STLCOP Top100 Dinner, several Brothers were on hand for the award presentation. “I couldn’t believe it when I heard it. I was so surprised and happy at the same time,” said James Houpt, 5th year.

The Award which is sponsored by Shop N’ Save Pharmacy comes with a $1,000 stipend which will come in handy as budgets get tighter every year. “We’ll definitely put this money to good use. We have a Brotherhood Retreat coming up, so that will allow us to put our minds together to find the best way to use this money in our community with some going to charity and perhaps a little bit for a rainy day. I’ve the the joy-joy down in my heart!” said Brian Scholfield, 3rd year and Chapter President.

Pi-Lambda Zeta last won the Organization of the Year Award in 2004 under the watchful eyes of High Alpha Brandon Eldridge. “It was a different time then,” said Eldridge, 5th year, “There was 19 of us when we won the award, and we all lived in the dorms. I’m proud that the tradition of winning [and rocking out] continues.”

On April 24, 2008 the Brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha Pi-Lambda Zeta held the Inaugural Watermelon Bash on the St. Louis College of Pharmacy Campus in the Central West End of St. Louis, Missouri.

The Watermelon Bash was held to raise money and non-perishable food for Lambda Chi Alpha’s International Philanthropic Event, the North American Food Drive, held every November. The NAFD was first held in 1993 and to-date has raised more than 27 million pounds of food for needy families across North America. The event is the largest single-day philanthropic event held by a collegiate organization ever. The proceeds of the Bash went to the Arnold Food Pantry.

Through the hard work and effort of everyone
involved, Lambda Chi Alpha raised 6,015 pounds of food!

In addition to the success of the Watermelon Bash, the Brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha were visited by KTVI - Fox 2’s TIM EZELL (Tim’s Travels) . Tim arrived on campus at 7am and a “Mock” Watermelon Bash was held with a Live Feed directly to the morning news show in the St. Louis Area. You can view all THREE Videos HERE. Or, all three videos are embedded below (and on YouTube).

Everyone that attended the Watermelon Bash is requested to fill out a short Survey about the days events.

Congratulations to the 2007-2008 Award Winners which were announced at the annual WHITE ROSE FORMAL on April 11, 2008.

Brother of the Year == Brian Scholfield
Internal Brother of the Year == Will Call
External Brother of the Year == Jason Wang
Academic Brother of the Year == Chad Kay
Alumnus of the Year == Justin Browne
Dedicated Brothers of the Year == Jason Wang and Brandon Eldridge
The Nick “99″ Dryer Intramural Athlete of the Year == Patrick Davis
The Chris Koentz Most Beautiful Brother of the Year == Chris Koentz
Bro Chi of the Year == Nick “99″ Dryer

The Executive Committee of Pi-Lambda Zeta would also like to thank the members of the “Extreme Action Crew” which took care of recycling throughout the STLCOP Dorms prior to each week’s meeting: Nick Dryer (chair), Scott Nelson, Adam Bohn, Brian Scholfield, Chad Kay, Chris Koentz, and Jason Wang.

Hey there,

After talking with the High Phis from local Missouri Universities, I have the initiation dates for all 4 of us.

Mizzou   Friday, February 8th
SEMO     Friday, April 18th
StLCoP   Friday, April 25th
Drury    Friday, May 2nd

As far as the High Tech side goes, I updated the new officers to reflect the most recent elections.  I changed the Event calendar and exam schedule to Excell files, but I have to fill in the blanks with our events.  I updated our chapter’s contact info (PO box, new High Alpha, chapter’s email address) and the files for download to show the new semester.  I plan on changing our poll soon as well.

In ZAX,

Adam Bohn
PL 39
High Phi
High Tech

From the office of High Tech:

I’ve fixed and updated some things.  Files for Download is restructured and files are updated (by-laws, family trees, greek council by-laws, etc).  I fixed the polls so that the archive works properly now.  After elections this Sunday, I’ll update officers.

During Christmas break (especially after the High Zeta Retreat), I’ll be making some changes - changing both the calendar’s format and the events on it for next semester, updating the past events, a possible updating of the theme, and whatever comes up.  I ask that anyone that has comments, questions, constructive criticism for the website, from within and between the Zetas and passerbys, email me at abohn@stlcop.edu and I’ll take a look-see at how I can’t make an improvement.

In ZAC,

Bohn
High Tech
PL 39

I just want to say congratulations to the Associate Members for bringing home 2nd place (our best finish since the historic 2004 skit) in the 2007 St. Louis College of Pharmacy Variety Show (with a little help from Brother’s Nick Dryer and Brian Scholfield). You guys did absolutely amazing. It was the funniest, most intricate display of interpretive dance that I’ve ever seen. We also must put our hands together for the ladies of Lambda Kappa Sigma for putting on the most creative and difficult act I’ve ever seen. Rewriting an entire song with such on-point lyrics was quite a feat.

 Adam Bohn and I will get the video up for the world to see as soon as possible.

ATTENTION VISITORS AND LAMBDA CHI’S FROM OTHER ZETAS: Do you know of a Lambda Chi that is buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetary south of St. Louis? If you do, please shoot me an email at beldridge@stlcop.edu - We are attempting to get together a list of names together so we may periodically pay our respects to our departed Brothers and appropriately decorate their graves/headstones with a few white roses.

In ZAX,
Brandon Eldridge
Pi-Lambda 001

Hello all, Chris Koentz here, your resident Most Beautiful Brother. I just wanted to let the entire interweb know that I appreciate your votes at last years award ceremony in bringing me my second MBB win in two years. With out all of “u” there would be no beautiful. I wake up every day and think why do I have to be beautiful today? It is because I have to live up to my title. I hope all of my supporters will continue to back me in my campaign for three in a row. Thank you all once again, you stay beautiful LXA!

Chris Koentz - Pi Lambda 33

Most Beautiful Brother ‘06,’07

Hello.  My name is Patrick Harper… and I’m addicted to Lamba Chi Alpha.

I’m doing my best not to let it consume me to the point that I completely ignore other facets of my life.  School for one.  But when I ran for the office of High Kappa I never in my wildest dreams imagined that it would get into my blood like this.  And the new Kappa, AM, and Big Brother manuals that HQ put out as part of the True Brother initiative are like Kappa Crack Cocaine.  I can’t put them down! 

See, here’s the thing.  At first I expected to have a dozen or so AMs to educate on the history of Lambda Chi Alpha.  I was going to give them what they needed, teach them the creed, show them the crest, go through the timeline and then shuffle them off to Initiation and call it a day.  Now I realize my duty is to instill the ideals of this blessed Brotherhood into sixty young men so that every minute of every day the actions of every Brother shine with the immutable principles on which we were founded and on which we still stand today.  The time has come to truly make good men great, and great men excellent.

So… I gotta go.  I’ve got programming to plan and lesson plans to write.  There’s manuals to be read and meetings to schedule.  I need dates, times, locations, speakers.  No time to waste, we’ve got leaders to mold boys!  I’ve got a Brotherhood in one hand, fourteen great possibilities in the other, a Ped. under one arm, a lamp under the other, a world full of stress, a mind full of ideas, and a heart full of fire.  It’s time to Do Work!

And in the words of Brother Chesney…  I’ve never wanted nothing more!

Patrick Harper - ΠΛ 21

High Kappa

Lambda Chi has taught me more than I expected. I never would have been involved on and off campus and involved in caritable events had it not been for Lambda Chi. Lambda Chi has taught me a ton of leadership skills.

In ZAX,
Max Wittler
Pi Lambda 5