Sunday, October 19, 2008

Been a while...update on me

These last few weeks have been ridiculously busy for me. Between tests, midterms, projects, essays, Phi Psi stuff, Music Industry Club, and now my job on the Tech team at Hunt Union, i barely have a minute for myself. As much as i may be complaining i just need to get adjusted to the schedule of a working college student. In high school i participated in few extra-curricular activities and since i came into Oneonta, i tend to try and do as much as i can to involve myself on and off campus. My new job entities basically what i do in the Music Industry Club, run live sound for bands, speakers, and presenters. The Hunt job is more official and is less complex than a MIC show but has more responsibility. At a same time i could be running a Red Dragon Theater showing, making popcorn, leveling a presenters microphone up in the Ballroom, and running back and forth to ALumi Field House to provide a huge sound setup for SUCO Funk band and famous comedian Christian Finnegan. The job definitely has its ups because i do what i did in the MIC club and now get paid and have time to do my homework on light nights. Also, we were announced that we will be sound/event staff for BOB DYLAN. November 19th at Alumni, Bob Dylan will be playing at our college. Definitely something that will be remembered for all SUCO years to come. 

Thursday, October 2, 2008

JERRY NELSON

Founder of Ticketmaster Jerry Nelson was a Phi Psi from California's UCLA. He graduated in 1948 and was part of the California Epsilon chapter. Jerry purchased our house here in Oneonta and came for a surprise visit to check out the house as well as to meet all of New York Kappa. Jerry is such a successful gentleman. He started the American Leadership Academy for Phi Psis only in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Jerry took us all out to dinner at Al Frescos for a wonderful Italian meal. Jerry was extremely inspirational and expressed his satisfaction with our chapter as well as the overall condition of the house. We are the ONLY Fraternity at SUCO with a chapter house. We will be the ONLY ones to OWN a Fraternity house for the rest of the college town history. Brother Nelson's visit was inspiring and made us all realize the strong notion that we are all Phi Psis for life!