Welcome Freshmen
A new year and another class of freshmen have walked through Kettering's doors. We, the brothers of Delta Tau Delta, welcome you all to making a great decision in attending Kettering University. We also welcome you to visit our house and experience our brotherhood.
We are currently hosting many formal rush events that are posted on our calendar. Last week, we had a great showing for Monday Night Football, Sports Night, and with the Flint Generals. If you haven't come out, we are still getting together for Monday Night Football with wings and great food. Casino Night is on the 24th and is one of our best events. We welcome anyone and everyone.
Oktoberfest had a great showing at the beginning of the term and both of the bands were amazing. We hope to continue to provide a great Oktoberfest in the future.
Class is Back in Session
It's been two weeks since the term has started and everyone is still catching up with people we haven't seen in three months. Our minds are set on furthering our grade point average, bringing back the Greek/Dean's Cup and winning the Hugh Shields Award again.
Several freshmen have been initiated as pledges in the fraternity for this term. They will have to take weekly quiz's that test their knowledge of our history. They will also learn what it really means to be a delt over the next few weeks.
The house is also undergoing a lot of development right now, with the volleyball court being the most noticeable revision of all. This coming weekend, everyone in the house will be participating in fixing up a part of the house as well. Pictures will be up soon.
Going Medieval on Education
For the recent exhibit on medieval weaponry, the Flint Children's Museum turned to Kettering students for help. Never one to miss the opportunity to destroy something, for a good cause of course, senior Shane Finneran decided to build the largest display. Joined by Denny McDaniel, Steve Aiuto, and other Delts, with unrestricted size requirements, they designed and built an 8' high trebuchet, with a 10' throwing arm, and an adjustable counterweight capable of handling over 400lbs. For comparison, the next largest catapult to be displayed was about 3' tall with the arm extended and threw tennis balls.
When the demonstration day came, they realized they might have gone slightly overboard, as the display had no chance of actually fitting into the museum. Instead they opted to setup across the road over DTM's field, where the siege engine hurled everything from soccer balls, to pumpkins and chunks of stone. Children showed up throughout the day to watch the destruction, and all seemed to love the exploding pumpkins.
The launching of a pumpkin:
Semi-Formal at Frankenmuth
This semester's semi-formal was spent at the Bavarian Inn in Frankenmuth. We rented buses for the trip up and we were able to spend time together on the way there and back.
Here are a few people at dinner. In the picture is Tim Moyer and Stephanie who have recently been engaged.
Tim Eden won the award for best grades last term. Rob Boothe won the most improved grades award.
Tim Eden presented Joe Walker with the Good Delt Award.
