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OVING everything in the dead of winter can be like a bad dream. And for the men of THETA CHI, the move became a week long nightmare on Elm Street - 620 Elm Street, that is. Before the move actually occured, members recruited 13 men, swelling the size of the pledge class from seven to 20. According to Dave Barton, house president, this caused slight living difficulties prior to moving into their new and larger home. " Because our old house couldn't accommodate as many as 37 people, it was uncomfortable for some guys since they had to sleep in the living room," he said. "Fortunately, our new house can hold enough people so our chapter membership will never go below 40 men." Construction on their new chapter house was completed the final week of January. Barton said members stumbled back and forth between their
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new house, carrying things like stereos, computers and gigantic boxes of clothing. To celebrate their move, the 37 inhabitants held an open house bash on January 31. Nearly 350 people, including several university officals, toured the new building, Barton said. In addition, a formal dedication was held on April 4. On hand were Theta Chi national President George T. Kilivos, university President Richard Gibb and other officials. Barton felt strongly that the new house got people's attention, thereby attracting new people to join. "People didn't pledge Theta Chi just because of the new house. They came here because they like the guys here. The house simply got us noticed," he said. While the Theta Chis recovered from moving, the men of BORAH HALL were handling a nightmare of their own. Imagine yourself in a
room, watching Julia Child prepare your dinner with a blowtorch. Welcome to the "Happy Kitchen Show," where the Borah Hall Happy Chef fixes your very own GDI Week meals with the Vandalmatic, the biggest sledgehammer you have ever seen. The skit won first place for the Borah team, and helped the hall to eventually take first place overall for GDI Week. Hall members chugged beers, tossed kegs, and dragged opposing tug-of-war teams past the marker to sweet victory for a second year in a row. For their efforts, they won a shared cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene Victory, however, did not come at all, much less sweetly, in their annual Softball Tournamen t benefiting Child Find, an organization that locates missing children. "We were right there in the cellar,'' said Mark McMulkin, hall president. "We haven't won a game in the three years we've done this." BORAH HALL
,, PEOPLE didn't pledge Theta Chi just because of the new house. - Dave Barton
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Front Row: John Bischoff, Dave Price, Darin Spallnger, Steve Adolph, Brad Pollard, Kevin Warner, Doug John· son, Brad Backlin, Cary Nukaya, Steve Frisbie. Second Row: Toha Hasan, Will Stratton, Mike Fleming, Ray Horton, Bart Bowne, Tra· cy Gudgel, Mike Carlson, Russ Braymer, Scott Strobl, John Emig, Will Halstud, Sam Biby, Sammy Nishex, Mike Green, Bob Stratton, Bruce Hedemark. Back Row: Robert O'Malley, Steve Lee, Mark Amick, Dallas Crandall, Mike Dinneen, Jeff Miller, Eric Askerman, Eric Boyer, Eric Remaley, Jason Woodie, Vem Hansen, Robert Kovaleski , Bruce Chinich, Brian Kirkland, Dan Akins, James Show· ers, Mark McMulkin, Casey Gudgel, Kevin Graf.
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