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The True
Gentleman Gazette
Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Indiana Epsilon
Inside this issue
Chemo Buddies ....................... 2
Fall Fest ................................... 2
A Message from Chemo .......... 3
Founders Day Cookout ............ 3
Paddy Murphy Pageant ........... 4
Bike Race ................................. 4
Car Show ................................. 4
New Members ......................... 5
New Officers ............................ 5
Giving Back to SAE ................... 6
Save The Date
Founders Day Cookout and Open House: Saturday March 2nd, 2019
Paddy Murphy Philanthropy Event: Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Chemo Buddies Hope Run: Sat-urday, April 6th, 2019
Bike Race: Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Car Show: Saturday, April 27th, 2019
Graduation: Saturday, May 11th, 2019
Indiana Epsilon’s Growth By Marcus Gahagen, Indiana Epsilon Eminent Archon
Greetings from Indiana Epsilon. Hope this letter reaches you in good spirits.
First, I would like to say thank you to everyone that came to homecoming week-
end. The chapter and myself enjoyed having you and visiting with you. I am
pleased to announce that Indiana Epsilon ended last semester with a strong
academic performance as the chapter obtained a 3.15 GPA. Our GPA ranked
higher than the all-male average and the all Greek male average. Six brothers
achieved a 4.0 GPA, and an additional eight men achieved a 3.7 GPA or higher.
The men of Indiana Epsilon also produced success outside the classroom by
putting in more than 1,400 hours of community service. I am proud of my broth-
er’s efforts in classroom, on campus, and in the community. With your support,
we as a chapter are looking to build off of last semester’s successes and are ex-
cited for the spring of
2019. Thank you for
your continued support
of Indiana Epsilon.
Sincerely,
Marcus Gahagen
February 12th, 2018
INEP Brothers before Passover
Indiana Epsilon
Edited by: Ryan Freeman, Alumni Relations Chair
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Channel 14 News Story
http://
www.14news.com/2018/
10/05/university-
evansville-fraternity-
giving-all-fall-festival-
booth-proceeds-chemo-
buddies/
By Austin Hopf, Fall Fest Chair
Indiana Epsilon, once again, had a booth at the West Side Nut Club Fall Festi-
val to raise money for Chemo Buddies. Brothers took shifts selling walking
haystacks, root beer floats, dirt pudding, and apple cider. The chapter was
able to raise $2,500. Indiana Epsilon doubled its donation by participating in
Facebook’s Day of Giv-
ing, making the donation
to Chemo Buddies
$5,000. Indiana Epsilon
was recognized on Chan-
nel 14 News for our
efforts. If you are inter-
ested in seeing the news
story, you can copy the
link to the left under the
Channel 14 News Logo.
We would like to thank
all the Alumni who
stopped by our booth to
donate to Chemo Bud-
dies. We hope to see
you next year!
Chemo Buddies
Fall Fest
By Ryan Freeman, Alumni Relations
Chair
Indiana Epsilon recently began sup-
porting a new philanthropy rather
than supporting our national philan-
thropy. We now are supporting
Chemo Buddies with nationals ap-
proval. This nonprofit organization
brings goodies, blankets, hugs, and
more for all chemo patients in the tri
-state area. One of our brothers,
Torrin Madden (EA ‘17), was directly
supported by Chemo Buddies while
his mother fought breast cancer in
2016. The Chemo Buddy volunteers
were beside her during the entire
journey until she passed away. Tor-
rin asked us as a fraternity, if we
would consider changing our philan-
thropy and we were all on board.
Starting in 2017, Indiana Epsilon has
not looked back, we continue to
support Chemo Buddies since it hits
a little closer to home for our broth-
ers.
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Brothers Giving Jill from Chemo buddies a $5,000
check from Fall Fest
Bro
thers at Fall Fe
st 20
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Alumni Advisory Board
If you are interested in the
alumni advisory board,
contact:
Travis Cochren
(812) 789-6512
Jeffery Hoida
(574) 250-4689
A Message from Chemo Buddies
By Jill Kincaid, Chemo Buddies Founder
When I first heard that the young men of SAE wanted to meet with me about
potentially sponsoring Chemo Buddies, my mind flashed back to those SAE
parties in the old frat house back when I was in college. “This will be inter-
esting,” I thought. Honestly, I could not even begin to imagine how a partner-
ship like that would work, and I was a wee bit skeptical but intrigued.
But then… I met with them. And through the years of working together every
single encounter has been such a blessing. While I’m sure my guys still know
how to throw a good party, the only thing I have witnessed is a bunch of kind,
generous over achievers who really want to make a difference in this commu-
nity. They are indeed, fine young gentlemen.
The most often asked question I get from them is, “what else can we do to
help?” I could not love this group of do-gooders any more than I already do.
I’m so proud of them! Their enthusiasm and willingness to serve impresses
me and gives me such hope for the future.
Chemo Buddies is a local nonprofit that was formed after my sister passed
away from cancer in 2011. Every time we were in the chemo room, we were
writing down ideas of how to make that experience better for the folks in the
recliners going through treatment. It is my passion and my mission to make
the chemo experience a positive one for every person in treatment and we
serve at every Evansville/Newburgh and Henderson facility. In 2018, we had
over 48,000 patient contacts at the facilities where we serve.
While our workforce is completely volunteer, the things we provide for pa-
tients do cost money, and fundraising is our biggest challenge. Our SAE part-
ners have become one of our largest contributors through the car show, the
Fall Festival Booth and the Paddy Murphy Pageant. We are able to do what
we do every day because of people like SAE who so lovingly offer their sup-
port.
On April 6, we are launching our first HOPEFEST and Hope 5K run. It is an
event for EVERYONE affected by cancer. I hope to see an SAE Alumni team!
This year we also began a program for Students called Student Buddies, and a
free class to help women after hair loss called Beauty Buddies. To learn more
about us, please check out our webpage ChemoBuddies.org.
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Brothers, please visit our Rely for Life Page and help us reach our goal of
$1,000! We have raised the most money for the past 3 years in a row! Copy
and paste the link below:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY19NCR?
team_id=2406850&pg=team&fr_id=93222&fbclid=IwAR3yqwtxaUviMGWQMV_y3
VNX1FM7LUmOWwZknYx6C9A5io5hPPA-XG5Gscc
Brother Blake Adams and Jill
Kincaid at Chemo Buddies Event
Brother Evan Hassler and Matt
Lawton at Chemo Buddies Event
Spring Events
When: Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Where: University of Evansville Eykamp Hall (2nd Floor of Ridgway Center)
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: $7
This is our spring philanthropy event. This is a talent show based event. Paddy
Murphy benefits Chemo Buddies.
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Bike Race
Paddy Murphy Pageant
When: Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Where: H-Lot at University of Evansville’s Campus
This is the 55th annual bike race. Last year we placed 4th as a team.
This year we are planning on having two teams. These two teams will be lead
by Senior Noah Whalen.
Founders Day Cookout and Open House When: Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
Where: SAE House; 1723 Lincoln Ave, Evansville, IN 47713
The House will be open at 12:30pm and the Cookout will begin at 1:00pm.
This event will be for the whole family . We will have an inflatable in the front
yard for the kids (If the weather permits). We will be providing the main
meats and some sides. If you would like to bring some food to the event it
would be very appreciated! Adults are welcome to stay and hangout later in
the evening.
Contact our Alumni Relations Chair, Ryan Freeman for questions (812)360-
5411 , [email protected]
When: Saturday, April 27th, 2019
Where: Arby’s Parking Lot, 6100 Lloyd Expressway, Evansville, IN 47715
Time: 10am - 2pm
Cost: $10 Registration Fee
This is another one of our philanthropy events that benefits Chemo Buddies.
This event is very popular and we hope to see you there!
Car Show
By Austin Hopf, New Member Educa-
tor
In the Fall, Indiana Epsilon initiated 13
new members. The new members are
Lane Mettle (Criminal Science), Isaac
Sellers (Special Education), Jacob Ros-
enbaum (Accounting and Finance) ,
Jacob Soderlund (Exercise Science Pre
-Physical Therapy), Shiva Rodrigues
(Exercise Science Pre-Physical Thera-
py), John Helmerich (Computer Sci-
ence), Matt Lawton (Nursing), Matt
Gilreath (Business Management),
Andrew Schuler (Accounting and Fi-
nance), Evan Hassler (Logistics Supply
Chain and Business Management),
Will Simon (Logistics Supply Chain), Jordan Wible (Accounting and Finance), and Talal Mukatash (Civil Engineering).
Once initiated, the new brothers began learning the history of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Indiana Epsilon. Several
new members developed their knowledge of Ritual and leadership skills at Devotie Ritual Institute and Province Psi
Leadership School. We continue to push the new members to be True Gentlemen each day of their lives and hope to
see continued Alumni support.
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New Members
New Officers Since our last election cycle in December 2018, new leaders have arose
within the Executive Council. The men who hold these positions have
done an outstanding job thus far, and will continue to lead Indiana Epsi-
lon in the right direction. During the past election, we also created two
more executive positions, this being House Manager and Alumni Rela-
tions chair.
Eminent Archon - Marcus Gahagen
Eminent Deputy Archon - Evan Dowell
Eminent Treasurer - Geordon Terwiske
Eminent Recorder - Zach Kosinski
Recruitment Chair - Conner Riem
New Member Educator - Austin Hopf
Health and Safety Officer - Jacek Knaur
House Manager - Sam Brinegar
Alumni Relations Chair - Ryan Freeman
Marcus Gahagen, Eminent
Archon
Giving Back to Sigma Alpha Epsilon By Rick Shipley, Chapter Advisor
I would like to remind everyone about our National Foundation
Chapter Education Fund (CEF) for Indiana Epsilon (INEP). This is a way to
make a tax-deductible donation through National which is only given to Indi-
ana Epsilon, and it will count towards your SAE National life time giving. The
fund is controlled by National, and the funds will be used for only chapter
educational purposes (i.e. to send INEP members to SAE Leadership School,
SAE Ritual School). I’m very pleased to let you know that our CEF has over
$20,000. We received $5000 from National for being the 2011 Zeal Chapter
and the rest has been from Alumni donations, interest and dividends.
There are two ways to donate to the INEP CEF:
Option 1 – To make a gift using a credit card, go online and visit National’s
donation page: https://www.sae.net/donate Enter your Donor Information,
which includes pin number. Enter Donation Information, which includes
Amount and Fund designation = INEP CEF. You can also enter “Indiana Epsilon
Chapter Education Fund” in the comments or notes field. Then enter your
Billing Information. Once everything has been entered, then click on “Donate
Now”.
Option 2 - Send a check directly to the SAE Foundation. Please make checks
payable to SAE Foundation and write Indiana Epsilon Chapter Education Fund
or INEP-CEF in the Memo line. Then mail your check to: Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Foundation, 1856 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60201.
If you have any questions, you can go online and visit National’s Chapter
Funds page: https://www.sae.net/chapterfunds, or contact;
Jason Andrick / Associate Executive Director Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation
1856 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201-3837 [email protected] / (847) 424-
3021 / (847) 475-2250 fax or Levere Memorial Temple at 847.475.1856 ext
208 (Evy) or ext 209 (Nanci).
You can also contact me and I can email you a copy of the Chapter Education
Fund overview that I received from Chris Speelman when he was the Associ-
ate Executive Director for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation.
Phi Alpha and thank you in advance for your donation,
Rick Shipley (Ship) #156174
812-454-6511 cell
Chapter Advisor and House Corporation President
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Remember our Creed:
The True Gentleman is the man
whose conduct proceeds from
good will and an acute sense of
propriety, and whose self-
control is equal to all emergen-
cies; who does not make the
poor man conscious of his pov-
erty, the obscure man of his
obscurity, or any man of his
inferiority or deformity; who is
himself humbled if necessity
compels him to humble anoth-
er; who does not flatter wealth,
cringe before power, or boast of
his own possessions or achieve-
ments; who speaks with frank-
ness but always with sincerity
and sympathy; whose deed fol-
lows his word; who thinks of the
rights and feelings of others,
rather than his own; and who
appears well in any company, a
man with whom honor is sacred
and virtue safe.
- John Walter Wayland (Virginia
1899)
Without our Alumni base we wouldn't be where
we are today. We hope you come back to the
house to visit the chapter and see how we are
doing. Alumni are welcome to the house when-
ever they would like to come over. Let us know
you are coming. If you have any questions please
contact:
Ryan Freeman, Alumni Relations Chair
812-360-5411, [email protected]
Marcus Gahagen, Eminent Archon
812-455-2442, [email protected]
Hope to See you Soon
Brothers receiving the most outstanding Ritual Award at
Ritual School 2018
Bro
thers re
ceivin
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and
Safety A
ward
at Lead
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l ‘18
Brothers
Awarded new
Minerva from
Province Psi
Phoenix Institute