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The Delt Line:
Parent News & Information
Welcome
The
Delta Tau Delta Rush Committee wishes to extend to all of you our
welcome to Gamma Theta Chapter of Delta Tau Delta and to our new
home page site. For those of you with son's returning to Baker, you
already know the difference that Delta Tau Delta can make in your
son's life. For those of you new to Delta Tau Delta, we wish to
extend to you our warmest welcome to Baker University and Delta Tau
Delta. You and your son are at the threshold of four of the finest
years of your life. Delta Tau Delta is committed to helping see that
you and your son get the most out of that time.
Academics
Academics is a
top priority for the men of Delta Tau Delta. Over the past few
years, the men of Delta Tau Delta have seen a resurgence in their
grades, consistently ranking near the top among all fraternities at
Baker. With a new Academic Incentive Program in place and a desire
among the men to excel both inside and out of the classroom, you can
look for the Delts to be and stay at the top in the very near
future.
The Delts also
have a complete file system of past tests for it's members to review
and become acquainted with how a professor writes his or her tests
and what the professor expects. In the Spring your son will be
encouraged to apply for Fraternity scholarships. Delta Tau
Delta/Gamma Theta chapter has scholarships available totaling
$7,000. Encourage your son to be on the lookout for a call for
applications for these scholarships.
Cost
Delta Tau Delta,
with all it has to offer you, comes at a surprisingly affordable
cost. We have listed below the cost of living at Delta Tau Delta in
2008-2009 in
comparison to living at one of the campus dormitories. You will
quickly note that not only will pledging Delta Tau Delta enhance
your Baker education, but it will save you money as well!
The cost to live
in the Delta Tau Delta house - which includes room, board and dues -
is about $5,900 per year.
The cost to live
in a campus dorm room - including meals - can be as much as $7,720 per year.
The cost to live in a campus apartment - including
meals - can be as much as $8,120 per year.
Thus, you and
your son could save over
$2,000 by living in the
Delt House over campus housing!
Delta Tau Delta
will also provide you with many more opportunities than you will have
living in campus housing. By pledging Delta Tau Delta, you will
be encouraged to undertake activities of interest to you, to become
involved on the Baker campus. Delta Tau Delta also provides you with
the network of the upperclassmen and alumni who are intent on seeing
you succeed in all that you endeavor. Delta Tau Delta allows you to
develop friendships and a bond with your fraternity brothers that
will last a lifetime.
Baker University Alcohol Policy
Schools and
fraternities today are confronting problems that before either were
not there or just ignored. Baker and Delta Tau Delta are working
together to help protect and educate your son concerning underage
drinking and the responsibility of "know when to say when".
The men of Delta
Tau Delta have taken a lead role on campus in this issue. Delta Tau
Delta's policies concerning alcohol are being adopted by the
University and the rest of the Greek system. The policy includes
having active members monitor the party, taking care to see that
underage drinking does not occur and to ensure that a member and/or
his date is made aware -- and is no longer served -- if he or she
has had too much to drink.
Jobs / Internships Seminars
The challenge of
finding a job has become increasingly difficult recently and in the
last year especially. College graduates find themselves competing
with not only other graduates, but well qualified individuals who
may themselves be looking for employment due to a layoff or other
cause. The alumni chapter is taking a pro active approach to this
issue to try and give your son an edge.
Parental Involvement
We encourage you
to get involved in the Delta Tau Delta Parent’s Club. This
organization has done more for the house than could ever be
expected. With annual fundraisers, the Delt Parent’s Club has
worked to provide the chapter with a big screen television, new
kitchen appliances, and other items that were never asked for.
Hazing Policy
At Delta Tau
Delta, we find hazing unthinkable and intolerable. It goes against
the meaning of brotherhood, creates a mockery of both our ideals and
values, and a complete misrepresentation of what the Fraternity and
fraternity life is about. Steps have been taken to communicate to
all Delt chapters that our stance against hazing is firm, and we are
not alone. To those who continue to perpetuate hazing, we can only
express our frustration and our outrage. To those who continue to
question where Delta Tau Delta stands on hazing, we have just two
words to say on the subject, "firmly" and "against".
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