Memos from 2002


Facts about the Greek system

All but two United States Pres­i­dents since 1825 have been fra­ter­nity men.

76% of the Nation’s Con­gress­men are Greek.

85% of all For­tune 500 exec­u­tives are Greek, includ­ing 43 of the top 50 CEOs.

71% of all men listed in “Who’s Who in Amer­ica” are Greek.

Fra­ter­ni­ties exist on over 650 campuses.

71% of all fra­ter­nity men per­sist to grad­u­a­tion. (As com­pared to 50% of non-fraternity men.)

85% of all U.S. Supreme Court Jus­tices since 1900, includ­ing the first woman to be appointed, San­dra Day O’Connor, and the 2nd woman to be appointed, Ruth Bader Gins­berg, (Alpha Epsilon Phi) are or have been Greek.

Greeks annu­ally vol­un­teer upwards of 850,000 hours of com­mu­nity ser­vice and raise over $7 mil­lion for charities.

Greek alumni sup­port to their alma maters rep­re­sent 56% of the total raised… all this while Greeks rep­re­sent only about 2% of the total U.S. population.

New DMB Album — Busted Stuff!

Check it out folks… Ff you are an avid fan of Music, then here’s some­thing for you. DMB (aka. Dave Matthews Band) has a new album out, Busted Stuff, which hits the shelves July 16th at 12:00am. Some of the songs where from the never realeased album, Lil­ly­white Ses­sions (02/2001). Over­all, I would say it’s another great DMB album—something to play every­day and relate to, from the first breathe you take in the morn­ing to the last words you pray with at night.

A Safe and Happy 4th!

I woke up around 12pm today, went out­side to the liv­ing room…then layed on the “death-couch”. Mean­while, I turn on the TV and there it was, “shoot­ing at LAX” and a “plane crash near San Dimas”—scary as hell, but I’m glad the gov. and local police is doing all they can to han­dle things and pre­vent another 9/11.

On the pos­i­tive side, here’s a lil say­ing to keep in mind…

…it takes a minute to find a spe­cial per­son, an hour to appre­ci­ate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to for­get them.” ~anony­mous

Inspiration

Lol, it’s funny what freakin’ peo­ple send these days. Here’s a chain-mail I got. I just fig­ured I’ll post it since I don’t have noth­ing else to blog today…

If I could catch a rain­bow
I would do it Just for you
And share with you Its beauty
On the days You’re feel­ing blue
If I could build a moun­tain
You could call Your very own
A place to find seren­ity
A place to be alone
If I could Take your trou­bles
I would toss them In the sea
But all these things I’m find­ing
Are impos­si­ble for me
I can­not build a moun­tain
Or catch a rain­bow fair
But let me be What I know best
A friend That’s always there
— Anonymous