{"id":68570,"date":"2005-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uris-zeta-beta-tau-fraternity-breaks-ground-today-for-new-chapter-house\/"},"modified":"2005-03-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-24T00:00:00","slug":"uris-zeta-beta-tau-fraternity-breaks-ground-today-for-new-chapter-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/03\/uris-zeta-beta-tau-fraternity-breaks-ground-today-for-new-chapter-house\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity breaks ground today for new chapter house"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFirst fraternity construction on Kingston Campus in 25 years<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. — March 24, 2005 — Zeta Beta Tau, a fraternity at the 溏心vlog免费B站 respected for its strong commitment to campus and community service and academic performance, broke ground today for a new chapter house.<\/p>\n


\n\tActive brothers, alumni and University officials participated in brief ceremonies to mark the first new construction of a fraternity house on the Kingston Campus since 1980.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe 10,000-square-foot, 2-story house will be built at 8 Fraternity Circle, the site of the fraternity\u2019s former house, which was destroyed by fire in 1994. The design was taken from drawings of the original house. The $2.2 million dormitory-style structure is scheduled to open by September 2005.<\/p>\n

\tThe new fraternity will house 47 brothers, with a central entrance tying two separate wings together. The common area will have two connected rooms with a series of sliding doors and access to a courtyard. There will be a kitchen, but there are no immediate plans for a food service. The chapter house will be fully wired for internet access.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Providence-based architectural firm of Lerner\/Ladds & Bartels, Inc. designed the structure and Shawmut Design and Construction of Providence is building the fraternity house. Shawmut Vice President Brian Stys is a graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站 and an alumnus of the local ZBT chapter.<\/p>\n


\n\tLeo Robinson, a 1996 psychology graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站 and president of the ZBT alumni corporation that is responsible for the construction project, said he has seen a number of groups try to re-establish the fraternity since the 1994 fire.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI have watched this current group of undergraduate brothers since the beginning and they are a special group with a good sense of values,\u201d said Robinson, who has been alumni president for five years. <\/p>\n


\nBecause of the outstanding record of the current group, \u201cwe decided to do whatever we could to help them out. We would not have done it without this kind of a group because the risks are high. These students are really the future of what the fraternity system can be.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nTom Dougan, 溏心vlog免费B站 vice president of Student Affairs, who oversees the 溏心vlog免费B站 fraternity system, said \u201cZeta Beta Tau fraternity has a long history and tradition at the University. These undergraduates are a reflection of the values under which fraternities were founded–leadership, scholarship, and service to others.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSaul Fern, who was adviser to the forerunner of ZBT at 溏心vlog免费B站 in the 1960s and former national president of ZBT, said the time was right to build a new house. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe wanted young people who accepted our national philosophy that prohibits hazing and pledging,\u201d said Fern, who serves as a non-voting life member of the ZBT Supreme Council. \u201cTo make this kind of investment, you have to have faith in the young guys who are going in, and we do.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIn the last five years, the brothers of Rho Iota chapter at 溏心vlog免费B站 have become known for their campus leadership and community service.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe local chapter brought home four awards from last summer\u2019s national convention in Indianapolis, Ind., including the prestigious Brummer Cup, the award given to the top ZBT chapter in the nation.<\/p>\n


\n\tReorganized in 2000 as a colony at 溏心vlog免费B站, it focuses on philanthropy and community service. One of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s strongest fraternities in terms of academic performance, ZBT has received multiple awards from the 溏心vlog免费B站 Interfraternity Council for its scholastic and service excellence. <\/p>\n


\n\tAmong its numerous activities, ZBT has participated in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Adopt-a-Walkway program by cleaning and maintaining the Dieter Hammerschlag Mall, the walkway between the library and the Multicultural Center, and is continuing a campus beautification project during which 10 to 15 brothers devote every Saturday afternoon to cleaning one area of the campus per month. The brothers helped Meeting Street, the special needs facility in East Providence, prepare for a telethon. The fraternity has also been involved in a mentoring program for students in the North Kingstown school district. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cYou see and hear nothing but nice stories about the brothers,\u201d Fern said. \u201cThey have taken our philosophy to heart and they are passionate about it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tScott Mintz, a 1990 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate who served as chapter president as an undergraduate, said he\u2019s been receiving email notes from ZBT alumni about the project. \u201cThey are overjoyed about the house,\u201d said Mintz, currently the vice president of the ZBT alumni corporation. \u201cThe alumni are really psyched because the project is bringing back all of those great memories.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tMintz said he can\u2019t imagine being in a fraternity without a house, but he said the alumni board has been nothing but impressed with the record of the current brothers.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cAs the process continued, the alumni corporation made a decision to involve the undergraduates in the design of the new building.<\/p>\n


\nDan Riley, the current chapter president and an accounting major from Tiverton said there are now 75 brothers in the fraternity, most of whom live in campus residence halls. For the past five years, the group has met each Monday in the Memorial Union for its chapter meetings.<\/p>\n


\nA member of the Student Alumni Association who organized a past Midnight Madness celebration and who is running the Oozeball fund-raiser this spring, Riley said once the house is open the focus won\u2019t change.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe are not going to lose sight of our values, and the qualities we look for in our members,\u201d the junior said. <\/p>\n


\nHe said he and other members of the fraternity are emphasizing the need to respect the amount of hard work that has gone into the new facility and the need for respect when they move in.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI know I am going to be cleaning the house, keeping the scuff marks off the wall. We respect the work that has gone into this and we want to leave a great house for young brothers who follow us.\u201d\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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