After many years it has finally happened, renovations are taking place on our house. As the spring semester came to a close the undergrads began moving out. For the first time in 13 years the AR Zeta chapter house would be empty.

On May 15 the demolition began. First to go were all the interior doors, next the bathroom vanities were removed, along with the toilets and bathtubs. Days later, the carpeting was removed and the sheetrock repair work began. This was just the beginning of many improvements and changes taking place this summer.

Before the undergraduate members return on August 1 many improvements will have been made including:

The improvements come on the heels of new heating and air conditioning that was installed last summer and new commercial grade front doors that were installed early in the spring. After this summer’s renovations almost $200,000 in improvements will have been made over the past year! As SigEp set the standard for Greek housing at UCA in 1989, in 2003 we are raising the bar even higher.

In addition to the improvements at the house, Joseph Norsworthy has taken on the task of refurbishing the volleyball pit. Yes, Paul Stover, your lights and pole are finally going to be installed.

Alumni and Friends,

As the summer comes closer to the end, the Undergraduate Chapter looks forward to the new house and the upcoming school year. As President, I look forward to all of the great changes to the house and the chapter. The membership looks forward to the grand opening of the house this upcoming Labor Day weekend. I personally hope to see several new and old faces at the event.

The University is changing rapidly as well. We have the first ever Little Rock Classic with UCA playing UABP at War Memorial Stadium on September 11^th. The chapter will attend this event, and we welcome you to join us. Homecoming is November 1^st, Founder’s Day. Events will be planned around the house before kickoff at 3:00p.m. Additional Homecoming 2003 events are planned through the UCA Alumni Association. The schedule can be found on-line.

As the new school year begins, our chapter plans on working on our academics. With the help of the Alumni-Academic Challenge Program, we plan on increasing our all campus ranking drastically. As always, AR Zeta still dominates in campus involvement. This year we won the All-Greek Step Show. We were paired with the Delta Zeta Sorority and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. We have members that are involved in several different campus organizations including Varsity Athletes, Student Orientation Staff Team Leaders and Members, 3 of 6 Greek Men of the Year finalists, Order of Omega Members, Student Government Association Members, and many more.

I appreciate all of your help as alumni, and encourage you all to become more involved in the upcoming year.

In Phi,

On August 30, 2003 we will celebrate the re-opening of the house. Bring the family for this fun filled day of events. It will be a great opportunity to see old brothers and to meet new ones.

The day will include a formal chapter meeting in which Jim Daggett will be initiated. In the afternoon we will have lunch, a volleyball tournament and live music. (Maybe we can get Chris "Bucket" Shelton to play some tunes for us.) Evening plans are in the works.

To pay for the event we are asking for a $20 contribution from each adult in attendance. We are working with local hotels for affordable accommodations for the weekend. If you want to spend the night in the house, I am sure some arrangements can be made. Below is a schedule of events

Saturday, August 30, 2003

8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast @ house

9:30 a.m. Formal Chapter Meeting (brothers only)

(slacks and dress shirt)

Spouses tour campus or relax

11:00 a.m. Lunch (brothers & family)

Volleyball tournament throughout the day with live music. If you are interested in participating in the Volleyball Tournament please contact Erik Neville @ 501-603-0029

6:30 p.m. Evening Events TBD

Remember that Faulkner County is dry; discretion must be taken with any alcoholic beverages. We are looking forward to seeing many brothers.

Sept 4
Abilene

Conway

7 p.m.

Sept 11
UAPB

Little Rock

7 p.m.

Sept 20
HSU

Conway

6 p.m.

Sept 27
OBU

Arkadelphia

6 p.m.

Oct 4
UAM

Conway

6 p.m.

Oct 11
SAU

Conway

6 p.m.

Oct 18
Valdosta

Valdosta

Noon

Oct 25
N Alabama

Florence

6 p.m.

Nov 1
W Georgia

Conway
Homecoming

3 p.m.

Nov 8
W Alabama

Conway

3 p.m.

Nov 15
AR Tech

Russellville

2 p.m.

We are looking for Alumni to serve as "Century Chair". In this role you will be responsible for coordinating detail communication between brothers in your "century". For example, if your pin number is 145 you would work on finding and communicating with brothers whose pin numbers are between 100 and 199. Please contact Justin Linnington, VP of Commutations, at 501-622-8618 if you are interested in being a Century Chair.

Bart Shaw President

Brett Weston VP Programming

Wes Dyson VP Finance

Justin Lennington VP Communication

Toby Brown VP Brotherhood

John Fincher Chaplin

John Kennon Pledge Dad

New to the AR Zeta chapter this coming academic year is the AR Zeta Alumni Academic Challenge, a new plan for academic achievement. The chapter will be divided into teams with comparable GPA’s. Each team will have a captain and will work with an alumni volunteer. The team with the most improved GPA at the end of the semester will receive a scholarship of $1,500. Additionally, the individual member with the highest GPA will receive a scholarship and the individual member with the most improved GPA will receive a scholarship. To participate in the individual competition the member must have had at a 2.0 GPA in the previous semester.

You may be asking yourself, "how can I participate in this great program"? For this program to work properly alumni involvement is necessary. At least 4 alumni will be needed to head up the teams, 7 would be ideal. If you are interested in heading up a team, please contact Gary Bunn at gobunn@hotmail.com or Gary Huff at 501-786-1150.

Results of Academic Challenge will be included in the Spring ’04 newsletter.

Many thanks to John James for registering and creating a website for both the undergraduates and alumni. Please stop by the website to stay current on chapter news and review alumni board meeting minutes. There is a special section devoted to the house remodeling.

Take a moment and register so that we can keep in touch via e-mail. If you have any relevant pictures, submit these as well.

Greek Man of the Year

SOS Team Leaders

SOS Members

Student Activities Board

Greek god

SGA

UCA Ambassadors

IFC Officers

August 1

Undergrads Move In

August 13 - 16

Conclave

August 29

Classes Begin

August 30

Grand Re-Opening

September 11

Little Rock Classic
(UCA v. UAPB @ War Memorial)

November 1

Founder’s Day
UCA Homecoming

Initiation

TBD

Check for updates to the schedule on ARZETA.COM

Brad Cicero

Erin Burns

John James

Robert Isham

Gary Bunn

James Cicero

Steve Bilon

Gary Huff

John Flemister

Matt Beck

Meetings are held at the house on the 2^nd Sunday of
each month at 5 pm. All are welcome to attend!

Just wanted to say hello to everyone.  I have been in Rovaniemi, Finland for the last 8 months. Rovaniemi is on the artic circle and we have about 4 feet of snow! I am working on my International Project Management specialist degree here. At the end of March, I will be back in Arkansas to complete my MBA degree. I will graduate from both programs in August. After that who knows. Take care and I wish everyone the best.

Just wanted to say hello and get my new email address to everyone.  My family and I have been in Kansas City since November of last year and we are just now getting settled.  We are only about 7.5 hours from Little Rock so

keep me in mind if anyone decides to have a get together. I am currently working as a U.S. Postal Inspector and attached is a photo (Look on Picture Page at arzeta.com) of a search warrant conducted yesterday jointly with the FBI.  Imagine trying to locate kiddie porn in that mess.  We never actually saw the floor of the house.  I miss the days of old and sure would like to hear from everyone.

Mitzi Denney and I have been married for 7.5 years and had our first son, Bailey Christopher,  Sept 2, 2002.  We have been in Magnolia for 5 years now and don't think we will be leaving any time soon.  I work with a mentally handicapped 28 year old and work at a center for mentally handicapped adults, and Mitzi is the speech pathologist for the same company working with developmentally delayed children ages 3-5.