Delta Tau Delta

Welcome Class of 2012!

DTDAdmin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:02:40 +0000

Delta Tau Delta would like to welcome the Class of 2012, as well as all returning Case students!

Recruitment is a fun and exciting time. It offers you an opportunity to meet almost one-third of the undergraduate students at Case, to make new friends, and to become part of one of the strongest forces on our campus.

Along with Delt’s event calendar (PDF), check out other fraternity websites for info and calendars!

Delt Gabe Suprise escapes Republic of Georgia

Art11 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:18:36 +0000

Via Case’s blog>>

Three students and one faculty member from Case Western Reserve University are safe after finding themselves in the middle of the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Andrea De Giorgi, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Classics; Nathan Bening, sophomore from Columbus, Ohio; Gabriel Suprise, sophomore from Portage, Mich.; and Danielle Maynard, art history graduate student from Detroit, are now safe in Turkey. They plan to return to the university by August 24 in time for fall classes.

De Giorgi’s group was based in Tbilisi in southeast Georgia, where they conducted a landscape archaeology survey tracing the interactions between human agency and the environment through the ages. The survey combined fieldwalking, data collection, global positioning system (GPS) recording and geographic information system (GIS) processing in an area inhabited by civilizations spanning the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Greek, Persian and Roman empires and various kingdoms of the Byzantine empire.

On the third day of fieldwork, the team saw columns of military convoys heading north on a nearby military road. Shortly after, the team’s Georgian colleague, Mikheil Abramishvili, professor at the Tbilisi Archaeology Museum, received a call that the Russian army was active in the northern region of Georgia.

Back at their hotel, reports from the BBC and CNN provided confusing details of the Russian invasion. Events escalated overnight and in the morning, bags and equipment packed, the team traveled to the bus station and boarded a van headed to the city of Akhaltsikhe, the nearest point to cross into Turkey.

The van first headed northwest to the city of Gori, not knowing that the city was to be the target of a Russian airstrike. Arriving just after the bombing, the team found themselves surrounded by smoke and debris. Amid the confusion, terrified residents tried to stop the van in order to flee the city.

The van was already loaded to capacity and the driver began driving at what De Giorgi described as “insane speed” to get out of the city.

“We are still coming to terms with the sight of Gori’s civilians,” said De Giorgi. “One often hears about civilians paying the highest price in armed conflict, but experiencing it first-hand is a completely different thing. It was heartbreaking to see people begging our driver to stop for them.”

The escape route took the van across the path of a line of armed Georgian tanks heading north.

The trip over the remaining 30 kilometers to Akhaltsikhe was uneventful. Hiring a cab, the team reached the Georgian side of the border with Turkey. Once they passed through security, they carried their bags and equipment by foot across the border where they hired a driver to take them 100 kilometers southeast to the town of Kars.

Once the College of Arts and Sciences was made aware of the situation, Dean Cyrus Taylor immediately offered to help the group make travel arrangements for their safe return to the United States.

Now based in the city of Ankara, De Giorgi’s team is planning to utilize the remaining time abroad to visit archaeology sites and monuments in and around Ankara and Istanbul. The three days spent in Georgia resulted in the collection of a substantial amount of data, said De Giorgi.

“The success of those three days of surveying is grounded in Nathan, Gabriel and Danielle really grasping the purpose of our research,” De Giorgi said. “They are really remarkable students. What we all experienced is going to stay with us for a very long time.”

9 new Delt alumni

Art11 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:36 +0000

Delt would like to congratulate those Delts who graduated in the Case Western Reserve Unversity’s Class of 2008.

Spring Alumni BBQ

Zeta1316 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:05:21 +0000

It’s that time of the semester again… Case Western Reserve University’s Zeta Chapter Delts will be having the annual Spring Alumni BBQ this Saturday!

When: Saturday, April 26th, 12pm-3pm
Where: Delt House, 11130 Magnolia Dr., Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
Who: Zeta Delt Alumni, Cleveland Area Delt Alumni, Zeta Undergrads, and Families of Delts
RSVP: Email dtdalumni@gmail.com with the number of people attending

Burgers, hot dogs, and chicken will be grilled and salads and drinks will also be served. Don’t forget, this weekend at CWRU is also the annual Hudson Relays (10:30am) and Springfest (following the BBQ), so bring your families and enjoy a weekend with fellow Delts and their families while attending CWRU’s spring events!

Delt takes Spring Formal to the Zoo

DTDAdmin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:30:13 +0000

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Delt takes 4th in Greek Week 2008

DTDAdmin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:09:01 +0000

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Pyramid (Video)

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Delta Tau Delta vs. Sigma Chi Rope Pull - Round 1

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Standings:
First Place - Spot Shot
First Place - Obstacle Course
Fourth Place - Rope Pull
Fourth Place - Greek Sing
Sixth Place - Banner

Full Greek Life Results (gwscores08.pdf)

Delt raises money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life

DTDAdmin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:32:08 +0000

With the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay For Life event quickly approaching, Zeta Delts have been actively fundraising to help the ACS in the fight against cancer.

Delt has been a long-time supporter of the American Cancer Society, raising over $1500 in the past year with our philanthropy dance parties (Highlighter Party, Ho Ho Ho Party).

Visit Delta Tau Delta’s Relay For Life page to see how Delt is doing, and help us support the ACS in the race to find a cure!

Delts win several student government positions

DTDAdmin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:32:20 +0000

Delta Tau Delta Fraternity would like to congratulate its brothers who have recently won seats on the Undergraduate Student Government and the Class Officer Collective.

Undergraduate Student Government

Myles Nickolich - President
Bruce Douglas - Vice President of Public Relations
Raju Alluri - Representative for the College of Arts and Sciences
Trevor Allen - Representative for the College of Arts and Sciences

Class Officer Collective

David Gordon - Vice President, Class of 2009
Raju Alluri - Secretary, Class of 2010
Hersh Varma - Vice President, Class of 2011

Committed to Lives of Excellence

Pledges, meet your Bigs.

DTDAdmin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:29:25 +0000

Delt would like to congratulate the new Spring 2008 Bigs and Littles:

LITTLE	BIG	FAMILY
Trevor Allen	Selim Kahveci	HM
Alex Aylyarov	John Heintz	HM
Blake Bankwitz	Bruce Douglas	HM
Jonathon Edmunds	Aswin Sundaram	OSAB
Eric Mott	Jeff Dorazewski	HM
Paul Proctor	Rich Cartabuke	HM
Gabe Suprise	Jason Williams	HM
Ryan Vogel	Saleh Al-Kharsa	HM
Charu Waghulde	Rick Ditto	HM

Delt welcomes new sorority members to Greek community

DTDAdmin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:12:52 +0000

The Brothers of Delta Tau Delta once again held their annual New Member Social this past Wednesday night for all of the new members of Case’s sororities. The brothers, led by Myles Nickolich, cooked a variety of delicious hors d’oeuvres and other superb snacks.