It's a small Sigma Kappa Nu World...

This past Saturday I went to Monaghan's which is the TIP where the PSU’ers in the SF go to keep it real.

I saw this woman wearing a shirt that said something about PSU Behrend. Turns out she knew (in the good book sense) some of the Brothers and kept it real.

Penn State lost the game and I found a place that had $1 drafts until 8 PM on Saturday in the Marina. One of the best neighborhoods and you are not going to get junkies asking you for stuff which is boots.

Parkinsons Research

This is the time of year when quite a few people are raising money for
different causes.

Due to the impact of Parkinsons on someone close to me, I wanted to
raise money and awareness but I could not find an existing
organization that had something set up like Team in Training so I
found about First Giving which allows individuals to set up web pages
to donate directly to a wide range of causes, including Parkinsons.

So on November 4th, 2007 I will be running my first half marathon, and
I wanted to raise $2000

To donate simply go to this website http://www.firstgiving.com/hydra1970

Any amount is greatly appreciated,

Marcus Ronaldi

PSU v Iowa

Here is a picture of the Outback Steakhouse Blimp from last week's game at Wisconsin. I was disappointed that it was only the blimp, because there was supposed to be a B-2 Stealth Bomber flyover before the game but the flight was scrubbed due to lightning in Missouri where the Bomber was coming from.

Here are a few pictures of our weekend in State College a few weeks back, courtesy of our man that wanders the land, Jeff Schenker. It was good to see Jeff as I haven't seen him since he left in early 2004. Be sure to check out his travelpod website again as he will be off soon for other parts unknown. It was a fantastic weekend of hanging out at Krauth's restaurant, tailgaiting, and football. Send me an email if you are coming for OSU.

Vegas Baby

I'm pleased to report that T. Gregg Davis was married to Jackie Cooper this past weekend in Sunny Las Vegas. The happy couple is vacationing right now but please be sure to congratulate them.

On another note, I wanted to keep you posted that plans are progressing on the 25th anniversary SKN Reunion. Looks like we are shooting for an event in State College either the weekend of June 27or July 25 of 2008. Even though this will be the official SKN reunion, we are also looking to plan an Alumni/Active event during the spring in Erie.

Active Alumni?

I remember a few years ago, when I was a struggling bohemian artist living on the margins of society we had a way for someone to be an “active alumni”.

Do we still have that? If so how much is it annually? Do we have an option for a lifetime membership? Is it tax write off?

Also of much more importance this needs to be EASY! I have not written a check in years. Either do PayPal or something.

If they still have an address post it, and people with Internet Banking can set them up with an eCheck.

Lost Brother Project

When reading the post about finding the lost brother it gave me an idea for a good pledge project.

Take a list of all “lost” brothers and divide them up among the pledges.

Have them search for them and send an outreach e-mail letter/e-mail whatever.

I think most of the brothers that are lost may have not been on that new fangled Internet or they changed their e-mail list.

This would make Scoli so “O Happy Day”…

Pooh Bear!

A long lost Skin has been back in touch. I kept in touch with Steve Winney, aka Pooh Bear (Fall 1986) for about a year after he graduated, and it was a very sad day when an email I sent to him got bounced back because his email address was no longer valid. That was back in the 90s. Finally, over a decade later, Pooh is back!

Here is what Pooh has been up to: "I’ve been living in Portland, Oregon for 15 years now. I’ve been married for 12 to Debi. I have 3 kids (7, 8 + 10). The youngest is a boy and two girls. I am actually a Blacksmith and run a decorative metal shop."

His blacksmithing and metalwork web page is very cool. Check out his website www.yardleyforge.com, and be sure to look at the galleries... he is pretty good!

I will update his contact info on the SKN web site, in the alumni directory.