This Month in the UpZete:  Zeta Psi to adopt Binging Arbitration at the 161st Convention in Montreal this August to stem the risng cost of Insurance...

• Alpha Theta Chapter sucessfully restarted with 12 new Initiates...
• Graduating Zetes - Where will you be this summer?  Find out about how you can plug in to the Zete Network...
• Help pass the Collegiate Housing Infrastructure Act and SAVE LIVES - Tuesday's Congressional Lobbying Day
• Oxford Chartering only 19 days away - Zeta Psi to mnake WORLD history as the first  Intercontinental Fraternity!

161st Convention in Montreal,  August 13 - 16

Zeta Psi Active & Elder Services

On April 15, over 200 Greek student and alumni leaders from across the United States will participate in a congressional lobbying program in Washington, DC to seek passage of the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act (CHIA), S. 638/HR. 643.  This legislation will allow the Zeta Psi Educational Foundation and other existing 501-c-3 Educational Foundations to use tax-deductible alumni gifts to make grants to local chapter housing corporations to install or upgrade fire & safety systems or build new houses with these systems.

We need your help to pass this vital legislation.  To support this effort, we need every brother to register at www.fraternalcaucus.org and use their online system to write a letter to your Congressman and Senators.  Every letter gets us closer to our goal - passage of this critical legislation - and takes only a moment of your time.  Please help us by going to www.fraternalcaucus.org today!

Zeta Psi adopts Binding Arbitration to stem the rising cost of Insurance

This August, at the 161^st Annual Convention in Montreal, Zeta Psi will introduce a new policy calling for all members of the fraternity to agree to binding arbitration with Zeta Psi should legal action arise between the two parties.

Help build the Fraternity Endowment

TKPhi, Dan Backer, YM '99, UpZete Editor.

Recently, our Beta Sigma Chapter experienced a tragic loss.  Below is a remembrance of our Brother and friend Adam Trotter. May our thoughts and prayers be with our Brothers from Georgia.

It has been a difficult and trying time for all of us in the Beta Sigma chapter, as we are forced to carry on without one of our most beloved brothers, Matthew Joel Trotter, who was killed in a car accident on April 3. Since pledging in the fall of 2007, Trotter was always one of the most popular brothers in the fraternity, and it wasn't just because of his warm, teddy-bear-like personality.

Even as a pledge, Trotter possessed a knack for philanthropy, always pitching ideas at our weekly meetings and always encouraged by the progress our young fraternity was making. He was the most gentle and sensitive 6-foot-3, 250-pounder you'll ever find.

We have all learned valuable life lessons from Trotter, and we can draw on several to help improve our fraternity in his passing. We feel the two most important are:
A genuine care for one other -- Trotter loved every one of us, and we all tried to reciprocate his generosity and sincerity. Many of us are still deep in mourning one week later, and that is a sure sign of the impact he had on our lives.
Real passion for life -- Trotter drained every ounce of fun he could from his experiences, and as we head into the most stressful and chaotic years of college, it is a really important lesson. Family and friends, and most importantly, our brothers, are what get us through tough times. We're getting through this together, but Trotter, he'll be truly missed.

We hope you will keep him and his family in your prayers as well.

Phi Alpha's Message

I attribute much of this improvement in our fortunes to the increased attention to chapter services by our IHQ staff and to the leadership and recruitment programs we have substantially increased in both staff size and financial support during the last 2-3 years.  The stability of leadership from Executive Director Dave Hunter, the service that Dan Backer had contributed for over two years, and more than a year-and-a-half on staff of Anthony Shibata, has helped to allow the Grand Chapter to concentrate attention on all chapters.  Thus, those which have been stable or strong in recent years could continue their success, and those which have struggled recently could take advantage of programming to make them stronger on their campuses.

This is also a month for us to address the critical legislative initiatives of the Greek Movement in America through our collective efforts to influence U.S. Congressmen and Senators to pass the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act (S. 638/HR. 643).  CHIA would help make Greek houses safer by providing tax incentives to alumni who make contributions for sprinkler systems and other health and safety improvements.  This has proven to be a challenging lobbying effort for what could save the lives of students living in fraternities and sororities.  Dave Hunter and I will be on Capitol Hill on April 15^th with some 200 other Greek student and alumni leaders from across the US to encourage passage of this bill.  We ask for support from all Zetes to encourage their respective congressmen and senators to sponsor and/or support this legislation.  For more information on CHIA or to use the online letter writing tool for this effort, visit the Capital Fraternal Caucus website HERE.

Finally, preparations are set for the historic installation of the Iota Omicron Chapter of Zeta Psi at Oxford University on May 3^rd, in London.  This is BIG for Zeta Psi, as we will complete the three most important expansion feats in the Greek world: the first truly national fraternity in 1870, the first international fraternity in 1879, and the first intercontinental fraternity in 2008!