While at Rose / Rose Triangle, I was the pledge class president (Most likely because no one else seemed as gung ho as me.). I played soccer once I made the team Sophomore year. I served as treasurer for Triangle my Junior year. I was always on call as a sober driver since I didn't drink, alcohol that is. My major was Electrical Engineering. I graduated in 1995.

After Rose I worked briefly at what was then Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). That job experience was shorter than expected because my dad started to give indications he really no longer wanted to run the family business, Breakers Unlimited. I returned to run the business in May 1996. At that time we had 5 employees and one location. We now have 5 locations, 27 full time employees, and 6 part time employees. I started two other businesses along the way. Overnite Electric Supply, which is a traditional electrical supply house serving mostly residential needs, and EQ Logistics, which is a non-asset based logistics provider. EQ essentially acts as a 3rd party logistics coordinator for small to medium sized business and also does a little contract warehousing and fulfillment.

I got married in May 1998 to my wife Julie. (Ask anyone that knew me in college, this truly is a miracle.) We have two boys, Luke and Jake, Luke will be 10 very soon and Jake is 7. My family is more important than my work.

I am passionate about Jesus and passionate about helping others in Jesus' name. Nothing I own is really mine. I work hard to understand this every day and fail often. I am presently attending and enjoying Harvest Bible Chapel (North Indy). There are two organizations which presently lead the way in helping me pursue the directive of James 1:27, Outreach (outreachindiana.org) and Extreme Reponse (extremeresponse.org). James 1:27 says "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world." I also write infrequently and post it to my website j146.com.

And now to a story from my years at Rose... There are so many to choose from.

So Shack and I and some other guys are hanging out in our room about Junior year I believe. We were all playing the classic game of keep your hand over your crotch or you are going to get nailed. Without any warning a girl came into the room that Shack was sort of dating at the time. She basically just walks right in the room and sits down on the futon sitting in quite an unladylike fashion, spread eagle. At that time there was a loft where the waterbed (which was virtually never used because it had no heater) was located. It just so happened that there was a guy up on the waterbed unbeknownst to the girl. I can't remember who it was, but they guy on the waterbed had in his possession a volleyball. The girl was sitting not quite under the loft. It didn't take long for a big hand to reach out with the volley ball and simply drop it directly onto her crotch. The scene was so classic I believe it still runs through all our minds in slow motion. The girl left, we all rolled on the floor in laughter, Shack thanked the person that did it so he didn't have to break up with her and that was about the end of things.

Thanks for your interest. I hope to see you guys some time soon.

Successfully held no formal positions, i did assist in creating many stories of epic proportions. I mainly dominated people's worlds.

I am a project engineer for Universal Technology Corporation (Contractor for Wright Patterson Air Force Base.) I have many projects I am working on. I assist in data acquisiton and data analysis. I have recently been tasked to make electronics unique to our facility in order to upgrade our facility data acquisition by three times our current capabilities. I was an assistant baseball coach at a local high school but am unsure whether I will be doing that this year. I dominate people in softball around the area. I have girlfriend who I have been dating for about one year now. She's a baller.

Most of my memories from college have faded. I had an amazing time while there though after getting past all the school work. Weekly bonfires, nightly terrorizing of brothers, beating roberts in tiger woods, and watching winniger and his girlfriends soft core porn dancing techniques were some of the things i can remember off the top of my head.

Advice to the fraternity in general, stick it out and make the best of college you can. While school work is important, it's just as important to take a step back and recognize the friends you have around you and how they have helped make you who you are. So take time to unwind from the workload so you can keep yourself moving on.

I'm a 2009 Rose grad, chemistry/BCMB major. Married to Mandy, who I met while at Rose. She currently works for Dow chemical as a chemE while I go to school, meaning she makes like 3 times as much cash as I do plus she is an awesome chocolate chip pancake maker, which she makes whenever Triangles come visit us.

At Rose I was pledge class president and then pledge ed (maybe mention which class I was pledge ed for). I also really loved the outdoors, spent two summers working in New Mexico as a backpacking guide and tried to take outdoorsy trips whenever I could on break - freshman year I convinced 3 of the most random Triangles to go to the Smokies for a few days backpacking which was awesome, sophomore year Canyonlands with 4 other guys (including one guy who'd never been backpacking, took a lot of pride in that because I liked being able to introduce ppl to my hobbies/passions), ski trips, junior year back to the smokies for a longer trip and fly fishing, senior year red river gorge and climbing. In total had guys spanning 8 years that I organized trips for, definitely some of the best times I've had as a Triangle.

Also was SGA treasurer, which sounds totally gay but is actually sweet because you get to figure out how to divvy up $45,000 to different clubs. Would highly encourage everyone to take advantage of the clubs at Rose, go whitewater rafting, get your scuba certification, etc. because you can get so much stuff super cheap and not everyone is aware.

I also studied way too much while at Rose, which the juniors and seniors can attest. That said, for advice I would recommend two contradictory things. First, don't be afraid to try something new, or go sledding or drinking on Tuesday night when you have an 8 am lab or watch movies for 8 straights hours when you know you shouldn't. At the same time, if you have a goal don't be afraid to throw yourself fully into it, even if it takes some sacrifice. It'll be worth it in the end.

Lastly, currently in grad school (pursing a doctorate in Cell and Molecular Biology) at the University of Pennsylvania (not to be confused with Penn State lol) in Philadelphia. Love living in the city, so much to do and so many interesting people, love being able to get Thai food at 3 am after bars close, live music, pro sports (seriously, have you guys seen the Phillies rotation for next year? sick) Would love to have visitors any time, our futon is always open and we love showing people around Philly. Finally, in the words of Lebron James, I am "preliminary throwing my hat in the ring" as far as coming back for Maze next year to send my pledges off in style.

P.S. I attached my email, please let ppl know if anyone has questions about grad school, med school, careers in the life sciences, etc., I would be happy to give my opinion since I live and work with a bunch of grad students, doctors, MD/PhDs, etc. and I feel like exposure to that was something I missed at Rose.

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Hi kids. First off, thanks for choosing me for AOTW. It's nice to still be a part of Triangle, even after having been out for a few years.

My pledge father was Doug Thornton (DET '08), and my pledge son was Adam Pickrell (although he never became an active). I was Rush Chair in 2007 and brought in the current senior pledge class. Sorry they're so worthless! Just kidding guys, quit crying Gannon.

I graduated in 2007 and started working for Marathon Oil Company in Robinson, IL where I still work today. I moved back to my hometown of Olney, IL although I hope to move somewhere, anywhere else, soon. I got married in 2009 to the love of my life, my jailbait girlfriend (more about that later). We have a 5 lb. Rat Maltese named Molly. We enjoy traveling and will be going on a much needed vacation to Mexico in April after I get off from working 7-12's for the entire month of March...

Most of you probably don't know the story behind 238. 238 began its existence the same as every other room in the house after the remodel, but my roommate, KEH - Kyle Harbison, and I slowly transformed it into what it is today. First off, the room was named 2-3-Jailbait while we were there, mostly because I started dating my wife when she was 16. And at one point during my time in Triangle, I was 21 and she was 17. A series of installations (mirrors, shag carpet, black lights, recessed deck, etc), converted the deck into the "sex dungeon" that it became known as, and the narrow entrance to it became the accidental "fat girl filter."

Other great memories I have are the Colorado ski trips, late night dorm raids with Cheunger (the older one), Purdue pledges sleeping together pantless and peeing the floor, and watching a drunk pledge brother fall out of a van on the side of Highway 46, onto his face on the concrete, then rolling down into the ditch, throwing up the whole way. Pledges: More Cardboard!!! Nobody likes coming back to a sucky Maze. Make the actives and your alumni proud. Hang in there with the pledge process, it will be well worth your effort. Best of wishes to everyone and God bless. Enjoy your time in Triangle, and good luck with your future.

Hello fellow Dingers! I am a recent alumnus of Rose-Hulman and am not that much older than you. Anyway, I am attending the School of Public and Environmental Administration at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. It is a blast! There's a lot to do, things to see, and a better guy to girl ratio. Bloomington is only an hour or so away from Terre Haute, so if you anyone finds themselves in the area, please shoot me an e-mail or contact EC to get my information. So that's pretty much what I am doing now. Although, I should mention that I just got a Graduate Assistantship where I'm working with Upland Brewery. Yup, you heard me: UPLAND BREWERY! I am very excited.

On a more reminiscent note, although I live with 3 roommates, it does not compare to the time spent at the house with all of the Triangle Brothers. I cherish every single moment I had at that house. Live it up because it is only four..er... maybe five years of your life. Hang out with your pledge brothers. Go in their rooms. Start page polls. Leave your doors open (when you aren't doing homework) because it makes it so much more inviting to see what everyone is doing. Above all us, be a true brother to each other. Triangle is what you put into it, and I have reaped the benefits.

Pledges, get your scoops done. They are important and we will know an infinite amount of information about all the brothers. Furthermore, get to know your pledge class. Don't forget about the ones that are in the dorms (SAs and RAs) when you guys live in house. Get involved in Triangle as much as you can. Trust me, i know pledging is a lot of work, but it is well worth it. Remember this: Triangle is not a house. It is a house full of Triangle brothers. The people in the fraternity is what make it a fraternity, not the reputation, name, or house itself.

Wishing I was still at Triangle

I have been doing pretty well. I definitely love Austin. The weather is nice (65 and sunny tomorrow) and there is so much to do. There are some awesome running and biking trails, and there is a great bar scene with UT right here. I am definitely enjoying work too. I'm in the ELP (Engineering Leadership Program) at National Instruments. I'll be in the department for a year or two learning NI's products before I move onto bigger and better things. But I couldn't think of a better place to make the transition out of college. The department has about 100 other engineers that have all graduated within the last few years. Instead of working with old men I get to work with people my age (No offense to old men. There are definitely plenty of fun old men like Cary, but they're hard to find). We ride scooters around the floor and shoot rubber bands at seniors coming for interviews. That's not even the best part. On average I usually get free beer at work at least once every few weeks. Whenever we have a department wide meeting, or someone leaves the department, or another group joins, we have a happy hour on the floor. During our Christmas party I even played a game of beer pong with my managers.......at work! I know people say graduating and getting a job is the "real world" but I think my view may be a little skewed. By the way, there are a few guys coming to the winter career fair looking for a few full time and some internship positions.

Some of my favorite memories were just the random nights hanging out with brothers. I'm not saying that MAZE and Homecoming aren't awesome, but some of the random nights are where the real fun happens. Like staying up late around a bonfire listening to Ridgley tell some ridiculous stories until someone says "Why is it getting lighter?" and you realize the sun is coning up. That's when you know it's time to stop drinking and go to bed. Or when Rhys decides that we need to get Howie back just like the seniors did a couple years before. And then you find yourself sneaking into a house through an unlocked window at 3am to look for a 50 pound concrete indian stature in a pitch black basement.

Well, I guess I've rambled on long enough. I really wish I could have made it back this year to see you guys. I guess there's still some time, so we'll see. I will definitely make it back next fall for Homecoming, career fair, or whatever.