National Convention

With three actives and one life member from Nu sharing a room, you can bet this convention was a diverse set of experiences for Nu.

Issac and Victoria arrived after the start of opening separate session, so Allie sat as the Nu delegate for some time. Ultimately Nu had two seats in the delegation and the NCD was well-represented on the floor. The group traveled to the NIB concert after dressing up in such a manner as is characteristic of Nu and loved the performance. We hung out at the reception and socialized with friends we haven't seen for quite some time, as well as with new people. That evening, Nu hung out with Lambda Tau, enjoying Dublin Dr. Pepper, which we purchased from Howard Payne's chapter. Then, the NCD gathered for our first night of caucusing during which we met Mike Osborn from ZE and Malinda Matney (Nu's sponsor!), candidates for Board of Trustees, and Christine Beason, candidate for VPCM (and former NCD governor).

Peter spent much of his time participating in alumni activities, which was probably a lot less stressful than constant business. Allie spent the next few days participating in workshops. During iPsi, the three actives entertained visitors by answering their questions and explaining our "kkpsiHarmony" board display. Furthermore, iPsi provided us the opportunity to meet many new brothers, which was exciting.

Generally the entire convention was a mix of interviewing candidates for office (business), hanging out with brothers (pleasure), and taking advantage of the scenery and the scheduled events, like concerts and speakers (both...?). Nu visited the Garden of the Gods with brothers from Lambda Tau and Delta Upsilon during free time on Thursday. At banquet, Nu, ZE, and Eta sat together in a "Big Ten" table, causing a lot of puzzling looks in our direction. We also participated in the Fight Song Competition, during which we discovered the hard way that two sets of entries (traveling) plus The Victors twice through is a poor decision.

But alas, it was finally time to return home. We gave a great effort and had the great privilege of seeing Past Grand President/Past National President Doc Worthington at this year's convention (a brother of Nu). Further, Malinda and Mike were both elected to the Board of Trustees, so it was a good day for the state of Michigan! ZE and Nu are proud :) Peter and Allie both had early flights Sunday morning and arrived home in Michigan shortly thereafter. The adventure for Issac and Victoria was much more extended...

In Colorado there are often thunderstorms and we happened to be stuck at the airport during a huge storm. With much of the NCD. Eta and Nu were at the same gate and ultimately everyone managed to get to Dallas, where our connection would have been. However, only Issac made it onto his flight. The rest of us stayed the night in Dallas. Basically the moral of the story is...be friends with your brothers and you shall go forth and prosper! Eta is from OSU, but spending the night with them was great as far as being stuck in a strange city can be :)

AEA,

The Nu Chapter (as written by Victoria, Corr Sec)