Triangle Fraternity - Louisville Chapter

By: Br. Jordan Dorwart

On June 14, 2009, the annual Triangle Alumni Picnic was held. This year the venue changed; rather than holding the event at George Rogers Clark Park it was held at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park. Even though the location of the event was farther from campus, the turnout was great. Many Actives were in attendance as well as several Alumni, along with their families.

This event gave the Active Chapter a chance to meet the Alumni and their families. It was a day of catching up, a day away from work, a day away from classes, and a Brotherhood event between the new and the old. The picnic was a chance for the Alumni to not only see the new faces and leaders of our Fraternity, but to revive their feeling of Brotherhood.

By: Br. Jason Hines

On Saturday, April 11, 2009, the Louisville Chapter of TRIANGLE celebrated its 102’nd National Founders’ Day. There were several notable Alumni present, as well as a large portion of the Active Chapter, and including dates the banquet hall was quite full. Br. John Riley (lou02) gave a very uplifting presentation about the goals and accomplishments that Triangle men should aspire to. He proved that a life dedicated to serving not only Brothers, but to the community, has rewards of its own and that it could be enjoyable. He showed some of the many projects he had taken on with many Brothers, assisting local charities, and generally just helping those that needing anything. Thanks so much, Br. Riley!

The annual Harry B. O’Donnell III awards were presented as follows: Br. Robert Catlett (lou05) – Award for Scholarship, Br. Adam Hacker (lou06) – Award for Leadership, Br. Shawn Maurer (lou06) – Award for Brotherhood.

The Triangle house is a location, if not a home, for members and guests to gather for a wide variety of reasons. Specifically, the front room is a designated study room that contains materials to assist in studying and preparation for a wide variety of engineering courses. But as with any room, constant usage takes its toll and the front study room became very unappealing and uninviting.

The 1^st Annual Iron Chef Competition at the University of Louisville was hosted on March 24^th by Triangle Fraternity to raise money in a fun way for Habitat for Humanity. This competition was based on the popular television show Iron Chef America and it featured UofL’s sorority women as the star chefs. Six teams competed to see who had the best cooking skills on campus. Coming into the event the sorority teams prepared for the cooking challenge by compiling recipes that would compliment the three special ingredient choices that were given. Of those three special ingredients, one was unveiled as the ingredient of the night only seconds before the clock started. Though it was a guessing game as to what the special ingredient would be, there were no hesitations on each team member’s role when the pineapples were revealed as the food-of-choice.

The Louisville Chapter of Triangle Fraternity celebrated its 102'nd National Founders' Day on Saturday, April 11, 2009.  A big thanks to Br. John Riley (lou02) for his uplifting presentation of the goals and accomplishments that Triangle men should aspire to, proving that a life dedicated to serving not only Brothers, but to the community, has rewards of its own... and showed that it could be enjoyable, as well. At the celebration, many awards (new and old) were given out, which included the Harry B. O'Donnell III awards.  Also, the new active chapter officers were sworn in.