By Steve Cover, President of Theta Delta Alumni Association
I would like to take this time to update all of our alumni on the status of the Beta house and what the Theta Delta House Corporation has done to insure the facility will be in the best condition possible when we are again able to house Betas in the fall of 2014. As you are probably aware the chapter had its charter suspended as a result of violations of both University and General Fraternity rules and standards. The chapter will be allowed to return in January of 2014 and the General Fraternity will lead the reorganization effort.
Because the reorganization cannot begin until midway through the school year, we will be renting the facility to non-Beta OSU students for the next two years. While this is difficult and painful to those of us who care strongly for the tradition and heritage of Theta Delta, it is a necessity, and we must all look to the future and to what is in the best interest of our chapter.
I am pleased to inform you that we have fully filled and rented all available rooms, and will be managing the house at least for the balance of the school year. We will spend this year assessing our options for the next school year. One option is to allow the University to manage the house the following year as student housing. Obviously we will be looking at the financials to see if this is viable.
We just completed the budgetary process for the upcoming year, and we can report that we will be operating at a profit albeit a small one. This will enable us to complete some major renovations which you will read about later.
What we have achieved and what we plan to achieve does not come without a lot of hard work and dedication from your House Corporation. Since I was just recently elected President of the House Corporation, I cannot take any of the credit for what your brothers have done, but I would like to personally thank the members of the board and ask that you also extend an appreciation for their foresight and hard work. This could not have been accomplished without the dedicated service of Brent Hatch ’79, Dan Ketcham ’77, Chuck Green ’82, Todd Price ’87 and new member Rod Gregory ’79. Also a special thanks to brother Steve Villardo, our property manager, for leading the effort to fill the house with quality students and for his efforts to insure the house will remain in top condition.
We have reached a point in the history of Theta Delta where we need all of the help we can muster. I urge all of you to become involved, whether it be in the form of monetary support to the Alumni Association or volunteering your time or resources to improving the facility.
The past is just that. From this day forward, we look to the future of Theta Delta and doing whatever is necessary to make Theta Delta the leader and the example of what Greek life at The Ohio State University should embody.
