The Iota Insider

ZY Announces 2016 Pledge Class.
Parents' Club Hosting Tailgate for Utah Game, Oct. 1.

Rush recently concluded and the active chapter is very pleased to announce one of the biggest pledge classes in recent memory with 20 new, prospective members! Congrats to Rush Chair, Alex Heuer, Charlie Oman, JP Josi, and Peter Swan, Phi (and son of Sam Swan '88 who along with his wife, Jennie, and Rob Weikert '82 and Barbara, parents of Neil Weikert '19, have re-launched the Zete Parents' Club... more about that below). This pledge class is in addition to the current membership of 50 Actives and puts the Zete House on very strong footing going forward.

Iota Pledge Class 2016

Introducing the 2016 Pledge Class of the Iota Chapter: (listed below in order of photo above, back row to front row, left to right)

Top, left to right: James Eigenbrood, Adam Young, Thomas Appel, Jack Pickard, Holden Gill, Nate Becker, Zach Shor, Amarik Khosa, Finnian Meagher, Troy Oates
Bottom, left to right: Nate DeGroat, Michael Yazdani, Sam Eisner, Samuel Darvish, Matthew Botros, Devin Regan, Mohamad Sadeghi, Travis Bell, Andrew Deaver

Adam Young is a sophomore from Westchester, New York hoping to major in computer science.

James Eigenbrood is a freshman from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. His intended major at Berkeley is Computer Science, and he is a member of the ski team, who also plans on playing club baseball.

Finnian Meagher is a freshman from Baltimore, Maryland. He is undeclared, and plays defense on the Men’s Lacrosse Team.

Zach Shor is a freshman from Orange County, California. He is undeclared, and plays defense on the Cal Lacrosse team.

Travis Bell is a first-year from Chino Hills, California intending to major in Economics and minor in Computer Science. He plans on joining Berkeley Investment Group.

Nate DeGroat is a sophomore from Ambler, Pennsylvania intending to major in business. He plays midfield for the Cal Men's Lacrosse team.

Thomas Appel is a Junior from Riverside, CA majoring in Cognitive Science.. He played water polo the first two years at Cal, and is a member of the Big C Society.

Sammy Darvish is a freshman from Santa Monica, CA, majoring in Environmental Economics and Policy.

Will Fuller is a Junior from Orinda, CA, and is a member of the Rugby team.

Jack Pickard is a sophomore from Santa Cruz, CA, and plays Water Polo.

Holden Gill is a freshman from St. Louis, Missouri, and plans on majoring in physics.

Devin Regan is a freshman, from Lafayette, CA, and is undeclared.

Troy Oates is a junior from Huntington Beach, CA, and is undeclared. He plays water polo at Cal.

Sam Eisner is a freshman from Studio City, CA intending on majoring in Economics. He plans on trying out for the club volleyball team.

Andrew Deaver is a freshman from Orinda, CA and is undeclared. He plays baseball at Cal, and loves flyfishing.

Nate Becker is a sophomore from Danville hoping to study business. He is a member of the Rugby team, and a member of the Big C Society.

Michael Yazdani is a freshman from Potomac, Maryland. He plans on majoring in Economics, and hopes to join various consulting and entrepreneurship clubs at Berkeley.

Matt Botros is a freshman from San Mateo, CA, and is undeclared. He hopes to join various business clubs around campus.

Mo Sadeghi is a freshman from Los Angeles, CA, and is undeclared. He is a member of the Boxing team at Cal.

Amarik Khosa is a freshman from Hong Kong, planning to major in Physics and Film. He is a former national level Squash player and hopes to help the Cal team move to the varsity level.

Parents' Club Update & Oct. 1 Tailgate

Also in the news, the Zete Parents' Club (formerly Mothers' Club) has been re-launched under the leadership of Jennie Swan and Barbara Weikert, both of whom have really grabbed the reins and made some fantastic improvements. The most important change was to hire a chef and re-institute a daily meal program at Zete. Following Pierre's retirement in 2006 (after an incredible 25 years of service to the House!), the Active Chapter has tried numerous ways of feeding its members with various degrees of success, but was unable to find a qualified, affordable chef. The Actives, led by Peter Swan and Chandler Kowtko, Treasurer, and the Parents' Club not only recruited a chef but they also re-provisioned the kitchen with new equipment, supplies and utensils etc. I was out the House on September 12th for Monday Night Dinner and the Actives were very pleased with the quality of the food.

Not resting on their laurels, the Parents' Club is hosting a tailgate prior to the Cal vs. Utah Homecoming Game on October 1st at 3 pm. All alumni are cordially invited. Please see the attached flyer and response card. We'd love to see you at the game as the Bears return home to build upon an impressive win over #11 Texas (and hopefully over Arizona State, too).

In TKΦ
ZETA PSI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Matt Tunney, President

P.S. The attached response card calls for RSVP’s and checks by 9/23. I apologize for sending this so close to the due date. Please reply ASAP if you can attend. Thanks.