California Polytechnic University-PomonaSPEAlumSPEak

April 23-24, 2010Newport Beach, Califwww.calmualumni.com

On April 26, 1980, a small group of men realized a dream when Sigma Phi Epsilon granted chapter status to California Mu, making it the first national fraternity at Cal Poly. Through the

years, men from our chapter have dominated all aspects of college life, including sports, scholastics and government, laying the foundation for successful lives. In celebration of our 30 years of collective expe-riences as members of Sigma Phi Epsilon, the long awaited 30th An-niversary Celebration of the California Mu Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon is just around the corner.

The event’s banquet is planned for Saturday, April 24, at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa in Newport Beach, California [(949) 640-4000], but there will be a host of other events throughout the weekend, starting with the inaugural 2010 Cal Mu Classic golf tournament on Friday, April 23.

Here’s to the biggest celebration of our success… past, present, and future. Save the date! For more up-to-date information, please visit www.calmualumni.com.

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Dear Brothers, I regret that it’s been so long since we’ve published an issue of AlumSPEak. As most of you have discovered, life tends to fly by as you try to build your career, raise your family, and pur-

sue your goals. We are currently blessed with a young and eager batch of Alumni Brothers who intend to carry on Cal Mu’s tradition of excellence de-spite the chapter’s recent suspension. This newsletter is our first step towards reuniting you with your Brothers and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Cal Mu’s suspension from Cal Poly interrupted almost three decades of fraternity history that included campus leadership, intramural sports domi-nance, and national awards. Before the regrettable incident came to light, Cal Mu was highly favored and well positioned for it’s third consecutive Buchanan Cup. The Active Brothers led their peers in campus grade point average, student body leadership, and intramural sports. We expect to return to campus in 2013 and work hard to achieve the same level of performance.

Until all possible litigation has been resolved, we will refrain from dis-cussing the incident in any form of published media. However, I would like to make you aware of a few details of Cal Mu’s current status. After the campus staff investigation, Cal Poly officials offered the student members an agreement to resolve the matter by accepting various levels of student disci-pline. Without offering any admission of guilt, the students accepted varying terms of campus probation, exclusions from holding student government of-fice, and, on the most severe end, suspension from campus for two quarters. To our knowledge, no student contested the settlements they were offered and were eager to serve them and move on with their careers.

Cal Poly officials also offered the Cal Mu Chapter a settlement that in-cluded two years of suspending operations followed by two years of lim-ited operations that excluded recruitment. The Grand Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, as represented by the National Board of Directors, then elected to suspend Cal Mu’s charter for the period of time that it is suspended from campus. The active members are prohibited from conducting any form of operations as a chapter and barred from using any copyrighted material be-longing to Sigma Phi Epsilon. Once they graduate from Cal Poly, they will be promoted to Alumni status without prejudice. So, as far as the campus and Fraternity are concerned, the matter is closed. We do not have any insight as to the next moves by the injured party.

In the upcoming years, we intend to strengthen our alumni network and form a stronger presence in the Cal Poly alumni community. Our goal is to form strong relationships with the campus and student life officials as we near the time for our return. We will simultaneously work with our National Board and HQ officials so that all the pieces will be in place for our return in 2013. We will do this with the renewed energy found in our newest alumni members and with the experience and relationships held by our older members.

I look forward to seeing you all at our 30th Anniversary Reunion in New-port Beach on April 24. See you in Newport Beach!

-Renato Villacorte

Cal Mu Alumni BoardRenato G. Villacorte ................... President

Brian Kleinsmith .........VP Communications

Brian T. Clarke .........................VP Finance

Kerwin Esperias .................. VP Operations

D.J. Arellano ...................Events Chairman

Sal Chatfield ........... Fundraising Chairman

James Monks ............ Marketing Chairman

Nick Felter ..............Recruitment Chairman

Dave Skale .................................. Historian

Ryan Lee Price ............... Newsletter Editor

Alumni Board MeetingsMeetings are generally scheduled for the last Sunday of every month at various locations. Contact Renato Villacorte at (626) 712-7658 if you would like to attend or volunteer.

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Alumni Career Spotlight Brian Kleinsmith (Alpha Eta)

In 2005, the state of Cali-

fornia passed l e g i s l a t i o n designed to eliminate sodas from schools statewide. The phased in ap-proach meant

that schools needed replacements in their beverage section to make up for the loss in sales due to the removal of Coke & Pepsi products. Keep in mind that as California goes, so goes the rest of the country as it per-tains to schools. This meant that the first com-panies to market would be able to claim valuable first mover status.

My involvement began in the middle of 2007 as I helped formulate, pack-age, and sell Fruit 66 into a brand that met state reg-ulations across the coun-

try for the K-12 school segment. Fruit 66 began to really take hold in schools in 2009 and is now available in schools in 35 states.

I am currently the Executive Vice Pres-ident of Sales and part owner. I oversee all sales activity that relates to schools including our broker network, distribu-tor network, and our customer database.

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Parents like the brand because of the high nutritional value, kids like the brand because they think they are get-ting away with something by drinking a product that tastes like a soft drink but contains all of the key nutrients kids need. It doesn’t hurt that it is packaged in an energy drink can giving the illu-sion that there might be more than just juice inside.

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Old, out of shape, and out of breath, the SigEp Cal Mu Alum

football team jogged around the field warming up their old bones for the beginning of another intramural football season at Cal Poly Pomona. With returning champions like Eric Viramontes, Robert Jackson, and DJ Arellano the team, the old men felt confident in going for another cham-pionship contending run. Little did they know that they would have one

of the most dominant intramural football teams in history.

Ending the season with a 10-0 record, SigEp hoisted the cham-pionship at the end of the year, and did it in dominating fashion. During their championship run they had beat the returning cham-pionship Cal Poly Pomona Track Team twice, and even set a CPP record by winning a game 69-0.

Players included participants as young as ’08 graduates, to much older members of the Alpha Upsilon class. As the games went on it was easy to see that SigEp’s cohesion, knowledge of the game, and confidence were more than enough to compensate for their lack of youth, speed and endur-ance. Signature moves throughout the season defined this team as one

that will always be remembered. SigEp was able to have fun in ev-ery facet of the game. Everything from ignoring the coin toss and allowing the op-posing team to chose their own

side, and if they wanted the ball, to the bread a butter trick plays like the motion triple option and the hook and ladder made the game fun and excited for the old dogs.

The defense was anchored by safe-ty Eric Viramontes’ nose for the ball, and was supported by Cody Gaudreau and Thomas Stimac’s constant pres-sure on opposing offense. Through-out the regular season the defense only allowed 51 points, as opposed to the 251 points that the offense scored over the 8 game stretch.

An Arellano to Jackson connection was the trademark pass for the of-fense. But, at any point Arellano, the quarterback, could choose to throw to explosive down the field runner Vira-montes, or one of his quick and agile linemen, John Redden and Damian Doffo.

After all the dust settled the old men had a great time, and winning the championship only made it bet-ter. It will be a run the team mem-ber’s won’t forget, and neither will Cal Poly Pomona Intramurals. See you out there next year for the return of the champs.

-Sal Chatfield

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Brother Renato Villacorte, Cal Mu alumnus and founder of “SigEp Vets”

was the recipient of the prestigious Doud-Clayton award at the 2009 Orlando Con-clave. The award allows Renato to award $10,000 in scholarships and grants to or-ganizations of his choosing.

The Doud-Clayton award was estab-lished by former Grand President Wally Doud and Foundation Trustee Jim Clayton

to recognize amazing and exemplary examples of “brothers helping brothers.” The award was presented to Renato in front of more than 1,000 brothers and guests at the Educational Foundation Luncheon, and was preceded by a special video presentation narrated by Kelly Williams, the President of the Tennessee Alpha Alumni and Volunteer Corporation.

Brother Williams and his Tennessee Alpha brothers nominated Renato for the award for the special work he did on behalf of the family of their fallen chapter brother Major Joseph Trane McCloud. Brother McCloud’s Marine Corps CH-46 heli-copter crashed on December 3, 2006 while patrolling the Anbar Province in Iraq. Brother McCloud was 39 at the time and he left a wife and children behind.

Christmas 2008, Renato organized a trip to Southern California for the McCloud family through the “Snowball Express” foundation that included stops at Disneyland and Legoland. Renato personally oversaw every detail of the trip and made sure that Mrs. McCloud and the McCloud children experi-enced a trip that they will never forget.

Renato is a founder of “SigEp Vets” and has helped es-tablish the “Fallen Brother Scholarship” through the SigEp Foundation which will help the children of fallen brothers attain their educational goals. You can find out more about the “Fallen Brother Scholarship” at www.sigepvets.com

Renato did not forget his fallen SigEp brother and Broth-er Marine. His service to his fraternity, as usual, went far beyond the call of duty. We can honor the mark that our chapter brother has made on our fraternity by making a donation in his name to the “Fallen Brother Scholarship.”

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SigEp’s First Networking Night for 2010 a Success“Parties, girls, and the contacts you will make for a post graduation

career!” No doubt these were conveyed as ‘reasons to join’ dur-ing rush week as we made our way through various Fraternity booths & events. The parties were great, the girls were better, and now it is time to make good on that ‘contacts & networking’ promise!

Throughout 2010, the Cal Mu Alumni Association will host “SigEp Net-working Nights 2010.” The first event took place Thursday January 14th at Buffalo Wild Wings in Chino Hills, Calif. The informal, professional networking atmosphere was great for the 25-plus alumni, both old and new, from six different SigEp chapters, to in-teract and exchange contact info.

Stay tuned to www.C a l M u A l u m n i .com for details on our February event. Let’s do business with other SigEps!

-Nick Felter

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