The Cal Nu Journal Fall 2013

8/13/2019 The Cal Nu Journal Fall 2013

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FALL 2013 U C R I V E R S I D E P H I K A P P A P S I VOLUME 1I - ISSUE 1

Vivimus et Vigemus. We live and we

flourish. No words could defineCalifornia Nu more than those that

conclude our motto. Phi Kappa Psis

emergence as one of the most notable

and respected fraternities at UC

Riverside has served as a testament to

the strength and longevity of the

brotherhood of California Nu. The Fall

Quarter commenced with a successfulFall Rush in which California Nu added

a total of eight new members who

embody the values of Phi Kappa Psi. The

Alpha Mu class crossed over into the

realm of brotherhood at the conclusion

of last Spring Quarter. Wearing their

letters proudly they entered the

brotherhood bringing our total numberof brothers to fifty-six, the highest

number for membership at Cal Nu thus

far.

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Phi Psis Great Start to a New Year by Trelynd Bradley

NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD PHILANTHROPY GRADUATED BROTHER UPDATE

THE CAL NU JOURNALTHE OFF ICIAL QUARTERLY NEWSL ETTER OF THE

PHI KAPPA PSI FR ATERNITY AT UC R IVERSIDE


2/11

PHOTOS FROM THE QUARTER

The Alpha Nu pledge class, which upon

entering the ranks of brotherhood, will

bring our total number to sixty-two.

The Brothers had a successful social

with Alpha Chi Omega and look

forward to having several more socials

this upcoming quarter. Cal Nu Brothers

also conducted the Oktoberfest social

event, as well as our Second Date

party, which took place upon the

infamous Queen Mary in Long Beach.

Socially the brotherhood could not ask

for more this past quarter.

The Great Joy of Serving Others

Brothers upheld the values and motto

of our fraternity by participating in a

significant amount of philanthropy based

events. California Nu organized and

worked as volunteers at the 36th annual

Mission Inn Run, one of the premier

events in the Riverside area. Along with

a half dozen street clean ups of the

neighborhood surrounding the house,

the brothers assisted in cleaning up

their section of street in Riverside.

Brothers assisted the home province of

Gabriel Villaruel in the wake of Typhoon

Haiyan in the Philippines. We were also

proud to participate in UCRs toy drive

and IFCs canned food drive.

Overall the legacy of California Nu

continues to grow as we approach our

fifth year anniversary of our chartering.

We look forward to the presence of

brothers of our past as we honor such

a grandiose event for Cal Nu. Amici.

CALNUREPORT

56ACTIVEBROTHERS

HIGHESTFALLQUARTER

GPA

8NEWMEMBERS

2NDFOUNDERSDAY

SOCCERIMCHAMPIONS

TWOBROTHERSATTENDING

RECRUITMENTACADEMY

NEWEXECUTIVEBOARD

TWOBROTHERSLEADUCR

INTERFRATERNITYCOUNCIL


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SCHOLARSHIP

by Duncan Clarke

THIS PAST FALL QUARTER SERVED

AS A STEPPING STONE FOR MANY

WITHIN THE PHI KAPPA PSICALIFORNIA NU CHAPTER. THIS

WAS A SUCCESSFUL QUARTER BY

ALL STANDARDS SEEING AS

CALIFORNIA NUS CHAPTER GPA

WENT UP AS A WHOLE. THERE ARE

A FAIR NUMBER OF BROTHERS

PHILANTHROPYby Austin Claiborne

OUR COMMUNITY AND

PHILANTHROPY INVOLVEMENT

FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE

SCHOOL YEAR HAS GOTTEN OFF

TO A GOOD START. OUR

BROTHERS RECENTLY

VOLUNTEERED IN DOWNTOWN

RIVERSIDE FOR THEIR 36TH

ANNUAL MISSION INN RUN.

HOUSING CORP

by Trelynd Bradley

WITH THE START OF THE FALL

QUARTER THE CAL NU HOUSING

CORPORATION IS OFFICIALLY IN ITS

SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION. NEW

BROTHERS HAVE MOVED INTO THE

PROPERTIES ALLOWING BROTHERS OF

CALIFORNIA NU TO EXPERIENCE THE

BENEFITS OF LIVING IN WITH THEIR

FRATERNITY. THE NEW TENANTS

INCLUDE ED BRAVO, JUSTIN CHU LEE,

NICK STIDHAM, TRELYND BOWLES,

BRANDON SIDHU, MALHAR OZA, ALEX

LIMA, ALI HASAN, ELIAS ADELY, AND

MATTHEW REED.

THE CAL NU HOUSING CORP LOOKS

FORWARD TO BUILDING UP ITS

REPUTATION AS THE ONLY

FRATERNITY-BASED HOUSING

CORPORATION ON THE CAMPUS OF UC

RIVERSIDE.

IN THE FUTURE WE LOOK FORWARD

TO SECURE A HOUSING COMPLEX!

ALSO, WE ARE CURRENTLYRUNNING OUR PHI PSI FOR THE

PHILIPPINES PHILANTHROPY

WHERE WE ARE RAISING MONEY

FOR BAYANG, A PROVINCE

DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH ONE

OF OUR BROTHERS FAMILY. IN

THE COMING WEEKS OUR CAL NU

CHAPTER WILL BE VOLUNTEERING

AT OUR LOCAL SOUP KITCHEN

FOR THE THANKSGIVING AND

HOLIDAY SEASON AS WELL AS BE

PARTICIPATING IN THE FIRSTANNUAL TOY DRIVE FOR THE KIDS

OF UC RIVERSIDES CAMPUS.

RETURNING TO THE FRATERNITY

LIFE AFTER THEIR SHORT TIME

OFF TO FOCUS ACADEMICALLY. WE

HOPE TO MAINTAIN THIS

POSITIVE PROGRESSION

ACADEMICALLY AND TO

CONTINUE TO ASSIST ONE

ANOTHER IN FURTHERING

SCHOLARSHIP!CONGRATULATIONS, CALIFORNIA

NU, FOR REACHING THIS NEW

LEVEL OF ACADEMIC

ACHIEVEMENT!


5/11

Brothers Attend Executive

Council Meeting in Palm

Springs

others Alex Lima, Kevin Lopez, Wade

arris, Daniel Mai, Trelynd Bradley, and

oel Prasad all joined Brother Ray Garra

the Desert Alumni Association as the

ecutive Council of Phi Kappa Psi

nvened in Palm Springs at the Living

esert and Indian Wells Resort.

T WAS A PRICELESS EXPERIENCE

ING ABLE TO SEE HOW

ATIONALS RUNS FIRST HAND -VIN LOPEZ

Rewarding Experience

e opportunity arose not only for

others of Cal Nu to witness first hand

e operations of Nationals, but to also

eet brothers from all over the country.

otable attendees included Jerry Nelson,

ott Noble and Paul Wineman. The

unger brothers of Cal Nu meet many

mni for the first time and could not be

ore appreciative of the national

ternity of Phi Kappa Psi. We thank our

sts as well as the Desert Alumni

sociation for a night of revelry and

otherhood! Live ever die never!

BASKETBALLby Austin Claiborne

THIS PAST QUARTER OUR

INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL TEAM FELL

JUST SHORT OF WINNING THE

CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS TIME THE TEAM

LOST ANOTHER CLOSE GAME IN THE

QUARTER FINALS 53-49. THE

REGULAR SEASON ALSO WENT

PRETTY WELL WITH THE TEAM

FINISHING A MODEST 3-2. NOTABLE

PLAYERS INCLUDE, THOMAS STEVENS,

DAVID CALDERON, AUSTIN CLAIBORNE

AND GABRIEL VILLARUEL.

FOOTBALLby Wade Harris

OUR FOOTBALL TEAM KICKED OFF

THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH ALMOST

A BRAND NEW GROUP OF

BROTHERS AND NEW MEMBERS.

WE MANAGED TO PULL OFF AN

ALMOST UNDEFEATED SEASON

BUT FELL SHORT IN THE

PLAYOFFS. OUR TEAM IS GETTING

BETTER AND HOPE TO PLAY INTHE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NEXT

QUARTER!

SOCCERby Malhar Oza

THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS PHI PSIFOUGHT HARD AND LONG, WINNING

EACH GAME EVENTUALLY MAKING IT

TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. WHILE

OUR TEAM HAS BEEN IN SUCH A

SITUATION BEFORE PHI KAPPA PSI

HAS NEVER ACTUALLY WON THE

FINAL GAME. THAT ALL CHANGED THIS

PAST QUARTER AS FOR THE FIRST

TIME EVER PHI KAPPA PSI WON THE

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO BECOME IM

CHAMPS. CONGRATS BROTHERS!


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TOP: BROTHERS WITH

THEIR SHIRTS AT THE UCR

BASKETBALL GAME

BOTTOM: BROTHERS SETH

LAKE & TRELYND BRADLEY

OKTOBERFESTBy Trelynd Bradley

PHI KAPPA PSI HAD THEIR FIRST

SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SCHOOL

YEAR, OKTOBERFEST, AT THE

MEXICALI BAR AND GRILL. THE

BROTHERS OF CALIFORNIA NU

AND THEIR DATES DRESSED THE

PART AS THEY AIMED TO REINACT

THE TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL THAT

HAS ORIGINATED FROM

GERMANY.

NEARLY 600 UC RIVERSIDE

STUDENTS, IN AND OUT OF THE

GREEK COMMUNITY, ATTENDED!

WE WERE ALSO GRATEFUL TO

HAVE BROTHERS FROM ACROSS

THE COUNTRY JOIN US FOR THE

NIGHT OF REVELRY. IT WAS A

GREAT NIGHT FOR ALL BROTHERS

OF PHI KAPPA PSI.

PHI PSI DATE PARTY

By Trelynd Bradley

THIS PAST QUARTER THE

GENTLEMAN OF PHI KAPPA PSI

ATTENDED OUR SECOND ANNUAL

DATE PARTY AT QUEEN MARYS

DARK HARBOR IN LONG BEACH.

THE SHIP HAS A RICH HISTORY

DATING BACK TO WORLD WAR

TWO AS IT WAS USED AS A

TRANSPORT FOR U.S. SOLDIERS.

FOR HALLOWEEN THE SHIP HAD

BEEN CONVERTED INTO A

HAUNTED MAZE.

BROTHERS ENJOYED THE

COMPANY OF THEIR WONDERFUL

DATES AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME

HAD BY ALL. WE LOOK FORWARD

TO OUR NEXT DATE PARTY IN THE

NEAR FUTURE.


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PHOTOS FROM THE QUARTER


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ALEXANDER BODNER

ALEX BODNER (#27 ZETA CLASS)

GRADUATED FROM UCR IN 2010 WITHA DEGREE IN BUSINESS FINANCE.

AFTER GRADUATION A PHI PSI FROM

NEW JERSEY HELPED BODNER EARN A

POSITION WORKING FOR LANDSBERG,

AN INDUSTRIAL PACKING COMPANY

OUT OF LOS ANGELES. FOLLOWING

HIS TIME THERE, ALEX TOOK A ROAD

TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH

INCLUDED A STOP AT THE GRAND

ARCH COUNCIL MEETING IN SAN

ANTONIO.

MARK UMANDAP

MARK UMANDAP (#63 ALPHA

BETA CLASS) GRADUATED IN 2013

WITH A DEGREE IN POLITICAL

SCIENCE AND A MINOR INSOCIOLOGY.

MARK IS CURRENTLY A LEGAL

ASSISTANCE AT A TOP 3

INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM:

SULLIVAN AND CROMWELL LLP,

WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY

STUDYING TO ATTEND LAW

SCHOOL AFTER THE CONCLUSION

Brother Updates

Quarterly the chapter will be featuring brothers that have graduated from the university

and ventured from the chapter. We have begun the task of reaching out to alumni and

former brothers to establish a network that is now present at California Nu! Any brother

is welcome to be featured in the newsletter. We also encourage all brothers to stay up todate on upcoming chapter events and announcements by joining the Cal Nu Alumni

Facebook page.

HE HAS SINCE MOVED TO PHOENIX

ARIZONA WHERE HE HAS FOUNDED A

TECH COMPANY, TECH 1

PERIPHERALS, WHICH PROVIDES IT

SERVICES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN

THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA.

ALA AND PHI PSI BOTH PREPARED

ME FOR WHAT LIFE WOULD BE LIKE

AFTER I GRADUATE. EXPERIENCES IN

THE FRATERNITY BRACED ME FOR THE

REAL WORLD AFTER MY TIME AT UC

RIVERSIDE

BODNER JUST RECENTLY ENJOYED A

SEVEN DAY CRUISE AROUND BAJA

CALIFORNIA WITH HIS FAMILY.

OF HIS CONTRACT. MARK STAYS

ACTIVE WITH THE CHAPTER AND

SAYS HE IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO

GIVE BACK WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

THE CHAPTER HAS REALLY

DEVELOPED ME INTO WHO I AM

TODAY. IF ANYONE EVER HAS ANYQUESTIONS OR HAS DEVELOPED A

STRONG INTEREST IN THE LEGAL

FIELD LET ME KNOW. AMICI!

WHEN HES NOT WORKING FOR

SULLIVAN AND CROMWELL, MARK

CAN BE FOUND AT THE RANGE. HE

IS AN AVID FAN OF GOLF AND

HAS BECOME QUITE THE TALENT.


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Featured Brothers

ALPHA MU

Congratulations to the

brothers who have recently

crossed over and officiallybecome brothers of the Phi

Kappa Psi fraternity!

The group of well rounded

young men includes Dustin

Pinder, Premal Patel, Trevor

Taugner, Kevin Do, Imon

Riaby and Naveed Modarresi

A New Exec Councilby Nick Stidham

This past quarter elections wereheld for the positions of

President (GP), Vice President

(VGP), Treasurer (P),

Corresponding Secretary (AG),

Recording Secretary (BG),

Historian (SG) and Messenger

(HOD) with the positions of

Sergeant at Arms (PHU) and

Chaplain (HI) due to be elected

the first week of Winter

Quarter.

Trelynd Bradley was elected to

the position of President, Wade

Harris was elected to Vice

President, Jonathan Nery was

elected Treasurer, Noel Prasad

was elected Corresponding

Secretary, Thomas Stevens was

elected Recording Secretary,

Nick Stidham was elected

Historian and Schuyler Jahngwas elected Messenger

respectfully.

These brothers will shadow

their predecessors for the

upcoming quarter and then take

over in this Spring.

Congratulations to our new

executive board of Cal Nu!

ALPHA NU

The brothers of Phi Kappa Psi

are thrilled to welcome our

new Alpha Nu pledge class!

Alpha Kappa includes (left to

right) Hector Cano, Armani

Tehrani, Valeed Malik, Jules

Vagner, Brian Guinea, Cory

Manning, and Arian Azamian.

Supporting the

Philippinesby Trelynd Bradley

This last quarter served witness

to the devastation caused by

Super Typhoon Haiyan. One

brothers home province and

village, Bayang, were dramatically

affected by the typhoon.

Brother Gabriel Villaruel

decided to take action by

organizing Phi Psi for the

Philippines in which over $800

was raised to support the village

and feed over 250 households.

The great joy of serving others...I

couldnt put it more simply. I am

fortunate to have such a great

fraternity to help my people during

such a tough time.

You can view more photos from

Bayang on our Facebook page.


10/11

!ROMTHEBROTHERSOFCALIIFORNIANU

"AVEAMERRY#HRISTMAS ANDA"APPYNEWYEA$


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Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity

1000 Minerva Court

Riverside, California 92507

Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity1000 Minerva CtRiverside, California 92507

Founders DaySave the date!

February 22 of this upcoming

Winter Quarter California Nu

will be hosting their Second

Annual Founders Day event incollaboration with the California

Desert Alumni Association. For

more information contact Brother

Noel Prasad (310) 773-8581

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