Thank You

Groundbreaking/Alumni weekend went off with a bang! Thank you to all the Alumni and their families who took part in this weekend’s festivities.

We were honored to have Gamma D Founding Father and Past Supreme Master David Kaplan, Past Supreme Master Harold Berman, and Supreme Master-Elect Sam Blustein with us this weekend!

A special thanks also goes out to Brother Bishop and family, Brother Dworkin and family, and Susan Hertz for helping put this weekend together and to Brother Bubis for hosting us out at his ranch Saturday night.

The video of the ceremony and pictures from the weekend will be up on this site very soon!

–Gamma D

Official Schedule for Sat. Nov. 7th

It’s finally been decided. Here’s Saturday’s schedule!

Saturday, November 7:
1. Lunch and game watching party at 11am at Hillel
2. The official groundbreaking ceremony will be at 4pm at the new lot (2807 Rio Grande – close to 28th Street)
3. Party on Saturday Night (starting at 6:30pm) at Brother Barry Bubis’s home (8912 Appaloosa Run is Austin Texas – south of town). Barry has graciously offered to will sponsor the event (Salt Lick Barbeque and drinks!) and will pay for the buses for the Brothers …..and their dates – we will need firm RSVP’s for this event. There is also plenty of room for cars, so feel free to drive, finding it may be tricky, but he will leave signs. (to contact Barry – phone: 512-301-9247 or 512-627-2470 or better yet email: bbubis@austin.rr.com).

For hotel booking, click here

Questions? Feel free to email Scott Bishop

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Parents Weekend Recap

Gamma D would like to extend a thank you to all the parents and family members who came out to celebrate the weekend with us!

A special thank you goes to Susan Hertz for all her hard work setting up the weekend!

Groundbreaking/Alumni Weekend!

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November 7, 2009–the anniversary of the founding of AEPi at NYU in 1913–The Gamma Deuteron Chapter will be holding a groundbreaking ceremony at 2807 Rio Grande in Austin, Texas at 10:00am (time subject to change based on time of UT football game).

To help you plan your weekend, we have reserved several rooms at $109 per night at the:
Embassy Suites in Austin – Central
5901 North IH-35
Austin, Texas
USA 78723
Tel: +1-512-454-8004
For hotel booking, click here

Weekend Schedule:

Friday, November 6: Join us for AEPi sponsored dinner at Texas Hillel

Saturday, November 7:
1. Lunch and game watching party at 11am at Hillel
2. The official groundbreaking ceremony will be at 4pm at the new lot (2807 Rio Grande – close to 28th Street)
3. Party on Saturday Night (starting at 6:30pm) at Brother Barry Bubis’s home (8912 Appaloosa Run is Austin Texas – south of town). Barry has graciously offered to will sponsor the event (Salt Lick Barbeque and drinks!) and will pay for the buses for the Brothers …..and their dates – we will need firm RSVP’s for this event. There is also plenty of room for cars, so feel free to drive, finding it may be tricky, but he will leave signs. (to contact Barry – phone: 512-301-9247 or 512-627-2470 or better yet email: bbubis@austin.rr.com).

Sunday, November 8: Join us for brunch at the hotel.

For hotel booking, click here

Questions? Feel free to email Scott Bishop

RSVP HERE

TX-OU Weekend Recap

What a crazy game. 16-13, Texas.  All that can be said is TGFMD (Thank G-d for Muschamp Defense). [We're (at least) still in 3rd place...]

In lighter news, the brothers had an awesome time in Dallas and will be catching up on sleep over the next couple days. A special thanks to Brother Ray and Family for welcoming the brothers and their dates without tickets to watch the game at their place; and a special thanks to Brother Kellner and Family for opening their home for the post-game party.

We’d also like to thank everyone else who was there to celebrate with us the Longhorn victory.

Have pictures? Send them to Justin Sperling, subject TX-OU Pictures.

Sincerely,
Gamma Deuteron

//

TX-OU Weekend

The AEPi bus leave from Austin at 1pm on Friday as the brothers of Gamma D (along with the entire University of Texas at Austin community) head on up to Dallas to witness, first hand, the Longhorns beat down on the Sooners. The schedule for the weekend is as follows:

Friday

1pm Depature to Dallas

6pm Arrival at  Hotel

8pm Dinner at Manny’s Uptown Texmex

10:30pm Downtown Time

Saturday

GAME DAY!

8am Hotel Departure for Texas State Fair

10am Ticketless Brothers and Dates Head Over to Alex Ray’s Watching Party

6pm Post-Game Party at the Kellners

Sunday

9am Departure to Austin

Newly Initiated Pledge Class

On Sunday, October 11, 2009 the fourteen members of the Lambda Pledge Class were inducted as the newest Brothers of the Gamma Deuteron Chapter.

Gamma Deuteron would like to thank Brothers Bryan Caplovitz, Scott Bishop, Scott Kammerman, Paul Ellul, and Billy Kachel for all coming to the ceremony and post-ceremony brunch.

Parent’s Weekend!

Dear Texas AEPi Parents,

We hope that you will join us the weekend of October 23 – 25, 2009, for our second annual AEPi Parent’s Weekend.

The weekend will begin Friday night with Shabbat Services and Dinner at Texas Hillel. Following dinner, ($5 per person, payable to Texas Hillel at the door), we will head over to a reserved portion of the dining room for a desert reception, so that the brothers and parents can introduce themselves and meet each other.

On Saturday, the festivities will continue with an open house at our current house at 2307 Leon. We will have college football on TV, a light lunch, and we will also be displaying the plans for our new house at 2807 Rio Grande.

Saturday Night we will head to The Salt Lick in Round Rock, where we will be able to enjoy a Brotherhood favorite. They have a semi-private room with a big screen TV, so even if the Texas @ Missouri game is a night game, you won’t have to miss it.

Our final event is a brunch at the hotel on Sunday morning.

The hotel for the weekend is the Embassy Suites Austin – Central. We have received a reduced rate of $109.00/night, if you book before October 10th. Click here to book your room at the special rate.

As many of the events (including kickoff for the football game) are still being finalized, a cost for the weekend has not been set. The weekend cost will include the Friday’s dessert reception and lunch at the house on Saturday.

Please RSVP for the weekend here.

We hope to see you there!
–AEPi Executive Board

The New House and Upcoming Houston Event:

We are thrilled to announce that the Gamma Deuteron Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity is going to be building a new house at the University of Texas at Austin. The new house (image above) will be located at 2807 Rio Grande in the West Campus area of the University of Texas. The estimated completion date will be August 2010 – in time for move-in and fall rush. Our fundraising campaign stated in Dallas last month and has had a great response. To that end, we are having an event in Houston.

The Alumni of the Alpha Epsilon Fraternity are hosting a brunch in the “Schmooze Room” of Kenny and Ziggy’s at 2327 Post Oak Blvd. Please mark your calendars, as the event will be held at 10am on Sunday, October 4th. Members of the building committee and fundraising committee will be on hand to share details of the new three story house.

The cost of the brunch will be $30, but we will have seating limited to 65 people, so please RSVP ASAP to Scott Bishop (sabishop@sfs-lp.com or 713.400.8010). Even if you can’t make it, Scott will be able to give you an update, so please give him a call!

L’Shanah Tovah!

Wishing Y’all a Very Happy and Healthy New Year!

–The Brothers of Gamma Deuteron