What I learned from Wikipedia 11/16/06
- The name of the protagonist in "I am Legend" is Robert Neville, an anagram of "Terrible Novel." He will be played by Will Smith in the 2007 adaptation.
- Sigma Phi Epsilon can claim many innovations and achievements in the world of national fraternities. SigEp was first :
* To charter a chapter in all 50 states.
* To issue a bid of membership to an African-American (future U.S. * Secretary of Commerce Ronald Brown).
* To provide financial assistance to brothers for graduate school through the Resident Scholar program.
* Establish a housing trust for all chapters and create a National Housing Corporation.
* To officially adopt a policy that removed sexual orientation as a means of discriminating against membership.
* To receive a grant from the federal Department of Education to enhance member development programs.
* Establish a traveling staff to assist chapters in effective operations.
* First national fraternity Educational Foundation to build an endowment greater than $11 million.
* To partner with the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy.
* In the spring of 2005 Sigma Phi Epsilon also became the first national fraternity to have a national grade point average surpassing 3.0. Nationally, the fraternity has stated that it hopes to raise this to 3.15 by 2011.
(I probably should have learned this as an undergrad)
- David Coleman "The Dating Doctor", Inspiration for the movie and title character "Hitch" was a SigEp.
- Sigma Phi Epsilon can claim many innovations and achievements in the world of national fraternities. SigEp was first :
* To charter a chapter in all 50 states.
* To issue a bid of membership to an African-American (future U.S. * Secretary of Commerce Ronald Brown).
* To provide financial assistance to brothers for graduate school through the Resident Scholar program.
* Establish a housing trust for all chapters and create a National Housing Corporation.
* To officially adopt a policy that removed sexual orientation as a means of discriminating against membership.
* To receive a grant from the federal Department of Education to enhance member development programs.
* Establish a traveling staff to assist chapters in effective operations.
* First national fraternity Educational Foundation to build an endowment greater than $11 million.
* To partner with the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy.
* In the spring of 2005 Sigma Phi Epsilon also became the first national fraternity to have a national grade point average surpassing 3.0. Nationally, the fraternity has stated that it hopes to raise this to 3.15 by 2011.
(I probably should have learned this as an undergrad)
- David Coleman "The Dating Doctor", Inspiration for the movie and title character "Hitch" was a SigEp.
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