Our Sigma Chapter House at 20 West Ferncliff is officially open for the 2014-15 academic year! Brothers began moving in on Friday, August 15th, and several parents were on hand to help clean and move. Brothers were checked in, signed new housing contracts, and got caught up with one another about last summer's stories and adventures. Brotherhood was evident everywhere, and it was great to see the chapter (and chapter house) come alive after several dormant summer months with laughter and loud music blaring from the 3rd Floor to the Tenement hallway.
Here are some photos depicting the latest round of house renovations:
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| New Sigma doormats are at the back door and at the Back Lounge glass doors! Okay, fine, just so no one complains that we used SFAA funds or Richardson Fund monies on this one, I'll admit to donating the cost of these two doormats. The Brothers really liked them! |
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| Remember the photo I posted on August 2nd of the damaged wall outside the Back Lounge entryway? The damaged bricks have now been removed, dug up, and are gone! A salvage company did the work for $250. Looks MUCH better! |
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| The SFAA spent about $5,000 to repair portions of our aging roof, including this photo of the repairs done over the front porch - the brown/red shingles are new. Several loose shingles all over the house were replaced or repaired. The roofing contractor estimated that we'll likely need a completely new roof in the next five years. Sigh... |
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| ALL of the ceiling tiles in the Back Lounge are being replaced with new ones! (Long overdue, in my opinion.) The photo above depicts many of the new ones in the center and right. If you look way back in the photo toward the back door, you'll see the old, damaged ones which had yet to be replaced when I took this photo on Friday, August 15th. Decades of ketchup on the ceiling tiles are now gone! |
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| Here's another view of the new ceiling tiles. The rows at the left of the photo had YET to be replaced, but you can see the difference as compared to the rows in the center. |
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| Here's a problem we did NOT solve this summer. This is the fire escape stairway from the 3rd Floor. We're going to have to find the money to get this repaired... |
That's it for now! Our Undergraduate Sigma Brothers are preparing for classes beginning on August 25th, and then they plan to recruit heavily for a Fall Pledge Class. Good luck, Brothers!
Fraternally,
Skip Buckley '80
Perge!
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