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San Fernando Valley State CollegePismo
Retreat Our Retreats began in October, 1996 with a visit to Rick Krieger in Bend, Oregon. Of the 30 brothers in attendance, I'll bet none of us envisioned that we were creating an institution that would ensure the ongoing viability of the Pi Kappa Tau Fraternity until the last of us is gone. The Retreats are held the first weekends in May and November at 18 month intervals. The next one will be May 1-3, 2009. The regular schedule helps avoid calendar conflicts, provided our aging members remember to mark their calendars. Since the Retreat of November, 1998, one of the highlights of the weekend has been the passing on of the Krieger Award, the closest thing Pi Kappa Tau has to the Nobel Prize. This honor has been bestowed upon Stu Olster, John Cagle, Gerry Adams, Rick Turton, Dick Eisman, and Curt Ebbesmeyer, and Bob Kari. At the 2007 retreat, Bob Kari presented this honor to Bob Richardson. 40th
Anniversary -- Cal Nu ΣAE The location and date of the 40th Anniversary of the Cal Nu Chapter at CSU Northridge are October 11th 2008 at The Sportsmen Lodge in Studio City, CA. The anniversary chairman, Jose Vera,
needs an early indication to how many will be attending the 40th. Please email
Jose Vera directly Jose writes, "We need ALL THE BROTHERS to attend. Remember we have our New Members who will be leading our Chapter back. Let's show these New Guys what Cal Nu is All About and lets show them by sharing what Cal Nu means to all of us at Cal Nu's Anniversary. I thank you all for your time and I hope to hear back from ALL of YOU." More information will be forthcoming as details on the anniversary are developed. Team MeetingsIn 1966, "the Pi Kappa Tau Drinking Team" meetings began. They have continued until today. The second Thursday of each month, brothers gather at the Lannathai restaurant on Van Nuys Blvd. about seven o'clock in the evening. Any given night there will be eight or ten brothers or as many as sixty. These meetings have gone on since the 1960s and continue. Everyone is welcome. The meetings are at:
The origin of these meetings began when the Benevolent Order of the Silver Flagon was created as a beer drinking honorary fraternity at Valley State and got a charter from the Associated Students. Some brothers, notably Gerry Adams and Larry Castro, thought any brother should automatically be a member, but for some reason or another Cagle insisted the BOSF was an honorary like Blue Key. Adams and Castro were so upset that they started their own beer drinking fraternity, which they simply referred to as "the Drinking Team" or generally just "the Team." Well, whereas the Benevolent Order (BOSF) had actual chapters at several other universities (including Oregon State, Chico, San Jose, Fresno, and other universities), when the initial members graduated, BOSF disappeared. Even Cagle admits this fact. The Team continues, however, to this day. None drinks alone. Send calendar announcements to Cagle. Thank you. |