Mu Tau Mu of Alpha Chi Omega

Hurricane Ike is expected to make landfall tonight near Galveston, Texas and have widespread effects. 

Our collegiate Alpha Chi chapters in Houston are at Univ of Houston and at Houston Baptist. UH closed Thurs at 5pm through at least Sunday – www.uh.edu and HBU closed at 3:30pm yesterday, also thru Sunday. Other area AXO chapters: In Huntsville, TX (just north of Houston), Sam Houston State Univ is closed (and Parents Weekend is cancelled; www.shsu.edu) as is Texas A&M in College Station (an hour NW of Houston; www.tamu.edu). Stephen F. Austin State Univ (in Nacogdoches, TX) will close at noon today. It’s in eastern TX, not near the coast. Lamar, in Beaumont, TX (on the TX/LA border; www.lamar.edu) closed yesterday and plans to reopen on Monday. Beaumont is very close to the Gulf and at high risk for flooding. 

Will post updates as they are available.

Keeping an eye on the tropical weather – Hurricane Gustav appears to be on a track to land in Louisiana on Monday as a strong category 3 storm.

We have 3 collegiate chapters that might be in the path of the storm: Loyola in New Orleans; U of W Florida in Pensacola; and Lamar in Beaumont, TX (on the TX/LA border).

Loyola cancelled classes on Friday and implemented its emergency evacuation plan. They expect to resume online coursework on Tuesday and onsite classes on Thursday. www.loyno.edu

UWF is watching the Hurricane closely but has not made a decision about closure Tuesday yet. www.uwf.edu

Lamar offered voluntary evacuation to its students. School is cancelled for Tuesday, September 2^nd. Sorority Recruitment is scheduled to start on Thursday! See www.lamar.edu for more.

The following is a statement from Alpha Chi Omega regarding the tragedy at Virginia Tech:

Alpha Chi Omega is fortunate that all members of the Epsilon Tau chapter at Virginia Tech are safe and unharmed following the tragic events of April 16. Our thoughts and well wishes are with everyone affected by this tragedy. A joint statement was issued by the North-American Interfraternity Conference, National Panh ellen ic Conference, National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations, National Pan-H ellen ic Council, and the Association of Fraternity Advisors. The statement is posted at www.alphachiomega.org.

In response to the tragedy we at MTM have done 2 things: 1. sent a note to Epsilon Tau chapter (log in to alphachiomega.org for the address) and 2. made a contribution to the Virginia Tech Memorial Fund at http://www.vt.edu/tragedy/memorial_fund.php in honor of our Alpha Chi Omega chapter there.

Our hearts go out to the students, faculty, staff and alumni of Virginia Tech as well as their families and everyone everywhere who mourns the loss of the 32 members of the VT community.

From Gamma Nu's Financial Advisor:

"The AXO house at San Diego State University has been under the threat of eminent domain for a number of years.  We have almost completed a $700,000 renovation after the fire that devasted the house during recruitment in September and the City Council will be voting to renew eminent domain for another 12 years on May 23.

PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THE ATTACHMENTS AND TO SEND A LETTER TO OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL BY 5/19/06 SO THAT WE CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

IT IS URGENT THAT YOU DO SO AND PASS THIS ALONG TO EVERY AXO THAT YOU KNOW.  IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF YOUR ALUMNAE CHAPTER, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SENT TO EVERYONE ON YOUR E-MAIL LIST.  PASS IT ON TO OTHER SORORITY AND FRATERNITY MEMBERS ALSO BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN TO THEM IN THE FUTURE!!!

The Gamma Nu Chapter at SDSU is printing postcards asking their their house be excluded from the project & will we going door to door to ask their neighbors to send one to the City Council.  We must help them preserve their beautiful, newly remodeled home.

Thank you!  We don't want to live under the threat of losing our house for another 12 years!

Loyally, Linda"

Related documents are here: http://axomtm.squarespace.com/sdsu