Beta Omicron Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at the University of Texas
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Page 4 We're also proud to welcome our 11 new initiates from spring 2023. They've learned much from Grant Kieschnick '23. WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS Nicholas R. Bartlett '26 Blake W. Boren '25 Mark R. Bugos '25 Eric G. Cadar '26 Emre Cetin '26 Joshua Y. Choy '26 Ian B. Davison '25 Owen H. Genter '26 Mathew C. Huang '26 Felipe G. Jofre '25 Brian D. Lee '26 Ethan J. Maciel '26 Joseph R. Merickel '26 Britton A. Merritt '26 Anay P. Patel '26 Nathan C. Reynolds '24 Taylor P. Ross '25 William T. Shields '25 Parth S. Thakkar '26 Carter K. Vu '26 E ach new class of members is full of driven students, athletes, campus leaders and, most importantly, upstanding young men. Big thanks to Max Gauger '23 for educating these young men into Men of Principle. Please help us welcome the 20 men that we initiated into our brotherhood in 2022: Sashidar Ayyalasomayajula '26 Kevin Donoughue '25 Jacob Encarnado '26 Ian Furrh '26 Shrey Gupta '26 Charles Miele '25 David Pekar '25 Efrat Pinandito '25 Graesen Redding '25 Nikhil Reddy '26 Adrian Trevino '25 We look forward to your new level with Beta Omicron and your participation in Chapter activities, and we know you will be great brothers. Welcome! New members celebrate at Fogo de Chão after initiation. Thank you to the previous executive officers for all their hard work and dedication. We look forward to building upon the previous foundation and working for the betterment of our chapter. Chapter Officers President Charlie Campbell '24 VP of Brotherhood Brenden Elgarten '25 VP of Communications Christopher Cardenas '24 VP of Education Grant Kieschnick '24 VP of External Programming Andrew Adballa '24 VP of Finance Will Fan '25 VP of Internal Programming Nick Whelan '25 VP of Recruitment Izcan Ordiz '24 VP of Risk Management Cole Smylie '24 S pring 2023 brought many fun social events for our brothers and the UT community— including the shift from Roundup to a new event known as West Fest! The executive team worked tirelessly to host a successful event with our partner fraternity, Beta Upsilon Chi. West Fest took place on March 25 with over 500 people in attendance—our largest spring event! This year, we had EDM duo NOTD as the headliner and indie rock sensation Arlie as our opener. This is more than a social event, however: West Fest attracts students from across the state of Texas (and beyond). Like in Roundup before, Texas IFC donates these proceeds to a chosen philanthropy. This year, West Fest consisted of 18 separate events, generating over $180,000 in revenue and $65,000 in profit, with over 6,800 total ticketed guests in attendance. I am proud to see our hard work pay off, and I look forward to organizing bigger events for Beta Omicron in the coming year! Yours in _kai_, Nick Whelan '25 VP Internal Programming West Fest: A New Tradition A packed house for West Fest! The 2023 executive team!