Engineering Fraternities United




Dean Au Matias with the heads of the four f ratenities: Beta Epsilon, EMC², Epsilon Chi and Tau They all have the poise, look and demeanor of fraternity heads and deserved to be leaders of their respective fraternities... MEB Jan Arcinue is at the left

The four fraternity heads lead the march to the tree planting site at the corner of University and Commonwealth Avenues


Site and route of the march	A video of the short march
	BEAI President Oca Arcinue

	DETAILS OF THE TREE-PLANTING PROJECT From jan arcinue <opap.arcinue@gmail.com> Date Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:13 PM Subject URGENT: COE Inter-Fraternity Arbor Day Good day Brods, In an email sent last Sept.15, Wednesday, the residents announced Beta Epsilon's participation in Dean Matias' initiative to do a joint project with the 4 fraternities in the College of Engineering. This project is now dubbed "Fraternities United", and for its first project this year we are going to have an Arbor Day this October 9. Dean Matias set the budget at P100,000.00 for the entire project, which will come from the contributions of the 4 fraternities and the College of Engineering. Beta Epsilon P 20,000.00 EMC2 20,000.00 Epsilon Chi 20,000.00 Tau Alpha 20,000.00 College of Engineering 20,000.00 P100,000.00 The contributions of each fraternity will be collected 2 weeks before the event on October 9. The funds raised will used to pay for all the expenses of the project, of which each fraternity are assigned to do the following tasks: a) Food Committee - Tau Alpha -initial quotation from caterers will for 200 pax -target budget will be 300/pax b) Publicity and Program - EMC2 -this will cover tarpaulins 2 weeks before and during the event -100 shirts will be made for all Fraternities' residents and extra shirts sold to interested parties -program for the day and tentative shirt design shall be prepared by this committee c) Trees and Tools - Beta Epsilon -all trees will be requested through DENR -expected price will be P15/tree which includes trees and tools needed to plant the trees -there will be an allocation of 25 trees per fraternity totaling 100 trees signifying 100 years of the College of Engineering. d) Venue and Permits - Epsilon Chi -tentative venue will be suggested by this committee -physical arrangements will also be the responsibility of this committee The residents have started contacting the DENR regarding the acquisition of trees and tools required. In this regard, we would like to solicit from the Board the P20,000.00 that Beta Epsilon will contribute to the joint project. Thank you and we are hoping for your support. Regards, Jan Rafael D. Arcinue BE'08B Most Exalted Brother '10


At the Tree Planting site Areas for each fraternity have been designated by a committee




Tree Planting This reminds us of the Chinese saying that you are a man if you have a) sired a son, b) written a book, and c) planted a tree. I heard that from UP President Carlos P. Romulo in a convocation at the University Theater in the 1962 or 63.

From Rellan Castro <rellan_18@yahoo.com> subject Engineering Fraternities United: Paradigm Shift Brods, This coming Saturday(Oct. 9), the (4) Fraternities in College of Engineering will be having a joint project through the leadership of Dean Aura Matias. The project will be a tree planting activity and the whole event was planned by the joining parties with the admin of CoE. In line with this, each fraternity is to have a maximum of 50 people attending the event. Their will be a program in which the head and/or one alumnus will have to speak in behalf of the fraternity. Also, after the event, lunch will be served and shared by all the attendees. For those who can and will come, meeting time will be 7:00-7:30am on the Engineering steps. The venue is just the corner of University Ave. and Commonwealth Ave. See you there! Fraternally Yours, Rellan F. Castro Exalted Brother '10


	◄ ▲ Resident brods did the planting of the trees. ▼


▼ Took shots also of the members of other fraternities going to their assigned areas and planting their quote of the t rees, 20 trees per fraternity ▼


Roger Madrigal of Tau Alpha. He was the only alumnus that I saw who planted a tree. I may have missed seeing the others.

Photo ops after the tree planting




BEAI brods at the ree planting

Brunch at the Melchor Hall Lobby
That is a clever portmanteau - breakfast and lunch - to describe the meals at around 10AM hosted by Dean Matias at Melchor Hall to participants of the Tree Planting activity. Unfortunately, I had to be in a meeting in QC and did not proceed to Melchor Hall after the free planting. If anybody has photos, please send me copies to post here. Thank you.
Photo ops earlier in the day at Melchor Hall


	Project Tree-planting is a very well-organized activity of the four fraternities initiated by Dean Au Matias and enthusiastically participated in by the four college fraternities: Beta Epsilon, EMC², Epsilon Chi and Tau Alpha. Congratulations to Dean Au Matias and the four fraternities in the college! May you have more common activities in the future.

BONUS TRACKS


Bandera Espanyola at the UP campus
	Google Earth gives you the old name, Beta Way, when you click on it.

Ear;ly Saturday morning is jogging day for many. Taken in front of Melchor Hall