♦National Delta Tau Alpha newsletter ♦ March 2004♦ Meet your National President I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas with three younger brothers. I graduated high school in 1995 and joined the Marine Corps as a rifleman. I spent one year working with the Military Police and three with the infantry. I have been to Australia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Thailand. I began at Sam Houston State in the Fall of 2000 to study Animal Science, which has long been a desire of mine. I became very involved in the Beef Cattle and Swine show teams. I have served in various officer positions for Ag Council, Block & Bridle, Collegiate FFA, and DTA.I am also currently on Livestock Judging team. I will begin an internship with the Natural Resource Conservation Service this summer, with plans to work for them full time when I graduate in August It looks like North Carolina State has planned some great activities and I am really looking forward to a fun and productive National Convention. It has been an honor and a pleasure for me to serve as your National President and to work with a great National Council for the past year. Brian VanDelist National President Spring is here!

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle ~ Chapter Chatters We are looking at possibly running a valet parking service for the Alumni Cajun Festival as our next fundraiser. We sold out of baked goods on the first day of our Feb. bake sale. We are hosting a Quiz Bowl for the Ag Dept. on April 16. We held a bake sale at the Cape Girardeau Wal-Mart on Feb. 14. We are assisting the Ag Alumni Association with the 1 st annual Bearkat Classic Golf Tournament, to be held on Saturday, April 24. While we progress in technology we lack humanity. ~ Bumper sticker ~

Don’t Forget Check out your National To submit Form 40’s after every meeting so that you can be included in Chapter Chatters. Information for National No one is less ready for tomorrow than the person who holds the most rigid beliefs about what tomorrow will contain. ~ Watts Wacker ~ Life on a small farm might seem primitive, but by living such a life we become able to discover the Great Path. I believe that one who deeply respects his neighborhood and everyday world in which he lives will be shown the greatest of a all worlds. ~ Masanobu Fukuoka ~