1. ♦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 2005. 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!

2. 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 ~

3. Don’t Forget Check out your National Council @ www.fhsu.edu/agriculture/natdta.htm www.fhsu.edu/agriculture/natdta.htm To submit Form 40’s after every meeting so that you can be included in Chapter Chatters. Information for National Convention @ www.cals.ncsu.edu/student_orgs/dta/ 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 ~