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Frank Miles, Tattler Editor
frank@sinfoniantattler.com
Scott Erb, Tattler Staff
scott@sinfoniantattler.com
Phil Wilson, Tattler Staff
phil@sinfoniantattler.com
Tommy House, Tattler Webmaster
tommy@sinfoniantattler.com
Not Pictured:
Travis Bryant, Tattler Staff
travis@sinfoniantattler.com
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The
Downbeat
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Frank Miles,
Tattler Editor
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Go Trojans!
While they may
not have won, our beloved Men of Troy held their own against the #20 team
in the nation. This week, another SEC challenge awaits them in Gainesville, and then the Trojans get a crack at Oklahoma State on ESPN2. What a glorious time
to be a Troy Trojan. Go to every game you possibly can and support the
team.
As for the
Tattler and Sinfonia, we’re charging into fall
with some pretty big challenges of our own. The Fraternity has left the Professional
Fraternity Association, and we’ll tell you what that means for you and for
the Iota Nu Chapter. One of our alumni brothers is facing the challenge of
defending our great nation and could use a few words of encouragement from
you. And in Troy,
the chapter faces another year of rigorous study while continuing to carry
the banner of Sinfonia.
To help the
Tattler with all our challenges, we welcome a new face to the staff and
call for more. Will you answer the call? We challenge you to read on!
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Phi Mu Alpha
Jumps “Professional” Ship
Travis Bryant, Tattler Staff
 Taking a plunge that
was 20 years in the making, our Fraternity has officially bailed out of
the Professional Fraternity Association.
Obviously, this move has been in the works for some time
as Lyrecrest has FAQ's on the website to
supplement their official
announcement that went out August 13th and our Crest has
already been taken out of the rotation on the PFA site.
The decision to leave the PFA seems like a formality that
has been a long time coming (even though Phi Mu
Alpha was a founding member of the PFA). This is really just a bunch of
legal technical stuff that will save our Fraternity from having to pay
PFA dues money and keep the guys at Lyrecrest
from having to travel to PFA meetings.
According to the mass e-mail, the withdrawal comes at the
end of “several years of work in attempting to reconcile the conflict of Sinfonia's classification as a social organization
with its membership in PFA.”
Technically
speaking, we've been a “social” organization
for over 20 years and this move just solidifies our standing.
The Lyrecrest site says the withdrawal
will have no affect on any active chapters or alumni. In fact,
chapters don't even have to resubmit “affiliation” papers with their
schools. So they can continue to work in the manner they always have and
partner with all the same groups they always have.
Lyrecrest says that Phi Mu Alpha will not seek membership in another
organization (like the North American Interfraternity
Conference, for example) and will just strike out on our own and “operate
outside the umbrella of any primary association.”
So it seems this
move may sound scarier than it actually is. And now we can all focus on
what we are and not trying to fit our beloved organization into some
other group's definition. We've always been good at forging our own
paths.
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Tattler Staff Expands, Seeks More Volunteers
Frank Miles, Tattler Editor
For going on
three years now, the staff of the Sinfonian Tattler has pecked at
keyboards to drop some knowledge on you about your fraternity and
brothers you haven’t heard from in a while. We’ve traveled across the
state and taken a few photos. We’ve sacrificed at least one night a month
to meet and countless more hours doing the best we can to keep our
readers informed. We’ve even pulled a few all-nighters, though they were
probably more fun than work.
But there’s
one thing we aren’t doing – getting younger.
That’s why
we’re looking for a few good Sinfonians to pick
up the banner and carry on. One musical soldier has already joined the
cause.
Welcome to
the staff John Mitcham, Sinfonian
extraordinaire. John has served the Iota Nu chapter in many capacities
and his term as Province 34’s CPR has recently ended. Now he sets his
sights on bringing some fresh ideas to the Tat.
We need more
guys like John to step up and start contributing. We would like to add a
few more brothers to the staff to help freshen things up a little and
provide new perspective. And we’re not looking for just writers; we’re
looking for anyone who can contribute something to an electronic
publication, whether it’s graphics, layout expertise, new
feature ideas, anything that will move the Tattler forward.
If you don’t
feel like you really have the time to become a staffer, you can still get
published. Any time you hit the keyboard or pen and paper and bang out a
story or editorial that you feel Tat readers would be interested in, send
it on in. And don’t worry if you’re not a Pulitzer-winning author, we’ll
make you sound good when all is said and done.
And there’s
even more you can do if you don’t want to write. We are always looking
for lost alumni, those brothers that we just haven’t heard from in a
while. If you know anyone like that, let us know so we can all catch up.
We want the
Sinfonian Tattler to move on and ever upward, and we know that with your
help it can only get better. Please join the cause and let’s start in
motion the perpetuation of a very valuable resource.
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Streaming
Sinfonian Music To the World 24/7
Sinfonian
Radio 1898!
Coming Soon!
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Notes in the Key of Troy
David Mitcham,
Iota Nu Alumni Relations Officer
We’re off to
a good start down in Troy.
Things are up and running great and we’ve already nailed down a bunch of
plans for the semester.
The brothers
have all done a great job getting the word out to the right interested
people, and I believe we’re going to have one of the largest probationary
classes our chapter has seen in a while. We have all of our usual
interest activities planned out including pizza and bowling in Montgomery
on Oct. 5, the pool party at Brother Ray Smith’s house, and the barbeque
with SAI. We will also be having a several unofficial chances to hang
with guys including a Halo 3 party with several projectors on its release
date, and of course anytime we’re all chilling together.
Homecoming
this year is scheduled for Oct. 20, and I hope that this year’s alumni
turnout is as great as it’s been in the past couple of years. The sixth
annual Brasherfest will be on that date as
well. And I have heard the Sound, and the show this year is awesome. I
hope to hear from many of you in the coming months. Looks like it’s going
to be another great semester in Sinfonia.
OAS, AAS, LLS
Mitcham the Younger
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Campus Evolution
Scott Erb, Tattler Staff
"Photos courtesy
of Troy University"
When was the
last time you visited your alma mater? A week ago? A month? A year? A decade?
Well, if it is
the latter (or even a year or a month), you are in for some surprises. Troy University is growing, not just in student
numbers (over 6,000 this fall), but also with renovations, new buildings
and overall energy. To borrow a phrase from Sinfonia,
“now brothers, more than ever, it’s great to be a Trojan!”
My name is
Scott and I’ll be your tour guide for the duration of this article. I would
like to start our journey with the new residence halls.
 As we have mentioned in previous issues
of the Tattler, four new dorms have been built, and students began moving
in over the summer. This new housing, called Trojan Village,
was built to accommodate the growth in the student population. Trojan Village adds 524 new beds while
offering apartment-style living arrangements in either two- or four-bedroom
suites. These suites resemble the renovated Shackelford Hall. The new dorms
are located across from the band practice field, where residents will
discover their new alarm clock.
Next, we move
on to Dill Hall, or at least where Dill Hall used to be. The old student
apartment building was demolished this summer to make way for the new Jack
Hawkins Jr. College of Education building. The $13.6 million project marks
the second academic building constructed by the University in two years. The
education building will house 12 classrooms, five laboratories, three
conference rooms, 50 faculty/staff offices and a 140-person theater-style
auditorium. When completed, the building will rise to five stories.
 If you look to my left at Tailgate Terrace,
you will notice the traces of the once-proud Riddle-Pace baseball field,
which has seen the Trojans perform as annual post-season contenders. It is
now receiving a well-earned makeover. New lockers and coach’s offices are
being built. A new wall and scoreboard are being installed with a left
field deck for all those baseball fanatics. Construction should be completed
by December. Photos are updated on the Troy
Trojans Athletic Site.
 Last, but not least, Barnes and Noble
teamed up with Troy
University to build a
beautiful new bookstore for students, faculty, staff and alumni. The new
store is an 11,000-square-foot facility which serves as the central hub for
all the campuses. A virtual bookstore is offered to students in 13 times
zones. Check out the Starbucks Coffee Café that provides a selection of
specialty drinks, sandwiches, soups and desserts. Pick up a  hot cup of coffee, buy your Troy t-shirt and grab a good book to read. You won’t
be disappointed.
That concludes our
tour of the NEW Troy
University. I hope
you have enjoyed it. We look forwarding to seeing you at the first home
game, Troy vs. Oklahoma State,
on Friday, Sept. 14, at 7:00 p.m. Oh, and if you can’t make it, the game
will be televised on ESPN2.
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The Link
Dump
Travis Bryant, Tattler
Staff
We're
using the rich media band wagon to haul links around this month down here
in Da Dump! So our first stop is over at the
video vaults of YouTube. Click the link below
to check out the guitar greatness that is Justin King. I'm told that this
is technically called “guitar tapping,” which I guess may offend some six
string purists. But you can't tell me your toes aren't tapping along with
King's fingers. It also looks like King has been "discovered"
and has a deal somewhere. You'll run across one of his group's professionally
done videos in the mix.
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=%22
justin+king%22&search=Search
And while YouTube is up on your screen, click
over to this site to double the fun. This page allows you to play two YouTube videos at once. While it doesn't offer any
"true" mixing capabilities, it's fun to line up two songs and
get them to sync. The samples the site has are pretty fun to listen to.
If you look at the bottom you can see some of the more popular match-ups.
(Warning: Listen to the David Hasselhoff vs.
Elmo match-up at your own risk. The staff of The Sinfonian Tattler is not
responsible for any permanent hearing loss caused by the Hoff or
never-ending little red laughing Grover wannabes.)
http://www.youtubedoubler.com/
So after that last dip into the depths of Da
Dump we're going to try and add a little professionalism back in the mix.
Maybe lift us up a little bit. If you follow the music biz at all, you
may be interested in the discussion over on the 2+2 forum. It's true that
the site is an Online magazine for gaming and cards, but this one forum
thread is legit and has been burning up the bandwidth for the past two
months. Basically folks post questions and they get answered by “a music
scene micro celebrity.” Sometimes the micro-celeb
goes nameless. Other times folks expose them, but lots of neat “behind
the scenes” trivia and news has filtered through there over the last 60
days.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?
Cat=0&Number=11034555&page=0&fpart=all&vc=1As
Till
next time...
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Jeff Allen (IN ’00) has stepped up to
defend his country. He decided to do his part by joining the U.S.
Navy. Jeff is currently at boot camp and welcomes any and all
messages to help get him through the rough times. So, brothers, please
take five minutes to send him some words of encouragement. We know he
would truly appreciate it.
Seaman
Recruit Jeffrey Allen
Ship 05 Division 353
3610 Illinois Street
Great
Lakes,
IL, 60088-3118
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Phi Mu
Alpha
Sept. 21 – Carrollton, Ga. –
Alumni interest meeting for alumni residing around the cities of Anniston and Gadsden
in Alabama and Rome
and Carrollton in Georgia.
Contact Frank Miles for more information.
Sept. 27 – Montgomery – Alumni Road
Trip
Sept. 28 – Birmingham – Alumni Road
Trip
Dan Krueger, National Director of
Alumni Engagement, will speak to alumni about what’s new in the area of
alumni affairs in Phi Mu Alpha. To RSVP, please
contact Frank
Miles for the Montgomery
meeting, Scott
Erb for the Birmingham
meeting.
Football
Sept.1 - Troy v. Arkansas
- Away
Sept. 8 - Troy v. Florida
- Away
Sept. 14 - Troy v. Oklahoma St. -
Home (Friday Night, ESPN2)
Sept. 22 - Troy v. Louisiana Lafayette - Away
Sept. 29 - Troy v. Louisiana Monroe - Home (Band
Day)
Oct. 6 - Troy v. Florida
International – Away
Oct. 20 – Troy v. North Texas
- HOMECOMING
Band
Sept. 15 - Exhibition - Cullman, Ala.
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