Our Mission, Our Goal

Purpose of Delta Theta Sigma:

We, the members of Delta Theta Sigma Fraternity

In order to promote agriculture

to secure a higher degree of scholarship

to foster the spirit of brotherhood in our vocation

and to insure social and cultural unity

do promote our organization to the fulfillment of these ideals

Many greek organizations have some if not all of the same values that they hold above everything else. For my fraternity, we are slightly different. We do hold many of the same values but we are social professional in the field of agriculture.  The majority of our membership is from west campus majoring in animal sciences, ag. business, ag. economic, ag. education, ag. engineering, etc. but that isn't all we are limited to.  We also have guys from multiple engineering backgrounds such as civil, aerospace, biomedical, etc. as well as journalism and biology majors.  I think that is what makes us great.  We may not all have the same background but our organization was built on agriculture, which reflects the roots of The Ohio State University and it's beginnings as an agriculture school under the name of Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, which is what holds all of together.  DTS has a lot of history and we are proud of our deep connection with the agricultural background of the university.

As I said before, we do hold some of the same values as the rest of the greek community.  We hold eight principles as our outline and accept them as our personal goals for self- improvement.  These eight principles are as follows:

• Fellowship and Lifelong Friendships fostered through Brotherhood

• Promoting the Field of Agriculture and Enhancing the prestige of Our Profession

• Develpment and Improvement of our Social Graces

• Excellence in Scholarship

• Moral and Spiritual Development of the Individual

• Appreciation for Cultural Improvement

• Recognition of Accomplishments of members

• An overall "Persuit of Excellence"

As you can see I have highlighted quite a few words.  These are the things that stand out to me that make me live my life the way I do.  These values are ingrained in my being. They are who I am, but more than that, they are ingrained in everyone of my brothers past, present, and those to come. This isn't to say that we are perfect though. I am not so blind as to say that we don't make mistakes or say that we never faulter from our values and mission statement. Some ways that we faulter are:

• failure to fully apply ourselves to the situation at hand
• internal bickering or arguing about one thing or another
• not fully living up to our purpose

But more often then not we are very congruent to our core values.  We hold scholarship and philanthropy to be very important aspect of our lives.  We have been in the top three fraternities in the IFC the past few quarters. Also, if any of our brothers are struggling in a class or with something there is always someone else that is willing to help in any way they can.  As far as philanthropy, last year we started our one philanthropy, Wifflefest, and had a great turn out for the first year of having it.  This year we are having it again and we are very excited to see it grow from last year.  Many of you may have heard about it and should all try to get a team together.  It's a lot of fun and its a great way to give back to society.  Besides its being held on Veteran's Day and we don't have school so what better way to spend your time then playing wiffle ball in a competitive atmosphere while giving back to the community at the same time. 



Doing a Good Turn Daily

Growing up I was very active in a lot of things. I like to be involved and make a difference and the one organization that I was involved in that does that better than anyone is definately the Boy Scouts of America. The BSA started way back in 1910 and is still going strong and still holds true to the values that they have always had. The BSA's goal is to train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and, at older age levels, career-oriented programs in partnership with community organizations. The story of how they the boy scouts got started in the United States is one that still amazes me.

In 1909, a publisher from Chicago by the name of W. D. Boyce was visiting london. One night while walking back to the place he was staying, he found himself lost in the fog. A young boy came up to him and asked if he needed some help and the boy led him back to his destination. When Boyce tried to pay the boy for his help the boy refused explaining that he was a boy scout and was just doing his good turn for the day. Soon after, Boyce met with a General Robert Baden-Powell, who was the chief scout and the founder of scouting in England. Boyce learned the basis for what the boy scouts were based on and four months after returning to the United States, founded the Boy Scouts of America.

For me and my troop, we always recited all of the things that we based ourselves of off. The scout motto, slogan, laws, oath, and outdoor code were the first things we did every meeting along with the pledge of allegiance. Each of these things holds the values of a scout. Below i have them all listed.

The Scout Motto: Be Prepared

The Scout Slogan: Do a Good Turn Daily

The Scout Oath: On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty, to god and my country, to obey the scout law, to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

The Scout Laws: A scout is: trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent

The Outdoor Code: As an American, I will do my best, to be clean in my outdoor manners, careful with fires, considerate in the outdoors, and to be conservation minded.

These values are what I have based my life on. I believe in the program and I think it is one of the best programs out there for the youth men of our society. I wouldn't have stuck with it all the way until i reach Eagle Scout if I didn't believe in it. I credit the BSA for making me the person I am today.

Values and What They Mean

To me, my values are the most important thing in my life, but being able to express them in words is kinda difficult for me. Like I don't really think about them they are just there and that's how I decide on things. Every decision I have ever made has a reflection on my values. Even taking this class shows that my values in life are important. I was raised to believe that you need to go through life respectfully in regards to others. That is my main focus in life. I'm a smartass and I like to joke around and have a good time and I will poke fun at someone but I don't mean anything by it and if it does hurt someone's feelings then I feel terribly about it.

My family and friends are one thing that I hold more dear to me then anything else in the world though. Without them I don't know where I would be today. I come from a very big family. Both my parents have five brothers and sisters and all but one of them have more than one child of their own. Growing up I was never alone. I always had like at least one of my cousins around me and I think that is why we are all so close today. And growing up through grade school and high school I was one of those people that had lots of friends and would talk to everyone. I knew how it felt to have someone there that cares and you can talk to so I tried to be that person for a lot of people. All of my female friends in high school always thought of me as a big brother and if they ever needed someone to tlk to, I was the go-to guy. Being able to know people and be there for them like that is awesome and you really develop a close bond and understand each other on levels that other people wouldn't understand. I think that's why I joined greek life and especially Delta Theta Sigma. I am so close to every guy in my house and know them well enough that I feel like I have known them so much longer than just college. My friends and family have to be the two things that I value more than anything but i do also value honesty, beliefs, education, and also people that are true to themselves. If you can truly show the real you completely to the world and be goofy or whatever it may be and not care what others think, that is awesome and i value the ability to do that.

Inspirational Video

Tyler and Laura said that if we saw something that we thought was cool or we just wanted to post something that reminded us of class that we could blog about it. Well as it turns out i happened to be on youtube wasting time and I came across this video and I thought it had a pretty cool message so I wanted to post it for everyone else. Enjoy

Who Are You and How Do You Want to Change the World

I'm Justin Lelesch and I'm a third year animal science major.  Right now I'm planning on attending vet school after my undergrad but plans can change so we will see how that goes.  I have been a buckeyes fan all my life and was determined that I was going to be a buckeye when I went to college.  I'm from northeast Ohio around youngstown area.  I went to a small school up there, graduating with only about 100 people so it was a big difference coming to ohio state with so many people.  I'm a huge sports person.  I played soccer most of my life and lettered three years in high school. I also ran long distance in high school. Now I'm on all of the intramural teams for my fraternity as well as the Rush Chairman.  I love my fraternity and would do anything for the men of Delta Theta Sigma.  The bond between brother of a fraternity is such that it cant possibly be explained in words.  There is always someone there to hang out with or to talk to and to know that there are 30+ guys standing behind you to help whenever u need it, that's an awesome feeling.

When you think about changing the world it's a scary thought.  The world is huge! How can anything I do make an impact that would affect the whole world? What's awesome though is that it is possible.  We can do small things everyday that cause great change in the world.  Even if we don't have huge financing backing us we can still make an impact. Even smalls things that look insignificant to us can cause a domino effect of change.  Imagine that you help one person which spurs a desire inside them to help someone and so on and so forth.  Think of the end result of that.  If everyone just help one other person then we could better our entire society.  Some people don't stop at one though. Some continue to help others their entire life. If there were more people in the world like that then our world would be one hell of a place to call home.  You can't tell me that it doesn't sound enticing, a world where everyone helps each other when they are in need. So let's start now.  Help others. Better their lives. Tell them that they too can help others. It's not hard you just have to realize that everyone has the ability to make a difference.