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Letteri entered Harvard in the fall of 1995. During his first four years, he seemed to find his niche easily, involving himself in a number of activities. Among other things, he became a brother in the Sigma Chi fraternity, and also spent four years on the varsity volleyball team...
...ping pong ball. As it ricochets off the paddle and hurtles through the air, the anticipation heightens. Suddenly, the hushed silence is shattered as the little, white ball plops into the cup, splashing some of the contents onto the table. Cheers erupt, and the frat brothers of Sigma Chi chant iDrink! Drink! Drink!i But unlike the other players, Jason P. Brinton e00-i02 isnit worried about his play getting sloppy. His cups arenit filled with beer-theyire foaming with Sprite. Brinton calmly lifts the cup to his mouth and pounds it like a champ...
...Brintonis choice to engage in iSprite pongi rather than beer pong is strictly a matter of principle. A Sigma Chi fraternity brother and president of the Harvard Republican Club, Brinton is Mormon, a religion that forbids drinking alcohol or caffeine. So Sprite is pretty much all thatis kosher. When asked whether that gives him an unfair leg up on his adversaries, Brinton replies, iOf course it does. It does give me an advantage. Itis kind of cool.i...
...Sigma Chi does not conform to the stereotype of fraternities as little more than venues for drunken revelry, Brinton points out. The organization isnit about drinking, he declares-itis about istrong bonds of true friendship and brotherhood.i Asked about his take on the Sprite pong situation, Sigma Chi brother Michael G. Housman e02 answers, iIim proud of him for not succumbing to peer pressure. I donit think it hinders his being part of the group...itis about building brotherhood, whether or not he wants to drink.i...
Still, according to Hector C. Bove '00, the president of Sigma Chi at Harvard and a Crimson editor, said the organization has little need for Harvard's support...