Eric Kipnis

The Beginning

In the beginning, there was dark. Then, there was Eric Kipnis. Eric arrived at RIT on the back of a manatee on August 2012 after a mysterious 18 years somewhere else. Due to the summer heat, the manatee quickly succumbed to the hostile environment, but Eric lived on. After a graceful dismount, he entered Nathaniel Rochester Hall, Floor 5, hereby referred to as "The Palace." His floormates have described Eric as "legendary." He soon took RIT by storm, winning every possible award offered to Freshmen. He was a student of excellence, a master of cooking Mac and Cheese, and destroyer of evil. He once rescued RIT President, Bill Destler from a banjo thief, carrying the President five miles in the snow, uphill both ways. Eric is perhaps the only member of the RIT community to both know the location of Destler's weather machine, and hold a key to its operation. He has never abused this privilege.

Entering the Brotherhood

During the Fall Rush of Phi Sigma Pi Delta Alpha Chapter, a level of greatness befell over the Fraternity. On the second day of information sessions, Eric graced the Chapter with an appearance. Gasps filled the room as he sat listening, intrigued by the Brotherhood. Rush Chair, Susan Kratzer, understood the challenge before her. She must sell the Fraternity to Eric. Rumors soon began circulating. President Kris Yee was heard saying "this man will do great things." As rush progressed, Eric continued to attend events, stunning the Chapter with his agility, intellect, good manners, and friendship. To everyone's expectation, Eric was offered a bid and began the initiation process.

The initiation process allowed Eric to display his talents. He obliterated homework assignments, took charge of event planning, commanded with the sternness and gentleness of a proven leader, and not only met all the "Qualities of a Brother," but also invented six additional characteristics of his own. Brothers were astonished, documents needed to be rewritten, and National was contacted. A team of experts were flown in overnight from the Lancaster, PA headquarters. Upon arrival, they were just as amazed as the Brothers. "He has every quality to be a Brother," a source from Nationals said. He is not named because he was not authorized to comment publicly on the matter.

After an impressive initiation, during which Eric attended more events than existed and obtained so much credit that scientific notation needed to be used on the credit attendance sheet, he was voted in. He received 136% of the "Yes" vote, across all demographics of Brothers.

Road to Presidency

After being inducted into the Chapter as a Brother, Eric quickly began his race to the Presidency. As of November, 2013, Eric has formed a task force, and began the process of removing existing President, Kris Yee, in attempt to stage a coup d'état.

• Note: some events have been dramatized.