When the chapter seemed to lose its way, a new group of young men was recruited to restore the Fraternity to a place of honor and distinction. Because of a few great leaders, a supportive House Corporation, an amazing support of alumni and the current undergraduate chapter, Beta Upsilon made an incredible journey back to John Street where life is much different on the Champaign-Urbana campus. Jason Stone, undergraduate member and past president during the renovation Mike Kelly, graduate resident advisor. The bar was made by undergraduates Chris Degner and Scott Barenbrugge, who turned their two single rooms into a living room and a bedroom. We went from Urbana being one of the worst locations in terms of proximity to campus to John Street being one of the best.
People are more aware of our history now.
We are the oldest fraternity on campus. We were originally in a great house a block down on John Street that burned, we spent 30 years in Urbana and now we are here. It was 50 years since they had been back and seeing how much it meant to them made me realize how important it was that we were back on John Street. It is going to be a lot easier to interact with the Greek community from this location. There has been a lot of excitement generated by moving over here, changing locations, and having that interest from the alumni.