Four students we talk to are from Eagle Meridian and greville Idaho our Magi omera went to the sigma Kai house and heard about their love for Ethan and how they’re trying to heal together here at the sigma Kai house at the University of Idaho memories of Ethan shapen are
Everywhere I have never met someone who’s so like universally loved everyone liked him like the happiest person to be around everyone wanted to be around him losing Ethan in such a tragic way has impacted each of these students the feelings and the emotions are still fresh right after that happened I mean
It was it was a mad house up in Moscow uh there’s news people everywhere and I don’t know it was just no one knew what was going on really cuz stuff like that doesn’t really happen in a town like this but I think as a house we all
Banded together it was hard cuz a lot of people went home I felt way better when I I was up here with my brothers rather than being at home I needed to be around these guys talking about what I was feeling talking about e maybe we want to
Talk about memories with e or all of us knew that no one was going to look down on them for sharing their emotions or you know anything like that how we handled that as a fraternity it wasn’t one person handling the situation we handled it as a Brotherhood and I think
That really helped us uh get through they each shared happy memories of Ethan coolest guy you’ll ever meet that’s that’s about it right there he was a really big funny happy guy when someone want walk in the room like not just me anybody um he would welcome you into the
Room he was always very kind in everything that he did he always would call me Gussy Gus and his little raspy voice you know emotionally always there for people one of my favorite memories with him was my apartment flooded one night after a big party cuz there was all sorts of
Plumbing problems with it it’s an old house went over to xan’s and I was hanging out with the two of them and we just talked for like hours and hours and zanana made us grilled cheese sandwiches and Ethan and I are just sitting there talking so that’s one of like my my most
Like cherished memories with him you know like I just I think back to that night a lot and I try to focus on nights like that rather than the sad ones when it comes to e the brothers lost Ethan’s girlfriend Zan kodal that terrible night too him
And Zanna were just like the most perfect couple you could imagine that’s just how she was like she was just able to come over here and hang out with all the dudes and was like oh hey what’s up Zan he said that Ethan was like the most universally loved person on campus I
Think Zanna was right up there with Ethan like I everyone loved Zanna everyone loved Ethan both of them were just flourishing flourishing for sure Hunter chapen Ethan’s brother is also a member of this house it was kind of tough cuz it was a subject that that he
Didn’t want to talk about for a while just kind of letting him know that we are there if he ever does want to talk just kind of knowing that that’s open for him if he ever does need a release to to let his emotions out to us when we
Were there the first Sigma Kai Ethan chapen Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Hunter the chapen family was there his mom his dad his sister Maisy and there was a standing o I think it obviously means a lot um going to Hunter you know we’re talking all about e right now but Hunter’s right
There with him you know like they’re they’re very very similar people especially with what Hunter’s gone through obviously and then the way he’s come out on the other end like the person he is now like personally I don’t think I could be not okay the word isn’t
Okay be yeah that strong um in a situation like that like if I were to lose one of my brothers others for Hunter to go through all that and then come out on the other end you know as strong and as great of a man as he is now like that exemplifies everything
Ethan did um in the past and I think it’s 100% the hunters deserving of it I think it means a lot that uh Sigma Kai took the the bull by the horns and made this scholarship a thing and the world uh raised $125,000 for the scholarship which is
Absolutely insane um and that’s $5,000 to a sigma Kai every single year which is incredible I don’t think there’s a better way to honor Ethan than to just help some more people help more people go to college exactly he did he gave his whole life so let’s keep on giving in
The name of Ethan the scholarship award plaque and photos of Ethan will live on here at Sigma Kai forever we all are wearing these bracelets I don’t know I can’t see if yeah we all words on yeah mine’s all faded we got these his memorial last year and they said live
Life like Ethan on him and I haven’t taken mine off since and every morning when I look at my wrist and I see this I just know I should live life like Ethan that day so I think that the the stories of Ethan are going to just go from
Generation to generation from pledge class to pledge class and I think that’s amazing that his story will be shared with everyone and everyone can hopefully live life like Ethan
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