During this era the famous ETA Psi nick-names became a steadfast tradition. Barring almost no sympathy, nick-names would be dolled out to fellow Brothers who had quirky personalities, did something foolish at projects or parties, or a general characteristic that demanded attention. Such nick-names included Foamy, Ten-inch, the Phantom, Humper, Bendover, Sky Chink, Mustang, Pud, Sneaky Pete, Fudge and Chopper. Obviously some nick-names require further investigation to understand!

Unfortunately, after 14 years more of service, the chapter died out in 1978. Reports of poor leadership, inability to adapt with the new advent of women and lack of vision brought an end to the chapter. The Brothers of those days still hold a strong flame for ETA Psi, though. So strong that even in the summer of 1993 members of the chapter from the early seventies met for their annual reunion. Brotherhood has no boundaries.

In October of 1991, the soon-to-be Director of Region X, Allen Wong, DDS, made an initial contact with some students at California State University, Chico. After a sudden and strange lack of contact, Allen was forced to look elsewhere for a connection. He found that connection at the local Scouting Service Center where he contacted Dave Dion, an avid Scouter, Chico State student and local resident. After chatting with Dave, Allen asked him to look into fellow students who might have the time and effort to reactivate the ETA Psi chapter. He sent him some materials and served the ball in his court. Dave Sonn came in contact with a fellow Scouter and student he'd met at National Comping School the year before named Chris Shavor. Eager to look into the possibility, Chris soon came in contact with Allen and learned of the Fraternity. In a meeting at the soon-to-be infamous Perko's restaurant, Chris and fellow student Brendan Hurd met and discussed what would be required to reactivate ETA Psi. At this meeting Chris and Brendan also met Greg Wilson, or "Tweety Bird", an ETA Psi Alumnus from the seventies whose vivacious spirit and breathless account of Fraternity history convinced them to give Alpha Phi Omega a try. The Bird soon became their Alumni Advisor.

Reactivations seemed very hopeful at first. Between their respective contact, Chris and Dave pulled together 15 students who experienced the Petitioning Group Ceremony. Chris was elected president and the challenge began. Unfortunately, within a month the 15 had quickly depleted to nine members. For the rest of the semester a struggle became a battle. That's not to say plenty of good times did not arise. It was in this semester the first new nick-name arose, "Cutting Board", or Cutter, for member Mark Smith. Many memorable escapades followed, including the nonexistent ARC project, the Camp Lassen Fix-Up Project and various socials usually held at "The Cherry House" at 40 Cherry St.

In Fall of 1991 things were looking pretty grim. One member graduated, leaving 8 members to reactivate, when it required at least 15. Those 8 members are now commonly referred to as "the Original Eight". After almost throwing the towel in, they gave one more push with a fully planned "mock RUSH" run by Membership VP Darren Bogie. After much trial and error, the Original 8 held an info-night BBQ in October that recruited 3 more members. At this turning point, the Petitioning Group took. Soon the group gained women members and grew to a size of 20. By late December of 1991, they formally closed the Petitioning Group membership and focused fully on attendance and Brotherhood.

Such projects as the Humboldt Road Clean-up, Camp Lassen II, and the perpetual project of planning to build boxes for the campus newspaper (still yet to be approved by the school, 1/96) took place. The immortal Hurd Cabin Trip solidified future Brotherhood. At the Regional Convention in December 1991 at UOP, Stockton, the ETA Psi Petitioning Group's presence and spirit gave us the coveted spirit award (which is rare to give to a PG). Our section and Region soon realized that the strength and pride of ETA Psi in the seventies was back to teach the Brothers of the west coast about spirit. Of the three parties held, Chico attended all in strong force. We had the grace to pay for beverage (where others did not), to drink beverage (where many did not!) and began turning the parties from "sitting around" into nights of dancing, beer gaming and even got the group to hold a mini Keg Olympics! "Thank you for coming," said one grateful Brother who hosted the parties, "I didn't want to have to return a half-empty keg!"