-OMICRON CAVALIER PHI GAM 18 ▼ 58 Vol. VI, No. 1 Summer, 1971 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA mWI CABIIMET TAKES OFFICE The Annual Choice of a new group of leaders to replace the re tiring cabinet has once again been completed and six men with new ideas, great potential, and the spirit Vice- President necessary to guide and lead this fraternity have stepped into their new positions. The difficult transi tion to new personalities and an entirely different method of exploit ing the abilities of the brotherhood has been taken on by men whom we JACK W. BURKART I ^ Treasurer r D WICKTER r J Recording Secretary know are capable of handling the job both efficiently and thoroughly. An Old cabinet is always hard to GEOFFREY MCK.CURME replace, for the new one must spon Corresponding taneously instill authority and gain Secretary respect from a brotherhood whicli is slow to switch allegiances. The con stant contrast of policy and per sonality is slowly lessening, and the brotherhood is settling back to another year of leadership. BERRY LECOMPTE, from Rich BENJAMIN B. LECOMPTE, III RICHARD M. STARR PRESIDENT is JACK "BUNKY" BURKART, from Virginia Beach, MATTHEW P. H00600N house faithfully in this position Larry is a dean's list student, is on Virginia, whose duties will be to co the Executive committee of the PK ordinate all committee heads and be in direct contact with the President German Society where he is chair man of publicity, and has been on on all matters. Bunky first came to The University in 1964 and is now back following a two year tour in the Navy. Besides being a dedicated the Varsity Lacrosse squad for two RICK STARR, from San Diego, California took over the position of mental in getting many house im Architecture student CORRESPONDING provements under way. Previously he has served Omicron as community service chairman, corresponding sec link in the Eiji Intramurals. The financial responsibilities of Omicron have been taken over by retary, editor of the 1970 Rush GEOEEREY Booklet, lottesville, mond, Virginia has been elected to the most exacting and responsi bility demanding position on the new cabinet. As PRESIDENT he is also serving in the capacity of vice- president of the house corporation committee where he has been instru and edtor of the 1971 he is a CURME, from Virginia. Geoffrey vital Char- has Cavalier Phi Gam. Presently Berry been most active both is on the I.E.G. Presidents council, the I.E.G. Rush Board, the I.E.G. house and in the University. In ad dition to his present cabinet position Governing Board, and the University of Treasurer he has served the house 3-3-3 Committee on Eraternities. In as kitchen manager, was on the first year committee of the University Union, won his varsity letter in soccer, and is a ranking officer in the addition he was on the varsity track team for two years, is a dean's list student, a recipient of intermediate honors, a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta honorary pre-medical society, a member of The Society of The Sigma XI, and is presently working with The University Committee Eor The Control of Drug Abuse. Elected to the position of VICE- here at the years. SECRETARY. Rick is a dean's list student, played freshman football, has served the University as a dormitory counselor, and is a ranking officer in the Navy R.O.T.C. MAT HOGDON, from Virginia has been elected Mclean, to traditional guarding Position the of HISTORIAN. Mat has been most active in the field of intramurals and has served the house as I.M. man ager and representative to the Uni versity Intramural Council. In ad Air Eorce R.O.T.C. This past spring Geoffrey received the best pledge dition he is a member of the house award of his class. house improvements, and is on next year's rush committee. Mat was rec Elected to the position of RE corporation where he is in charge of was ognized by the house this past spring LARRY WICKTER, from Villanova, for his I.M. service by receiving the Pennsylvania. Omicron Intramural Award. CORDING SECRETARY Besides serving the \r\nPage 2 Summer, 1971 Cavalier Phi Gam PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Dear Brothers: As you have undoubtedly noticed our alumni relations have been con tinuing downhill for sometime now. We here at Omicron realize the necesity of good alumni rapport in operating a fraternity efficiently and we are presently endeavoring to strengthen our program in this par ticular field. Last April at our annual Norris Pig Dinner we put out a concerted effort to bring back as many graduate Fijis as possible and as a result had one of our most suc cessful Pig Dinners in many years. On the night of Pig Dinner we formally kicked off what we hope will turn out to be our most successful FUND DRIVE since the early 1950's when brother Hildreth handled the cam paign. I am certain that if you re flect upon the many good times which you enjoyed as a Fiji here at the University you will realize that along with the good times came a great deal of financial responsibility. Our present brotherhood as more than realized their share of these financial responsibilities and through a combined effort of the brotherhood and The House Corporation we have succeeded in paying off entirely a $6,000.00 note left in our laps by earlier graduates, we have been pay ing off the mortgage at an annual pairs which are in the planning. We Revenue. Again I ask for your sup have raised enough money to re port so that in the years to come your son and mine might be able to model the bathroom and panel the tube room and could have done more had we not been responsible for past debts incurred by the chapter long Fraternally yours, Although this has meant much sacrifice on the part of the brother hood we consider the privilege of being a Phi Gam here at Virginia a rare educational opportunity and one indeed worth sacrificing for. Our current goal is $25,000.00 over the next two years and as of June 1 we Benjamin B. LeCompte, III had close to $1,000.00. I would like to personally thank all of you who have contributed and urge the others to give generously. We presently have a lawyer working on the tax deductibility status of contributions Parties in the year 1970-71 were once again up to their usual high standards at Phi Gamma Delta. The AWARDS". a livable condition. Among the more important items on the agenda are: tured by John "Tuna" Turner. Tuna the painting of the outside of the trical circuits, replacing old and corroded piping, replastering and re pairing the walls in the halls and bedrooms where needed, and instal ling strong replace the falling off just a few sturdy bedroom doors to ones which are presently their hinges. These are of the many needed re presence at the homecomings festivi ties Sept. 24-26, 1971. Don't forget PARTY TIME are necessary to keep the house in house, rewiring of many of the elec in any way yau can including your the 1971 U.Va. Homecomings in the Traditional Fiji Style. I look forward to seeing you all October 1, 1971. dation and indications point toward a favorable ruling from the Internal attend to all of the renovations that alone is no longer financially able to partying. Realizing that not every one is in a financial position to con tribute monetarily to our fund drive, we are only asking that you help us Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foun usual weekends of Homecomings, 100 years old, it has come to the point where the current brotherhood year will be highlighted by homecom ings weekend. We are putting on an all out effort to bring all fijis back for a great weekend of football and to make your plans now to celebrate Openings, Christmas, Midwinters, Rasters and Fiji Island provided stage enough for the Groveling Gams to perform. In addition, off-weekends were spent rallying on road trips and partying at brother's houses. The year can best be reviewed by the annual presentation of the "DRUNK ever with a house that is close to President P.S. Our fall campaign this coming made out to the Omicron Chapter putting on the average of $2,000.00 per year back into the house in the Phi Gam". before our joining. rate of $1,000.00 and we have been form of capital improvements. How say with as much pride and vigor as we have done, "I am proud to be a —Most Valuable Drunk — was cap edged out past champion and peren nial college student Jack "Bunkie" Burkart (MVD—1966). Tuna only a second year man, seems to have a bright future ahead of him. His great performances at each grain party plus his steady record through out the year ended him past the ever present Burkart. —Best Performance By An Alumni — went to Mike "Dag" Craig (Class of 69). Craig never a MVD winner but always one of the leading money win ners, showed his old college form with a fine show during the Easters Grain Party. Past MVD's Rich Evans (MVD—63); Bruce Bishop (MVD— 60) and three time champion Hener Seaks (MVD—65, 67 & 68) visited at times but could not top the hard drinking Craig. —Rookie Of The Year—went to Kit Henningson (Class of 74). With an excellent rookie crop this year, it was difficult to pick a winner. But the steady wine-toting Henningson edged the rest of the best of the first year class. —Best Performance At An Off House Party — goes to Rick Coupe. Coupe with his excellent imitations of jfohn Wayne, Ed Sullivan, Richard Nixon and Especially Elvis Presley sparked (Con't. top page 3) \r\nSummer, 1971 (Con't. from page 2) off-house parties and kept the party ing Gams loose and in excellent shape for the big games. The big games; Homecomings, Openings, Christmas, Midwinters, Easters and Fiji Island were once again highlights of the year. Home comings began the year followed by Openings and Openings Grain Party with Christmas Parties and the Annual Poems capping first semester. Midwinters Page 3 Cavalier Phi Gam kicked off house was well decorated, the grain was effective, and many of the brothers believed it the best party of the year. The veterans look forward to another good year and to a new strong rookie crop. This year's schedule is approximately the same and we hope that many of the alumni ing featured by the spectacular launching of 120 Morton's Neopolitan pies. Fiji Island closed the year and was celebrated in the house. 'The DATE LOCATION KICK-OFF Sept. 11 Navy Charlottesville 1:30 Sept. 18 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich 1:30 Charlottesville 1:30 Charlottesville 1:30 Columbia, S. C. 7:30 p.m. Richmond, Va. 1:30 West Point, N. Y. 2:00 Raleigh, N. C. 1:30 Charlottesville 1:30 Charlottesville 1:30 Sept. 25 Duke*t Oct. 2 Vanderbiiti choose to join us and help us to Oct. celebrate whatever needs celebrating. Perge! Oct. 9 South Carolina* 16 Clemson* Oct. second semester followed by Easters and the Super Bowl—Easters Grain Party. The spirit of Rotten Ray Cusack (class of 67 and MVD 1967) stirred the GAMs to unprecedented grovel 1971 SCHEDULE 23 Army Oct. Don't Forget: Homecomings 30 N. 0. State* Nov. 6 V. P. Nov. 13 North Sept. 24-26 1971 Nov. Carolina* 20 Maryland* Make your plans now! College Park, Md. * Conference Games 1:30 t Homecoming + Commonwealth and Band Day Openings OMICRON GRADUATES TEN PLEDGES SEVENTEEN Omicron graduated ten brothers, this past June after taking in seventeen pledges during the year. Graduat ing were: George E. Cramer, Jr. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Derick V. Coupe of Loudonville, New York; Richard C. Dougherty of Trenton, New Jersey; Robert B. Elampson, Jr. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Rex. M. _.'Ti mk OERICKV COUPE GEORGE E. CRAMER RICHARD DOUGHERTY ROBERT HAMPSON REX M. LAMB I Lamb, III of Mount Vernon, Ohio; Benjamin B. LeCompte, HI of Rich mond, Virginia; Robert J. Niles of Fenton, Michigan; John K. Pegues, IV of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Jef frey J. Podesta of Glen Ridge, New Jersey; and Richard C. Powell of Falls Church, Virginia. Among those graduating, four will be going on to graduate school. Rex Lamb will enter Washington & Lee Law School, Berry LeCompte will be entering Medical School at the Uni versity of Virginia, Bob Niles will be doing graduate work in Environ mental Science and John Pegues will be entering the University of Vir ginia graduate Education School. New pledges at Omicron included Whitney Debardeleben of Birming ham, Alabama; John R. Daley, III of West Chester, Pennsylvania; Douglas H. Cooper of Baltimore, Maryland; Christopher K. Henningsen of BENJAMIN LECOMPTE ROBERT J. NILES JOHN K. PEGUES IV JEFFREY PODESTA RICHARD C. PCWELL Pelham Manor, New York; Raymond Park, New York; and Jennings F. E. Humiston of Wilton, Connecticut; Smith of Summerville, South Caro and Gary B. Mims of McLean, Vir ginia. lina. Also joining the ranks at Omicron were Richard F. Lane of Alexandria, Virginia; John J. Perkins fo Livings ton, New Jersey; John H. Robinson Other new Fijis include Douglas R. Sowers of Richmond, Virginia; Richard P. Swift of Springfield, Pen nsylvania; Wyatt W. Wall, Jr. of South Boston, Virginia; George T. of Fair Haven, New Jersey; Philip Walker of Summerville, South Caro M. Russell of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl vania; David B. Sharp of Orchard lina; and James D. Wilson of Pitman, New Jersey. \r\nPage 4 Summer, 1971 Cavalier Phi Gam The University Accepts Coeds; First Year Sees Many Changes "What's your the bathroom. We step into the suite at 3 A.M. in our pajamas, only to meet 3 drunk strangers head-on. name?" "Debbie study, and having a degree from Vir McWalker." '"Where do you go to school?" "University of Virginia." ginia will put them a few steps ahead of the average female graduate. Of "Oh, one of these new coeds, huh? course, we must work What is it like being with all those achieve this unique position. Obviously there is more to college Right before baseball season, we serve as barbers to guys on the team. These hardships we endure and love are than the academic education; there compensated for by a patient lab men?" That is the question every female at Virginia is asked: what is it like being one of the first coeds. For me is social education as harder well. to The partner, an opened door, and ex social life of a coed is probably talked about and argued about more than the academic life, and rightly so. Where else can a girl be taken to dinner by 6 boys? Where else can planations of a rugby game. Like anything else, what we get out of the University is in direct pro portion to what we put into it. Op portunities to become involved pre thing a college girl could want. What she go to a party in a pink T-shirt sent themselves in the form of stu the school does is the best offered and leave in a mud-brown one? (grain party?) Where else can she have dent government, IM's publications, three blind dates a weekend—then for girls, a,fraternity. Acquaintances none on big weekends? You can; the experiences are unlimited. with others, professors and students, blossom into enduring and rewarding relationships. as one of those girls to sum it up: wonderful. I love it and don't want to leave it for some time. The University offers almost every anywhere. The woman's libbers may get me for this, but if I had been a "boy" at the University I would not want to see girls enroll. However, being given the opportunity to at tend such an institution, I think it would be foolish to pass up the Girls' athletics are varied too. On a pretty afternoon we can enjoy tackle football—against 230 lb. human chance. tanks. Of prime importance to most coeds is the University's academic excel course, it's disappointing to the spectators that the girls' teams aren't lence. Contrary to popular belief, divided into the skins and the shirts. we are attending Virginia to get a Seriously I think some coeds would like to see inter-collegiate teams and scheduled games with girls' schools around Virginia. There are some aspects of "U life" that girls experience to a larger better education. We were attracted not only by the school of nursing, but also by the drama department, the psych dept., and yes, even the department of physics. The Uni versity is not a "finishing school" for young ladies, but a challenging, en riching environment for studentsladies and gentlemen. The girls ap preciate this distinction and make the most of it. Many anticipate graduate Basketball is fun too. Of extent than the guys. Our spare minutes are spent ironing shirts (not our own), typing papers (not our own), and curling hair (our own). We also face an unwanted guest— the urinal—every time we walk into OMICRON CHAPTER PHI GAMMA DELTA 128 MADISON LANE CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 22903 TO; Madison Hall volunteers, and, even Most girls are more than satisfied with the University and its oppor tunities. The guys, the girls, the faculty and administration have made big adaptations in the past year. The change has been a big one and a very abrupt one, but we have all gotten a year's worth of education and pleasure, thanks to a great deal of understanding from all sides. The rewards have been enormous for those who have made the proper adjustments. The University com munity appreciates and compliments these students and staff; and from a girl's point of view, there is no greater compliment than being con sidered "one of the guys."