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Title:
1973 Winter Newsletter Upsilon Sigma (Utah State University)
Abstract:
Winter 1973 newsletter of the Upsilon Sigma chapter at Utah State University. This newsletter is five pages in length.
Date/Date Range:
00/00/1973
Subjects:
Newsletter
Chapter:
Upsilon Sigma
University:
Utah State University
Era:
1970s
1973 Winter Newsletter Upsilon Sigma (Utah State University)
T
Cernan:"To the Rji's at Utah
Eugene A.Ceman,Purdue,
the Apollo 17 commander
visited Tremontan, Utah,
very gracious In accepting
"It's
the gift and In
greeting
share tnls moment with
his brothers.
Several weeks
later we
March 21.
Despite the
resistance of local police
received
from
several FIJI brothers were
Houston,
a huge
able to approach
give
beer
him
a
mug.
him and
Utah
State
Cernan
was
photograph
of
P^rge."
NASA,
in
mounted
brother
Cernan on the moon. On
the border were the wordsi
NO. 2
self
In
dllemna.
find my
somewhat
To
FIJI'S,
of a
gram, which has
especially
Important
step
In
educating
Rg Dinner
April 27
the
right direction.
The Immediate
the near
goals In
future are that
give you
the eight new actives to
the traditions and Ideals
PAGE 1
taken an
of establishing permanent
housing plans aid Increas
somewhat of an Idea as to" ing our membership to ap
the state cfUpslion Sigma. proximately 35, both of
Coming
back to school which should be accom
next fall will be approx
plished
within the next
imately twenty one bro
year.
thers, of which only five
In closing, I would like
will be seniors. This Is to apologize Ibr the short
due to our unusually good ness and vague manner of
rush this fall.
this message, but I shall
Our main endeavors this be giving a more In-depth
year have been devoted to view at the Pig
Dinner
phllanthrophy and also to and I do not want to ap
the new Job of
and
iji
begin with,
I guess, I will
E.A.Cernan
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY WINTER I973
It has never occured to
me before,as to what com
poses a presidents' mes
I
with graduates In the area.
Drop by and see It!
Letter From The President
sage, and I now
pride
We would like to share
this momento
with all
fioUen
VOLUME 2
with
Up-comlng, April 27, Is
Upsllon
Sigma's
sixth
annual Pig Dinner. Ogden
City Manager, Richard L.
Larsen will be the speak
er.
Cost for the
will be $5.25.
uates are Invited.
An excellent opportunity
for grads and iindergrads
to get acquainted and to
renew old acqualntences,
the
dinner will be
held
at Holiday Inn In Ogden .
A
cocktail
hooir
been planned to
pear repetitive. It seems
7s30»
almost a
dinner at 8 s 30.
sin to take the
dinner
All grad
has
begin at
to be followed
by
broad
spectrum of our
house and put It in one
or two paragraphs, so I
be with us.
three seniors.
would like to ask all the
be a
Another new facet cf our
brotherhood
Is
Brother
Rlddleb Innovation of our
Utah FIJI8
The annual presentation
of the "DanniesV and all
of Upsllon Sigma;a rather
difficult
graduate
Job
with only
relation's pro
to attend the
Pig Dinner on the 27th.
Fraternally,
Bob Hammerle
Mark the dates on your
calender now, and plan to
the
Its going to
grandiose
good
times
Pig Dinners.
affair.
of past
\r\nEDITORIAL;
This editorial page has been In
the past devoted to current Issues
at Utah State. It has blsen Included
In an effort to keep graduates In
formed about what has been occurlng
at their old school. However, this
feature might not be what ya'll
want.
Comments
cerning
and
Issues or
crltlsms con
suggestions for
Issues to be covered In future pub
lications
this
3i>iK<
Volume II No.2
are
paper
welcomed.
Is for
effort to serve
Remember
you and
you, we must
In an
have
your opinion.
Letters to the editor, therefore,
w Intel* 1973
are encouraged.
The GOLDEN SPIKE FIJI is the official
Another
newspaper of the Upsllon Sigma Chapter
feature
starting In the
of Phi Gamma Delta at Utah State Uni
next Issue will be "Grad Feedback."
versity and Is published occasionally
This column will provide addresses
and current endeavors of graduates
who have been lost? by their bro
by Its members.
thers.
Editor: Chris Bell
Art: Joe Gardner
Reporters: Joe Dletz and Brothers
If
you have a
co-lnltlate
from the class of '69 and don't
know where he Is and vwant to get .In
touch. Just
write the
Edltor-FIJI
SPIKE, 636 East 5 North, and
NEW OFFICERS:
Upsllon
Sigma started Into '73
new set of chapter
with a bright
officers.
Hammerle
They are:
(73)
we'll
print all the particulars. Again,
lets have some grad support!
President-Bob
Natural
Resources,
Treastirer-Cralg Schvanevelt (7^),
Computer Science,
Correspondence
Secretary-Paul Nanney (73) Mechan
ical Engineer, HistorIan-Bruce Don-
nachle (75) Political
Science, and
Recording Secretary-Mitch Mason(74)
Pre-Med.
The newest Innovation In the cab
inet has been the weekly Sunday
Night Cabinet Meeting. This meetInt Is useful In getting new busi
ness hashed out In advance of Monday
night and provides a-chance for re
view and research If necessary.
This new approach has tended to cut
down long meetings and make things
run smoothly. In a way. It's a
form of the Mike Crumn get-the-meet-
Ing-over-wlth-ln-a-hurry method.
UJelj, If Tf^ty Cqm Com6 To Our
Pio
TKcy Cofi/
a
\r\nHALL or JUITK
\.
»k:^ /i-
Around the House
I Fijis Take *
POLITICAL CONFERENCE
t Leadership
Our
graduate
Brother
Peter Cooke has shown his
involvement in his direc
t Positions
torship of UTAH VOTE. The
non-partisn organization
recently sponsored a con
NEW COOK
Joe Gardner a new active
is now
our cook-most
of
the brothers eat at J.a's
It is reminiscent of when
Ruppe and Jingles cooked.
Our cook also performed
was not gas
Chapter Theory with many prominent tronomic in nature. With
has continued to provide speakers including poli- a gallon of wine and a
leadership to the campus, titions and newsmen.
helper (Rich Tayler) he
ference
Upsllon
on
Political
a feat that
Sigma
and are
involved
in a
variety of endeavors.
Bruce Donnachie is cur
The FIJI House put up
ten of the
many high
created a big wooden death
trap which was to be a
battle of
school
students from all
over ihe state who came to
tion.
Studentbody
Elections.
He is running for the
Cultural Vice President,
and his popular platform
the conference. It provi
ded us with a great chance
at rushing them.
includes
free
is in good hands with the
room.
concerts
as well
FIJIs.
provment
of the
attempts and much advice
he now sleeps there con
rently
in the
outdoor
as im-
Never Fear—The
campus
current
desk-bed-shelves combina
ed
Using the remodel
Blue
ample,
Room
as an ex
he built
a quite
sturdy multi-use unit in
the large main floor bed
After
several
Fine Arts Film presenta
tions in student govern
BLACK
ment.
of the Black Diamond. The house is now full of as
sorted
secret beds and
Ballroom at the Ben Lo
mond Hotel was carefully passage ways. Come visit
Our ex-treasurer,Stubby
(Joe Dietz) was elected
to the post of IFC Presi
dent
on
have
two
campus.
FIJIs
Government.
We now
on
IFC
Kipper Wight
tentedly.
DIAMOND
March 3 marked the night
picked because of its fa
cilities.
dancefloor,
and the proximity of a
state liquor store. A few
Other
involvement
in
cludes several members in
drank to
honorary
le can testify. The even
copy
Life,
editor
and
at
Student
positions
on
various
committees
such
as the Movie Committee.
excess
as
was
House" with
- REMEMBER -
The 1973 Norris Pig Dinner
by
will be held
in all the
April 27!
highlighted
after-parties
rooms.
the "Mystery
our
new president. Bob Hammea>-
ing
Graduates; the
Good
food, its many new structures.
cheap rooms,
is IFC Secretary.
fraternities, a
Warning
\r\nBirthday Party
rw-
A
quiet
evening
was
spent at the FIJI House
the gentle guzzling of
two kegs was the only
noise. The brothers Join
Graduate
based
that
Relations
on
the
is
philosophy
"Phi Gamma Delta
is
not ft)r college days alone."
We at Upsilon Sigma believe
the chapter•s activities to ed in a meaningfull ex
There
except General Headquarters change of gifts.
and a few interested PIJIs were SB few minor accidents
caused by ffiiulty materials
in Utah who have done won
derful things fbr the chap
The kitchen window was so
letters, we have worked on
that it couldn't
ter
and
to
whom
we are fragil
greatly indebted for their withstand the minor stam
to the back yard.
time and efforts. The vast pede
iron frying pan
number of
other PIJIs who The cast
were in Utah did not rep was also of such poor
resent to the chapter an quality that it made a
very poor cjrmbol. A small
interested
audience
be
our files
cause
this strongly and so this
year we have made a dili
gent
attempt
to
contact
the
Brothers in
Utah and
interest
them
in us.
We
have written several news
to get them up-
to-date, we have
obtained
a computerized list of all
the graduates in the state
from whicha directory will
be published for the grad
uates, and we are working
presently on this years
Norris Pig Dinner arrange
ments, Just to name a few
of our projects.
of
their
lack
of
al blow. It couldn't hold
We are interested, how
ever, and we hope that
some of you who have been
the fragile body of our
president for his fare
well speech. After two
kegs for twenty brothers
in Utah
for
have
missed
we
retired
after
what
seemed to be an eventless
awhile
and
some of the
activities a chapter can
provide
for graduates,
Though Upsilon Sigma has
graduates can be for a
chapter and have recently
We
know
what
come to miss
the
asset
wisdom
few years that the chapter
has taken serious interest
in the
realm
of Graduate
Relations.
I
feel
this
provide.
Therefore, we
are making an attempt to
dreadful
tablish a good program
and hope the response will
be in proportion to our
a misconception on the part
of the chapter. As a young
colonly, and young chapter
I do not
set
guidance
an
and
delay was due to
grads
can
things^ right and es
efforts.
believe that the
Relations entailed. Why?
Simply because they had no
(So as not to offend
any of our graduates, the
middle
paragraph is a
mere speculation on my
graduates at that time, or
part.)
members were actually cog
nizant
of
few if any.
one else
to
what
There
Graduate
was"no
communicate
night.
All Greek Party
with us these
activities, starting with
the Pig Dinner, April 27.
been the last
cheap-
Grad Relations.
Why did It take so long,
you might ask?
It has only
table (of
graduates and knowledge of construction) was the fin
will share
been chartered since 1968.
wooden
The FIJIs once again
showed there unique abll-?
ity for throwing the best
parties on campus. There
was entertainmentfbr all;
football and pool tourna
ments in the game-room,
volleyball in the back
yard, stag flicks in the
chapter room, poker and
spades in the livingroom,
with a little live action
upstairs.
The first keg was tap
ped at 2:00 pm Saturday
and the last one drained
2:30 am
Sxinday.
Two
Brothers carried the Sigma
Chi
President
home
Fraternally,
put him to bed.
It
Charles G. Riddle
an exciting evening.
and
* was
\r\nsports
more arouna tne nouse.,
IDAHO STATE COLONIZATION
Six brothers
Journeyed
SPRING CLEANUP
For all
you
gradiiates
Nortn ro
Poccatello
for
the
installation
of the
we hope none
Delta colony. We ran into
Ron Inna, the
section
Junk was yours. It was an
chief, who once did hand
stands in our livingroom
as a field secretary. A
Brother from Dennison"08"
was also there.
We later
moved to the
closest bar
U-Haul
of the
trailer
xanbelievable
of stuff
we
two
loads of
collection
had accumu
lated over the past six
years. As an example, we
found eight baseball bats
and we thoughts had only
The
Volly Ball Team
spoiled their perfect re
cord by defeating the AGR
team in
straight sets
during the Intramurals.
And
the
bowlers
rolled
into third place. Just
three games from first.
Sunday Dinner Wager
two.
to "degenerate."
The
Idaho
State
men
SECTION CONVENTION
helped
A true success in every
way. Three cars and 13
garden as well as the
closets, halls, and bath
PIJIs headed South to Al-
rooms.
bequrque
lead
by our in
famous iUrpie Legionnaire,
Coconut.
Our knowledge
of the Purple Pilgrim Is
still
unbelievable, down
South.
THE POOL TABLE
The house purchased a
pay pool talbe from the
cactus club
out of indi
vidual
donations. After
removing a wall it was
easily Installed, .along
witha list of pool rules.
The bar was
to provide
moved back
more room for
us
clean
up the
We hauled off ten
or so garbage bags full of
leaves and weeds.
bar.
Shelves
and
ner.
And
since
Ruppe and Jingles/
Well,
it was finally torn down
as an eye sore. It was
falling apart and was a
danger to the volleyball
players.
graduates and
chapter know, everyone is
trying to cook up some
thing that doesn't cost
much.
Coming to mind,
therefore, are pictures
of PIJIs sneaking through
the house and neighbor's
vegetable garden.
But a new
After the cleanup and
trips to the dump, we had
a retreat to
long
discuss the
range goals
of the
beer
stacks of
And in tradition,, the
way
was in
vented last Sunday to get
Sunday night dinner money.
The Editor bet Stubby that
it was possible to carry
2^-
house.
its the
end of the fiscal week,
most people don't have
any funds what-so-ever.
So, as the
Do you remember the Bar
B-Q grill built by BR,
pool and to create a sep
arate
On S\inday, there exists
the problem at Upsilon
Sigma of procurring din
glasses
12.
the $5 wafeer
In
in two
fact,
stated that
lights have been put up
and it looks Just like
USU PIJIs boat-raced the
Idaho Brothers under the
ried around the block.
the club.
invited to come play with
table. Needless to say
the keg ran dry in short
order, and Simday was the
were broken, in addition
to the spirit and arms of
our new toy.
day of the Beer Blues.
the Editor.
You gradsare especially
the
glasses jiust be car
Well, only
two glasses
Pocatella FUls come to Retreat
During
April
the
from the Delta
Pocatello,
weekend of
five men
The
various
closets and
nicks and cranneys. Coco
Colony in
nut our Purple legionnaire,
Idaho came to
was able to talk
to most
of them about the Frater
Logan for a visit.
Among
the visitors, was
their
days and enjoyed our warm
hospitality long enough
to help with our Spring
nity. Hopefully we were
all a help, showing them
our Delta Colony publicap
tions and discussing what
they're going to have to
do to become a Chapter.
However, they still have
Cleanup.
While we cleaned
not
found
out
who
GRAND OLD MAN is.
president,John Swirzcki.
The men
stayed for two
out
the
TheOgden
Railroad
is still
Alive!
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Winter 1973 newsletter of the Upsilon Sigma chapter at Utah State University. This newsletter is five pages in length.