TheGemStateFiji Mu Iota Chapter Fall 1998 I Fiji Rush '98 I The Mu Iota chapter ofPhi Gamma Delta deserves a pat on the back for their efforts during Spotlight —Clyde Culp '41 is do ing well living in RUSH this past fall. We now ...-rtiifll have 24 new men living in the house, and we all have the highest expectations in their pursuit Alumni f I hSa igfiilliS* IP* .M Ik^ISJII to become active Fijis. ' Wabasha, Minnesota. Clyde apologizes for missing the 78th Pig Dinner and reminds us all to keep up the good work. As we all know recruiting is a —John Holland '42 has 365-day event. Last year was a rrlfri prime example ofour commit- l«l )BHi ment for year-round recruiting. Retreat was very informative as Sam lead We were constantly giving house •"""'"e''"" '' tours and housing perspective Fijis. It was a conscience decision by us all to recruit, and everybody chipped in to help. We also started some new programs during summer RUSH. The first was to spread our efforts across the state. As normal I was recruiting mostly out of the Boise area and surroundings, which is the area most rushees come from. We also had Chris Towrey,(Class 00')in North Idaho and Andy Brown in Eastem Idaho Class,(ClassOO'). They both had limited budgets, but did a very good job re cruiting. (Continued on page 4) We Welcome Our new Freshmen Workweek Improvements/Fiji Rush'98 Continued Rigger of The Millenium/Brown Jug Game Cancelled We Welcome Our new Freshmen Continued lations on our scholar ship standing. John is one proud Fiji. —Steven Bruce '72 is currently residing in Boise, ID. Steven re cently became a member ofthe Board of Trustees ofthe American Dental Association. —Con Frazier '33 of The second new program was our Rush Scholarship. We handed out 12, $100 scholarships to those men who eamed them based on High School accomplish- Freshmen Rush Scholarships/Mu Iota On The Web nothing new to report but offers a sincere congratu Hayden Lake reminds us all that secrecy is some thing to be proud of. \r\nThe Gem State Fiji r«7- Freshmen Rush Scholarships This past year Phi shaven and dressed to emony went well, as the honored pledges' incredible rush due impress, as all the young pledges to be mostly in part to our filed into dinner and were handed their valiant Rush Chairman, took their seats. As the Sam Goff. One of GofPs most brilliant dirmer progressed and the pledges began to Gamma Delta had an faces beamed as they lar scholarships to men would be rewarding a of promise that were scholarship to potential scholarship. Happily, this scholar ship dirmer and award served to bring many men of quality and un decided standing over to the Fiji house. In the participating in our yearly ffatemity rush. The night before bid day we held our tradi tional dirmer-by- pledges based upon words of our venerable high school grade point Sam Goff,"This is a great rush tool. We need, and the desire to sway some undecided invitation. All ofthe members were clean- ploys was to offer feel at home, it was an twelve on hundred dol nounced that Sam average, monetary were able to reward a isickAmar is one ofmany freshmaen we are excited to men to Phi Gamma dozen outstanding yoimgmen!" Way to Delta. The awards cer go Sam! —Green '01 have at Phi Gamma Delta. Mu Iota On The Web Mu Iota has joined There is page dedicated the information era to showing just how a with its new web page. This page provides much information little work can go a long way. A recent ad dition to the web page about what is happen is the placement of this ing here in the frater newsletter. Now more nity. The photo gallery people can read the Gem State Fiji hot off gives a glimpse of what everyone is doing with their time. There is a listing of all the people currently living in the house as well as people living in the surround > the press. The original page had its roots in a personal U ofI account, but has since grown and now it /' / Nathaniel, Jeff, and Ted enjoy some quality bonding time. has a site of its own. can find the page at: ing Moscow area. This home page will http://www.uidaho.edu/ Within the last few years, many renova soon witness an over greek/fiji/. Feel free to tions have taken place haul because it has had the same face for al on the house itself. most a semester. You \ drop us a line and tell us what you think. -Klein '01 \r\nThe Gem State Fiji 3 nut ••ttiBH j. is' WE Welcome Our New Freshmen Justin Horn is a vocal performance major. Some of his other interests inelude such activities as soccer and Daniel Rush informa- systems also soccer as well as reading and listening to classi- cal music. Nathan Means is interested in sports *8?^ " yt ''I |.^ sff^ % such as basketball and football. Some ofNate's recreation includes snowboarding, cooking, and lifting weights. John Duncan has a long ests and hobbies including skiing, wake boarding, fly fishing, bird hunting, and backpacking. John is currently a math major. rr *»• 1- • 1 X- ir 1 ■ Zac Bishop enjoys hunting, fishing, | ^SBHjH ^ We proudly present the class of2002. climbing and hiking. Zac's strong in terest in the outdoors is a good example of why he chose forestry as his major. P.J. McDaniel spent this last year as a Chefs apprentice. P.J. is currently a finance major and enjoys hobbies like cooking, hunting, and football. Nick Amar is majoring in Criminal Justice. Nick likes to cars, hunting and riding snowmobiles. Another of Nick's interests is 4-wheeling. Chris Ritter plans on pursuing a career in the medical field. His hobbies include snow skiing, water skiing, hiking as well as music. Kevin Shawver is a marketing major. Kevin also enjoys tennis, baseball, and a multitude of other outdoor ac tivities. Brian Anglin is majoring in Biology. In his spare time, Brian like to snowboard, rollerblade, water ski, and play his guitar. Brian Post is a finance major. Some ofBrian's hobbies are following the stock market, video games, sports, and music. Ben Johnson is currently majoring in architecture. Ben's other interests are guitar, hockey, baseball, theatre, and cooking. Tim Guill is majoring in piano performance and is also a marine. Tim likes activities such as hunting and run ning. Tyrel Stevenson is an english major. Tyrel also likes to hunt, fish, camp, and just about any other sort of out door activity. Tyler McReynolds is majoring in computer engineering. Tyler also like to snow ski, wake board, and golf. (Continued on page 6) \r\n4 ntil - The Gem State Fiji -Ti', Work Week Improvements renovations that have Special thanks must go out to the floor guy Dave, who not only did a stupendous job of in stalling an indestruc left the house looking tible floor of VCT better than ever. From (Vinyl Composite cleaning to replacing flooring, the brothers Tile), but also enter tained us all with magic tricks and great jokes. The brothers of Mu Iota were busy this summer with a number ofimprovements and all lent a helping hand toward the betterment ofthe chapter. $1,000 to our house scholarship fund. Many of the brothers also put in long hours room. Other improvements included a new retain personal touch on the quarters that are to ac ing wall and steps in the back, along with handrails to protect Mu Iota from any unneces sary legal entangle commodate him and ments. The halls were working on their own rooms as each put his his two roommates for painted and all the Props are also in order for Andy Brown and the remainder ofthe floors were Rug Doc year. The most notable tored. The house was improvements are in Brandon Van Slyke and in pristine condition for The most drastic im Webb Girard who put provement, and the one in long hours helping requiring the most Dave who was so im Chris Jarstad's room, work, was the new pressed with their hard and in Lucus Kevan keep it that way the rest ofthe year. -Valiquette floor in the rec. room. work that he donated and Ryan Munson's '01 rush and it is our aim to Fiji Rush '98 Continued ments. This scholarship was an effort to let rushees know that there are future scholarship opportunities at the Mu Iota Chapter, one ofthe many reasons to go Fiji. Ofthe 12 scholarships handed out,9 pledged Fiji, which is money well spent. This new program could not have happened with out our alumni support. Thanks to all of you who donated. Our efforts were fruitful. We took 24 outstanding men from Idaho, Oregon, and Oklahoma(Yes, Oklahoma). We would not have been able to do it with out all of the membership putting their best foot forward. I am confident that we took the best class on campus. We are all super excited and looking to win everything this year. -Goff'98 Josh Boyd and Ryan Munson listen intently at the Rush retreat. \r\nThe Gem State Fiji Tl PIGGER OF THE MILLENIUM a convention facility and the number of rest ofthere class. The and other circum decade representatives stances it is required date that has been set is will also be asked to that everyone send the April 9-11. However, this year's Pigger write a brief history of attached RSVP back to their decade with the the house by January 15,1999. This is an other banner year for graduate brothers that showed up. Our chapter placed third in the overall ranking for all the chapters ofPhi It is time once again to begin planning an other years Pigger. The vate them to contact the the last Pigger of this help of their brothers. This will be compiled and presented to every millenium. The best one at the dinner. The way to celebrate this actual dinner may have to take place at a local should and will be much different. It is momentous occasion is to have the best and hotel due to the num largest Pigger, in recent bers, but it should be history or ever, is to hold the biggest Pigger the same format as the house and a special year that needs to be recognized by the best Pigger ever. If you've skipped out on a few Piggers and need a good reason to attend Gamma Delta. The third place ranking eamed the chapter $1750 in scholarships for the imdergraduate brothers. A big thanks to those graduates that showed up last year and helped make this this is it. Motivate possible. -Boyd '98 your brothers. We hope to see you all in ApriW^i ATTENTION: Those AKE President Alan usual. Currently the classes of'69 through '71 have planned class reunions. For ques Also, last year Phi eamed either gold or Hull, is to have a re tions or RSVPs contact Gamma Delta Educa silver owls for being a union for every class. Representatives for Pigger Chair Webb Gi- tion Foimdation held a member in Phi Gamma rard '00 at competition to see Delta and have not re each decade have been gira9603@uidaho.edu or his assistant Tyler Valiquette '01 at vali6834@uidaho.edu. Because ofthe possibil ity of having to reserve which chapter could get ceived a certificate or ever. The idea, a brain child of newly elected chosen. Their respon sibility will be to con tact a few members form each class within the decade and moti brothers that have a great tumout for the an owl pin and are 150*'' year celebration. There was a point scale planning on attending this year's dinner need for the chairmen to fol to contact Webb Girard low based on deadlines gira9603@uidaho.edu. Brown Jug Game Cancelled gmdge match that can failed to come to a good faith continue to tion about the Brown not be called a football compromise that both Jug Football Game play a game that could very easily cause seri After much delibera game. This year we set houses could live with. with the Kappa Sigma out to change Brown ous injury. For the Fraternity, the game Jug back to a game that Everyone in the house was very disappointed has been cancelled. In many alumni who both freshman classes to hear that the Brown helped us in our delib the past few years the would enjoy playing. Jug tradition would not erations, we thank you game has turned firom a We met with the Kappa continue this year, but for your help. -Rush Sigma leadership on because ofliability rea '98 several occasions, but sons we could not in competitive sporting event into a bloody \r\nNon-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Moscow,Idaho Permit #193 Phi Gamma Delta 600 University AvE. Moscow,ID 83843 POD International Headquarters 1201 Red Mile Rd. Lexington,, Ky 40544 III* ill!IIII I.iill i.iiii.iiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii ll.llnl WE WELCOME OUR N Jacob Roach is a veterinary science major. Some of Jacob's sporting interests include baseball, football, and golf. Brett Nagel is an information systems major. Brett's hobbies include just about anything having to do with sports. Don Watts enjoys things like football, skiing, basketball, and fishing. Don is an environmental science major. Mitch Moor is majoring in business. Mitch enjoys fishing, rafting, swimming and a number ofteam sports. Will Orndorff is extremely interested in fishing and hunting. At this time, Will is undecided on a specific major. Troy Braga is majoring in sports science. Troy's interests include basketball, fishing, mountain biking and hunting. Mark Thinnes is a landscape architecture major. Mark likes soccer, snowboarding, and hunting. Corey Dixon is currently general studies. Cory likes to play baseball, hunt, and fish in his spare time. Nick Smith is currently general studies. Nick is very active and is a member ofthe University ofIdaho track team. \r\nWHO'S DOING WHAT? Keeping you and your classmates informed Please write legibly Please be sure to check out Phi Gamma Name: Delta on the Internet! On the World Wide Address: City: State: Zip: Web, point your browser to: http://www.uidaho.edu/greek/fiji If you would like to reach us by email, contact Ben Rush: rush9589@novell.uidaho.edu Please send correspondence to: Class: □ Check here if new address ■fw 600 University Ave. Moscow, ID 83843 ■■ ■ VvTi Personal News or Message to Anyone: Engagement/Marriage/Births, Etc.: 7^.' If possible, send us a photo and a personal biography so we can highlight you in our j .n ■ •wmi'T A ^ r'• . ; «■ Alumni Spotlight ■ • New Job/Promotions/Awards/Honors/ Achievements/Transfer/Retirement, Etc.: Thanks for replying to the Gem State Fiji! Any and all support is appreciated. We always look forward to hearing fi-om our valuable alumni. —^Brandon Van Slyke, current GSF Editor. vansl203@uidaho.edu or (208)885-7051 Please Help Support the Gem State Fiji Without your generous contributions, the regular publication of this newsletter would not be possible. 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