\ MIDWAY FIJIGRAM \% a-II UPSILON ClIAFfER of PHI GAMMA DPXTA CHICAGO,ILLINOIS SPRING 1991 Pig Dinner around the comer It's never too early to talk aboutPig Dinner. John Pukas '92 and Purple Legionaire Doug Cipriano are working hard to make this spring's dinner a huge success. It is rumored thatJohn has made a few trips to Iowa already to scout out candidates for this years hog. There has been great distress among the brothers in the house over the attendance at Pig Dinner. Due to the decreasing attendance, there has been President's Report... considerable discussion about changing our policy concerning which persons should be allowed to attend the event Specifically, many have suggested allowing brothers' wives or fiancees to join us at the Pig Dinner. This proposal was conceived in light of the fact that many grad brothers have expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of dinner opportunities for their wives. There has been a recenttrend for grads to forego Pig Dinner for smaller gatherings at the Quad concerned about the low attendance,for Pig Dinner is probably the greatest opportunity for us to mingle with the grads, and vice versa. We would appreciate your opinion/comments re garding this proposal. Feel free to write us on the enclosed dues envelope. Although we understand this is not a very scientific poll, it is a good way to "feel out" the sentiments of the grad brothers so that we and the grad board can make the decision which is most Club or other restaurants on or around representative ofthe chapter's undergrad campus. and grad brothers. We undergraduates are New cabinet elected for 1991 Dear Brothers, It has been quite awhile since the publication of the last Fijigram. 1 apologize for the delay. 1 hope that spring has lifted your spirits and ambitions in the same way that it has the chapter. We have just completed a much needed cleanup of the chapter house and grounds. The climax of this unprecedented eventwastheceremonial honk of the industrial-sized garbage truck as it left the alley. Spring quarter will bring with it a busy outdoor social calendar with the annual Fiji Island and Airband parties. In order to highlight our concern for risk-management we willcosponsor thebring-your-own-beer party with Phi Delta Theta and the two sororities on campus. We are extremely proud of our new initiates and pledge class. The new initiates have already made a positive impact on the chapter. Three of them are serving on a IFC committee which continued on page 2 This winter a new cabinet was elected. The last cabinet left the chapter in great shape. They successfully set up a committee system to deal more effectively with house issues, worked to keep chapter tone high,and restructured the bookkeeping system in order to ensure prompt payment of bills and a strong fiscal condition for the house. Fiji nights were developed to enhance grad relations and thecabinetorganized a hugeB.Y.O.B. interfraternity party to promote responsible drinking. Thenewcabinetis: served as one of the fall pledge class's pledge educators. Marcel Seefeldtserved the house faithfully last year as social chairman, working hard to make social events fun and safe. The chapter is looking forward to more exciting progress under the new leadership. Inside; Graduate News Undergraduate Jeremy Donaldson '92 President Joe Khazen '93 Treasurer Dan Mosher '92 Recording Secretary Corresponding Fiji Fossii Findl Secretary Midnuy Fijigram SfaiT; Stan Penkala '92 Marcel Seefeldt'92 Historian News Im Alex WoftI *91, Committee Head Jeremy Donaldson formerly served as president of IFC. Dan Mosher was formerly Corresponding Secretary and EdFogarty '93j:ditor Ifank Sherman '92, Reporter \r\nPAGE 2 SPRING 1991 MIDWAY FUIGRAM Undergraduate News Brother finds 80-million-year-old skull X § skull finding in the last 40 years. The lucky finding seemed to irk some ofthose in the field ofpaleontology. Tom Evans'91 spentspring break on an archeological dig in southwest Texas. It was his first dig, which was a follow-up hands-on experience to an evolutionary class that he took during winter quarter. To his surprise and everyone else's in the paleontological chasmosaurus was a homed dinosaur as far south as Texas. Chasmosaurus was Besides an article in the Chicago community,he found a complete skull of what appears to be the chasmosaurus species in the first hour he was there. The previosly thought to roam the plains of Tribune,Tom's discovery hit the pages of Montana and southern Canada. There other newspapers in major cities and he wasinterviewed on Chicago's three major about 26 feet long with two 2foot homs. The find is especially important not only because a Chi Upsilon Fiji discovered it, but also because it was previously unknown that this specieslived has not been an intact homed dinosaur Fall Pledge Class initiated, New Pledges begin probationary period Febmary 26 marked a special night for 10 Fiji pledges, as they were initiated into Phi Gam. Ourstrong rush committee, led by "Big" Bob Carlson '92, again showed that they have a great ability to bring in a diverse group of guys, who all Pfeter Monahan '92, Jeff White '93, John Lurvey'93,MattLeary'94,Jesse Knapp '93, Damien Grivetti '93, Jeff Please Stolte'93,Rob Qnaco'93,FrankMenna '93, and Chris Pellitierre '93. changed to