GJ Fall 1988 THE BC FIJI Published by the Pi Gamma Chapter of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Undergraduate Reports GRADUATE RELATIONS Five and the Snowman. Starting A special thanks to those Graduate the year with a bang, under the dy namic leadership of Roy "The Brothers who attended the 1987 Norris Pig Dinner. We hope to see you all again on November 18, 1988. An updated phone list is being compiled to help establish closer ties between graduates and the undergraduate chapter. A phone call will be going out to all Mouth" Mathews, the pledges sere naded the sorority sweethearts with ballads of Fiji prowess and charm; a night of laughter. Ruby Red, and tears, culminating with Chris Bardon's late night tequila tricks and Roy "Gee-Raff Murzello's Mighty Sleeping Puppy. asm and dedication of this pledge class. These twenty-six guys - the pledge class of 1987 - have life, talent, and a desire to work on be half of Phi Gamma Delta in the years to come. Vig Rubin Pledge Educator HOUSE MANAGER Graduates as a reminder to attend this year's 60th Pig. Please help spread the word to ensure that this is the most successful Pig to date. See you there! Bruce Walthers Graduate Relations Co-Chairman PLEDGE EDUCATION From then the pledges gained yet more momentum as they plotted, calculated, schemed, and panicked in preparation for the annual Kid nap. Despite what they thought was good planning and armed with a cellular phone, they again could not escape the efficiency of the Purple Net. In fact, so utterly des perate and discouraged were the pledges that they were overheard begging an active to be their kid- Throughout the '87-'88 academic year, many a pledge educator could be heard exclaiming: "With napee. pledges like these, what could go wrong!" And indeed, come initia tion, we had seen the truth to those portentous words. Halloween Howler, with costumes The pledge class, though shy and left-footed at first, banded together to form a powerful and noteworthy squad, gentlemen and scholars all, due in no small part to the diligent educating efforts of the Frazzled Other events included the Pledge ranging from bats, punks, cows, and many udders; the pledge re treat; Grass Skirt, with pledges out in full force (and attire); GeorgieBoy's Pizza Eatery Evening; and of course, the culmination of the pro gram with initiation weekend. A spirited bunch, the chapter will benefit greatly from the enthusi Major improvements to the house this year included the installation of new exterior doors which im proved security and brought the house into accordance with fne safety standards. Also, new couches were purchased for the living room. In January, as this year's house improvement project, the Pledge Class decided to clean out and enlarge the pit area under the stairs. Thanks to their efforts, there is now ample room to store unwanted junk for another twenty years. August saw the addition of a new deep fryer, exhaust system, and upgraded fme protection facili ties in the kitchen. Fred has re turned to cook for the Brothers and presently we have filled 34 of the 38 beds in the house. Karl Kottmeier ("91) House Manager \r\n... page 2 PI GAMMA SPORTS After beginning the year with a solid victory in the Logan Cycle 200, the Pi Gamma Fijis contin ued their winning ways in the Arts 20 Relay. In all, 6 teams were en tered with our first team placing DKNVKR KKKLKSIA in boys were flying high and couldn't help but advertise their goal scoring prowess to the Div. 1 players who were mired in a scor ing drought. As the season went on, however, things got back to 12th overall and 1st in the frater normal with the Div. Ill team fin nity category. A fine looking gag squad led by Neil Gaba donned fuU hockey gear and completed ishing with an unprecedented .500 record and the Div. 1 squad finish ing first in their division and mov ing on to Superleague. The Xmas Crunch was a disappointment as the Fijis lost to the "goofs in the red jackets". The game was a sad replacement for the much antici pated "Goonfest" with the Betas. the race on roller skates but for some unknown reason they were disqualified! The next event on the agenda was the Intramural Golf Tournament in which four Fijis were entered. Paul Hudson shot an 82 and The story of the year in intramu- placed a very respectable 6th. The remaining members of the Fiji rals was turned in at Storm the foursome were more concerned Wall. In all, Fiji entered a record EIGHTEEN teams, including a with finding their balls in the trees fine and on the roads than shooting re spectable scores. teams and not so competitive but The fleet and fancy-footed soccer Fiji - demolished all fraternity challengers while finishing third squad had some early problems in the preliminary rounds of the Handley Cup - the players at selection of competitive entertaining groups (long live the Battlestar! ). The top team - Air overall out of about 600 teams. Fiji teams also placed second, tributed this fact to the poorly maintained playing fields at UBC. fifth, sixth, and eighth among fra There must have been some truth pleted its most successful Storm to the complaints as the team put the Wall ever. ternities as our fraternity com forth better efforts on the carpet under the dome at BC Place. The division 1 title was finally claimed Overall, the year's sporting activi ties were extremely successful for itl a drarriatie overtime game in Fiji. The fegtilar first place fin- which the Fijis defeated Educa ishes proved that Phi Gamma tion 3-2. Delta is the premier Fraternity in intramural sports at UBC. A Throughout the first term,the Div. strong effort on behalf of all 1 and Div. Ill ice hockey teams provided some great entertain Brothers this year will no doubt ment for those who came out to watch, although the Div. Ill play ers provided more comedy than anything else. After beginning the season with a 12-1 thrashing of a allow the chapter to capture the intramural aggregate points award. Rick Eastman ('90) Sports Chairman hopeless Science squad, the Div. 60th Annual Norris Pig Dinner Pi Gamma Chapter was well rep* resented at this summer's Mile High Ekklcsia in Denver, Col orado. In addition to the three un dergraduate delegates, the Ekklesia was attended by Section Chief Gordon Elliott C55), Cal gary Purple Legionnaire Dave Armttage ('80), Dave Frank C82), and Pi Gamma PL Brian Dunsier C80). Following are a few of the lighlighls of the four day Conven tion: Gordon Elliott was elected to a four year term on Phi Gamma Delta's Board of Archons in the position of Archon Couneiilof, * The Bkklesia approved an amendtnept to the laws grant irtg the Archons the right to allow chapters to acquire HS' bility insurance locally pro vided the local policy provides coverage comparable to the general fraternity policy, » An amendment to create a Vice-Prcsident's position on the nndcrgiaduate Cabinet was narrowly defeated after heated debate. The Fraternity's Quest for Excel lenee program was reviewed in detail and will coniimie fo provide