AXhe Bulldog Fiji^ November 1997 - Viy' ■ V :-'7 ,>'1 -v ■A*^y..>-f': .7fy ^V" "NOTHING t,. T ^ • l-\ _ WORLD CAN TAKE COMMON • '. ♦ „• f..- ' 'fN. •. •• • ■ • t'!A PERSISTENCE. IS X*. V. s»> NOTHING • ■» I-'' '"7 IN THE ■smW' «.-.«■■ MORE THAN UNSUCCESSFUL MEN WITH TALENT. Genius will not; UNREWARDED GE NIUS IS ALMOST A PROVERB. Education will not; the WORLD IS FULL OF EDU CATED DERELICTS. PERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION ALONE ARE SLOGAN On' has OM The [ Mississippi State Homecoming '97 was a with th( the graduates beside Pig Dinner in s] in the the spring," said Steve Orman. The 'Press I gjeat success. After the bulldogs' 35-28 tuI multuous win over a severely underrated band band Pi Prime Time entertained the early earl; morning, hours. the i Central Florida team. Jay Holiman's father i cooked out for graduates, actives, mshees, Earlier in the day, the Mary McCart Parent's Club convened a McCarty meeting. The parents NIPOTENT. solved AND ALWAYS WILL SOLVE LEMS THE OF PROB THE HU MAN RACE" : Despite the poor weatlier conditions, j parents, and dates. A , ! crowd of around 200 en- j joyed the camaraderie and i - Calvin COOLIDGE It was a good chance to hang out ,• j ■ all until ,, f t""i ® discussed how they were with the graduates beside Pig Dinner • i delicious bar-b-que. of a relaxing afternoon and early evening. Everyone enjoyed gather ing together in brotlieihood. On Saturday evening , the grad- I uates and parents stayed around to en- 1 joy the band. "It was good to hang out Jgoing to organize formal fall rush in the future. About twenty parents were at the meeting, father Buddy Arnold noted,"The turnout was much better than in the past two years." \r\nThe Bulldog Fiji New AlcoholPolicy On August 16, the Archons amended the Risk Management Policy of the Fraternity to provide that, as of July 1, 2000, all chapter houses and property will be substance-free. This means no alcohol or controlled substances (drugs and paraphernalia). Of course, it has always been against fraternity law to have drugs on chapter property. (The substance free policy does not apply to tobacco, although we do encourage chapters and house corporations to con sider seriously the safety and health issues related to smoking in the house.) The Archons adopted the substance free provision for a number of reasons, including: 1. Alcohol, as currently used throughout our under graduate chapters, exerts too great an influence on the condition ofour fiutemity — in neighbor relations problems, in damage to chapter houses, in below FijiMailer Instructions Sigma Mu took the initiative to move its commu nication with graduates to a new level with the 1995 implementation ofa email server called "Fijimailer". Currently, there are over 50 grads and undergrads getting nearly daily email via Fijimailer. Fi jimailer is basically an e-mail address that acts as a hub for information sent via e-mail. Once you subscribe (at no personal cost), you will be able to send a message to Fijimailer, and it will in turn be distributed to everyone who has subscribed to it. Every time someone else sends a message to Fijimailer, it will also be mailed to your e-mail address. average grades at the majority ofchapters, in univer sity relations, in creating legal liability. Fijimailer is a great new way to talk to the broth ers you haven't heard from in a while and to com municate with the undergraduate chapter. We en courage you to subscribe as soon as possible so we can keep up with new happenings in your lives, 2. The use of alcohol does not contribute to accom and you can be informed about what is going on plishing the mission of the Fraternity, and the around here. overuse or abuse ofalcohol makes it more difficult to accomplish that mission. To subscribe to Fijimailer, all you have to do is 3. The public and many potential members view fraternities only as places to party. In particular, send an e-mail message to: many potential members believe that joining a frater nity will hurt them academically. 4. Occupants of fraternity houses binge drink at a higher rate than fraternity members living outside the houses and at a much higher rate than non-affiliated listproc@msstate.edu men. 5. A significant majority (70 - 80%)of undergradu ate brothers are under the age of 21. In many chapters, the portion of the membership living in the house who are under 21 is even higher, since in many chapters seniors tend to live outside the house. The Archons have provided almost three years until the final transition date to allow adequate time for education of brothers and chapters on the need for this change and for implementation. We will be encouraging chapters to make the transition sooner. We believe that this MUST be the future of the fraternity system and that the sooner chapters adapt, the better off they will be. Leave the subject heading blank. On the first line ofthe body ofthe message type the following line: subscribe fijimailer Then just send the message and you should re ceive a welcome reply and instructional listing in a few days. For example, if John T. McCarty were subscribing today, he would enter the follow ing line in the first line ofthe body ofthe email: subscribe fijimailer John McCarty If you have any other questions regarding this, feel free to email the Fijimailer supervisor, Mark Du mas, at "mark.e.dumas@CDmx.saic.com". Mark Dumas'96 Bill Martin Executive Director \r\nThe Bulldog Fiji Graduate News Honor Roll As WE ALL KNOW,Phi Gamma Stan and Krissy Anthony were married on August 2,1997 in Greenville, MS. Scott Nelson Delta is not for COLLEGE DAYS ALONE. The fol lowing ARE PAR TICIPANTS IN GRADUATE OUR DRAFT program: Porter Robinson David Wurm Robert Halford Briar Jones Tracy Martin Steve Edwards and David Sessions were in the wedding. Krissy was a Zeta Tau Alpha at MSU. Paul and Jennifer Riley were married on June 6,1996 in Boscobel Beach, Jamaica. A small group offriends and family attended the wedding. Jennifer was a Kappa Delta at Louisiana Tech University. Benjie and Ashley Spence were married on August 2, 1997 in Jackson, MS at the First Presbyterian Church. Clint Scott, Nathan Bums, Russell Reed, Steve Oswalt were in the wedding. Todd Arnold, Thomas Scott and Amy Nelson were married on June 14, 1997 in Jackson, MS. Amy was a Zeta Tau Alpha at MSU. Scott and Amy are currently living in Tu pelo, MS at 1287 Windwood Cove. Jeff and Jennifer Altman were married on August 20,1996 in Birmingham, AL. On April 20, 1997 they were blessed with a son that is five and a half months old. His name is Connor Cleveland Altman. Jennifer was a Delta Gamma at MSU. Sterling Karr'99 Whitehead, and Jack Smith were John Fike Tommy Scroggins ushers in the wedding. Ashley was a Chi Omega at MSU. Kevin Walters James Allison David Blary Robert Siedell Terry Fuller Jerry Fuller Robert Sledge Bill Martin Bill Howard Rick Hartfield Walter Lindsey Knox Ross Ray Jordan Marc Anthony New Additions This year's rush proved to be more than we expected. Fourteen worthy young men are devoted to pledge the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Michael Davis Greg Weeks Cooksville, TN Medina,TN Fulton Delta. The numbers are down from Brian Shelton Memphis,TN last year, but this pledge class has great potential for producing leaders at Mississippi State. Although we have a diverse pledge class, each indi vidual helps to promote the whole. It is very exciting to see them come together as a one. The fall pledge Josh Stewart John Bryant Jonathan Clanton Justin Dewberry Thom Guthrie Jr. Kyle Steward Nicholas Lee Curt McMillin Fulton Joseph Senter Jason Hooper Michael Wilbom Tyler Williams Starkville Tunica Memphis, TN Marks Madison Young We are very proud of our pledges, and we look forward to the day we can call them our brothers. Wes Dorr '99 class of 1997 is as follows: Al Brock Barry Iseminger Memphis,TN Vicksburg Eupora Jackson Brownsville, TN \r\nSigma Mu Chapter Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Drawer FN PAID Mississippi State, MS ^9162 Mississippi State, MS Permit No. 25 Bill Martin, III 3260 Carriage Lane Lexington, KY 40517-3800 Pig Dinner Date: j The Graduate Dinner is planed for Februar>' 21st at the Starkville Holiday Inn. More information later. J Our last house corps meeting was Octotier 11th. This semester we have spent over $2500 simply on house maintenance. There have t)een many major purchases made the past two years on a new kitchen stove and house siding, in addition to normal house upkeep. Because of lack of money in the house corps, the undergraduate chapter has had to cover most of these costs. We en courage you to help support Sigma Mu chapter by partici pating in our draft program. Please contact Marc Anthony ^ Well,hcje I am,back in my old familiar spot. Having retired from teaching a year ago,I was"footloose" (not really) so the guys asked me to stq) in when Walter Lindsey moved to have been hard at work on Tomos Gamma the third volume of our Fiji history, in rr^ capacity as Historian for the general Fraternity. It is virtually conpleted and will go to the printer some New Orleans in January. It has been a pleasant experi time this fall so that it will be ready in time for our 150th Anniversary Ekklesia in Pittsburgh next August. Any of you who live close ence moving back into my familiar pattem of activity at Sigma Mu We have a great cabinet this year. They have worked well togetho" and come up with to the other Golden Trian MS FIJI'S P.O. Box 774 some innovative ideas to gle should try to make it there for that important oc casion. Anyofyouwhoare Starkville, MS 39760 improve our overall opera Civil War buffs will want to tion. At the same time 1 watch for my other new at(601)324-8277 or Thank you for your support. 4 book,a biogr^hy ofFrank Blair, Lincoln's Conserva tive, who served both in Congress and in the Union army during the war. It will be out in the spring from the University of Missouri Press. Now that I have got my two plugs ia I will sign off! Let me hear from you. Bill Parrish(OM '57) Purple Legionnaire