The University of Western Ontario Spring 1994 THE HOOTLINE Phi Gamma Delta - Lambda Omega Chapter 1994 Frank Norrls YEAR IN REVIEW Pig Dinner As the 93/94 year comes to an end, we can only be proud of what the Lambda Omega Chapter has accomplished. With a high level of dedication by brothers, strong leadership by cabinet, and the much appreciated support of graduates, this year was successful in many aspects. The chapter size was doubled, which enabled us to dramatically better our financial situation. Our house received much needed improvements in the form of repairs and donations by graduates. The brotherhood has never been stronger and our reputation is that of a strong, organized and stable Fraternity here at UWO. The relationship between the undergraduate chapter and graduates has been taken to a new level of co-operation and understanding. We look forward to the upcoming year with optimism, and we hope, you the graduates will again play an important and needed role in the undergraduate chapter! The undergraduates at Lambda Omega would like to take this opportunity to thank all those graduate brothers who supported this years Pig Dinner. Overall, the weekend was a great success, and the strong brotherhood of 627 was certainly shown off. Friday night was the start of what turned out to be quite a memorable weekend. The great speaking skills of Mike Hagarty, and a fine pig provided by Sebastien's at Bistro Soles, added to this momentous occasion. This years dinner helped promote some of our "New Ideas" here at Western's Fiji house, and also helped to raise some money for the graduate newsletter, "The Chain". Thanks again to the more than sixty brothers who contributed to making the 1994 Frank Norris Dinner a huge success, and heres to hoping that next years can be even better. Perge! 1994-1995 Cabinet Tayler Perrin McLean -President Allen Russell Charlten -Treasurer Korlan Kristofer Buxton -Rec. Sec. Houtan Rafii -Corr. Sec. Norman Willis Young -Historian Tim Pollock Corresponding Secretary For those interested in the 1995 Pig Dinner Please contact Houtan Rafii -the Corresponding secretary for the 1994/1995 year SPRING RUSH Spring rush was held at the end of January. Although 1994 Norris Pig Dinner faced with some constraints, such as being unable to setup a rush booth, the chapter faired well. A spring class of four was eventually pledged, consisting of David Karp, Rahim Rajpar, Robert Stewart and Ryan Vender. This year we have doubled our chapter size, a goal we established before our fall rush. We are pleased with the quality of the individuals we have brought through the portals of Phi Gamma Delta and are looking forward to next years rush effort Perge! Paul Keith Cowan Friendship- The Sweetest Influence \r\nThe Hootline Roadtrip to University of Michigan- Alpha Phi Chapter On November 19th, we sat around the house, bags packed and eager to leave. One major obstacle preventing us from making the annual trek south of the border, was that we had seven brothers and four pledges, but only two cars. It took about two hours to find a rental company that would rent us a car(poor credit ratings), and then we were off to the Alpha Phi Chapter, at the University of Michigan. After a long drive, we miraculously arrived in Ann Arbour and we were all amazed at the size of the chapter house. As we walked in, we received a less than hospitable welcome. Know apparently there had been some sort of mix- up and they did not we were coming (they were also on social probation). After we cleared the matter, we wandered around the maze-like house and felt lost. That was soon to change. A Fiji came back to the house, and apparently had a slight altercation with several members of another fraternity. Being the gentlemen that we are, we decided that we were going to settle the problem ‘diplomatically’. In less than ten minutes, about 80 Fijis were congregated in front of the suspect's fraternity house. Although details will be spared for various reasons, the issue was solved. As we walked back, many of us experienced what it meant to be a true Phi Gamma Delta. The rest of the weekend was spent reminiscing about that night, and an incredible time was had by all. Looking forward to the next roadtrip. Perge! Marc Bissell Editors Note -Page 2 Social Report I would like to announce the new socials for the upcoming 1994-1995 school year; our internal social is Bruno Jean Lamarche, and our external socials are Paul Keith Cowan and Rob Wieslaw Jan Kowalik. This year our chapter as accomplished many of the goals we had set out to fulfil. For example, we were more involved in Quad and 6-Pack parties at our local bars, thus straying away from destructive house parties and putting a little extra money in the chapter's hands. We have also had more events with other Fraternities and Sororities, thus increasing our relations within the Greek community. As we are preparing for the new year's social calender, Bruno, Paul, and Rob are busy working on furthering these goals. I personally feel that our reputation as " Phi Gam's" has been up held this year, and, has been taken to a new level. I wish the chapter and the new socials all the best in the upcoming school year. Perge! Out-going Social Lee McLaven Over 2000 people attended this years Islander making it iggest Fraternity Party! ‘This is the second Hootline published this year, and hopefully we can continue providing this newsletter in the years to come. |The graduates serve an important role to our chapter and itis important for us to provide a forum in which you may recieve news on the veuvities of the undergraduate chapter. Next year I look forward to serving as Corresponding Secretary and even further improving the felationship between grads and undergrads. I encourage any graduates who have any advice, criticisms or comments to call me with their suggestions. | look forward to seeing all of you next year at Homecoming and at ibe Noa Pig Dinner. Thank You, erge! Houtan Rafff THE FRATERNITY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA LAMBDA OMEGA at THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO 627 Wellington Street North London, Ontario Canada N6A 3R8 (519)667-0042