Volume 34 issue 2 Newsletter Date: October 2nd, 2005 Somewhere out there a boat sails Through a calm and quiet river To which end we cannot say In a lonely fashion it treads the waters Which splash its sides with certain eagerness And content. The waters pull the boat further We mourn the loss of our founding father Up and Away from our sight on July 2, 1950 in Vancouver, Canada. He graduated from University of British Columbia Brother Ron Pawluk. Brother Pawluk was born Like a child racing to his mother. and Harvard where he obtained a Masters in To think that we have lost our beloved Brother Aeronautical Engineering and Business Ad ministration Development. As a member of Forever. Red Mountain Ranch Golf Course, Brother Over here we are left in a sea of chaos Pawluk genuinely enjoyed the moments A loss we cannot bear shared with the members and staff, but loved A price too costly most spending time on the course with his be loved girlfriend Brenda. He passed away on July 11th 2004 and is survived by his mother, Mary of Edmonton, and his son Blake. But we must grow and face The voice that speaks to our hearts. Calling us to make account of What makes our days worth while Why our entire lives must be lived as a day. We are challenged I« i! To step into the calm waters The waves return to wash our feet Recruitment HOU.SING CORP Anouncements With good tidings from our dearly beloved Fundraesing They wash our minds and remind us PHILANTHROPY Of the link we have as brothers ^-ndrev^ O. A chain that transcends the vast and open sea. Q) EDITOR'-S rant Life of a Pledge 5 REPORT ON A GRADUATE 6 BROTHER \r\nVolume 34 issue Page 2 2 graduates how would they like to see the 'EcDiroii's (VdTce again i was given the responsibility of lead ing the charge of creating the newsletter. Unlike last time, the fraternity was enthusiastic in helping this newsletter come to com Gre^ would like to thank Andrew Nartev, ✓' pletion. The reason why this newsletter was so late Andrew Tonge and was because of the im John Anderson for their work on this pub mense lication. He would also like to thank the BCA for hav ing initiative and advis work undertaken by the recruitment com mittee in securing our fu ture as a fraternity, /fter creating the first newslet ter, I asked a group of North Star improved. There were three com mon themes: better quality photocopy, color, and more of an empha sis on graduates. As you can see, there is no color; if we printed in color the budget would go over by $100 on printing alone for one copy. The images are been some events that have happened on the graduate side. Con gratulations to Adrian Harvey for taking the initiative and becoming the interim APS presi dent. Also, congratula tions go to Fredrick Lynch who will be our new section chief. a report on more gradu ates. So these goals we 'inside from that every thing is well in FIJI land, I will see you all at the 35th anniversary of our Pig Dinner. fulfilled. Gregory HIadyshevsky not blurred and we have yhere have '02 ing the cabinet. ^RecmUrnent 1C1 the introduction of our Recruitment Committee) has introduced the Ag ^coming soon is a gressive Initiative for pamphlet upon the ag Recruitment (AIR) Pro gressive recruitment gram. This program program. sets out the goals and new cabinet and direction of the recruit MoVners, This is an exciting time to be an undergraduate of Epsilon Alpha. With moti vated committee heads, .Jf gives you informa Riccardo seems last. With this great out ment committee for the tion regarding the AIR next three years. The Program and asks for AIR Program is unique your help in the expan to our chapter and even sion of our chapter. I TO BE FULL OF HOT look ahead we must al our international frater ways remember that our chapter must continue nity; as it secures a new legacy for our recruit this upcoming year will be even better than the AIR ^ its nature of ment persistence reflects the shared and innovation. ^M;APl£TOf7-, /AVr\ this in mind, the Committee of Recruit ment and Fraternity Affai rs, (formerly Gamma known as the Rush or committee, AIR re hope to see you all at Pig Dinner where we will be celebrating Epsilon Alpha's 35'^ anniver sary. sponsibility of under graduates and gradu ates of Epsilon Al pha. This program and my committee have marked our goal of a 2005 pledge class to 20 KY'^\lAAi new men and will have our active member en rollment over 50 men; a barrier that been p has broken a s never in t the . zAf- A/a \r\nPage 3 Volume 34 issul 2 ■ >- ■^ (Vf w It i m l-G'^.'.ViSl W'^'-'M Wm ikm aaJ—aa . you may know, the Housing Corpo unlikely to have a new home in the Vnce again we will try to ration bought another house in August next 5 years. resurrect the three lines for free campaign. of 2004. We now have the main chap /Mat the purchase of another house ter house, Fiji 2, and Fiji 3. Our respon has done, however, is to strongly posi f you have any mes sibilities include two parking lots, a ga tion us to take advantage of new op sage or statement to rage, and 24 tenants. It is a long ways portunities - such as the decline of say, and you wish for from our humble beginnings. other chapters or the sale of other sig the upcoming newsletter ..vhe burden of these various projects nificant properties - to finally make our to be the medium, then please send us a mes has been eased by the strong and re move. sage via email so you sponsible undergraduate chapter and can see your words the hard work of J.P. Chibuk, the house y/e would like to thank everyone who printed. Email our manager. Further, Housing Corporation graduate relations chair has ever contributed to the Housing has never been stronger and has re at Corporation, either as director, house ceived large contributions of time and manager, or those many brothers that bukczynski@gmail.com money from all its directors. have contributed financially to one of yhe purchase of a second house is the many projects. Each contribution In order to see you say just one step along the way. With city throughout the years has brought us ing immortalized on the bylaws, an active Garneau lobby further towards our goal. We invite next North Star. against development, and simple eco you to get involved in the chapter or on Housing Corp and to help us reach nomics to deal with, the chapter is our fundraising target. \r\n\ oujMt: 34 ISSUE 2 S)ate^ ta OlemmtB&i Closing Lunch Parent's Tea Date: Sunday October 23rd 11:00am Date: Sunday October 16th, 2005 12:00pm Location: Fiore's Cantina (8715 109St) Location: FIJI house (11009 89ave) 35th Annual Norris Pig Dinner Do YOU FEEL LEFT OUT OF Date: Saturday October 22nd, 2005; starts at 5:30pm CHAPTER EVENTS ? http://www.jihigam.ca/calendar/ Location: University of Alberta Faculty Club (11435 Saskatchewan Drive) Get involved !! RSVP: Maciej Bukczynski (bukczynski@gmail.com) .>t)r 2005, the fundraising committee has set out with one objective: to increase fundraising revenues to in crease chapter expenditure. To accomplish this, we have been working closely with the University of Alberta's Student Union to help out with any campus events. This man has become our ..4his April, many of our brothers assisted with secu rity at a SU held concert at the Horowitz Theater. We Treasurer. will be continuing our suc cess in working with Safe- way Canada selling gift cer tificates, as well as working at the Taste of Edmonton during Klondike Days in the future. If you see any of us working behind the scenes at the many events we in volve ourselves in, stop on by and share a story. .Jf you or your family is at all interested in purchasing any certificates, please don't hesitate to contact our charismatic Treasurer, Corey Reynolds, or our Oiir partnership with Safe- Fundraising chair, John Chiway Canada has continued buk. Call the house at 432- to be beneficial to both sides. In exchange for every 100 dollars of gift certifi cates sold, the chapter re ceives $8 compensation. Due to our past successes with the program, we re cently agreed to acquire more gift certificates, thus bringing in additional reve nue to the chapter. 1162, or likewise via email at corevr@ualberta.ca or ichibuk@ualberta.ca for more details. Likewise, if you have any questions, comments or ideas for fundraising, we would be very happy to hear from you. Perge! Announcements Barry and Joan Ilerz-Benkendorf had a baby girl, Anna Bridget Benkendorf, on February 14, 2005. Rob and Lori Gagne had a baby boy. Mason, on March 1,5, 2005. Congratulations to Matt Becigneul and Karla Wowk on getting engaged, their wedding will be on June 3, 2006 at Holy Family Parish in St. Albert Congratulations to John Miller and Ruth Wong on getting engaged, their wedding will be on August 12, 2006. Congratulations to Ryan Spooner and Stephanie Marie Kosinski on getting engaged, their wedding will be on July 22, 2006. Congratulations to Graeme and Karolina on getting married, their wedding was on September 24, 2005. \r\nVOLUMF 34 ISSUE 2 J^fliiantAmp^ aiming at mm ddgJfitd .s4iis year the 2005 Phi lanthropy Committee is looking to continue the excellence that the pre vious committee had achieved. This past year was quite successful on the philanthropy front. The chapter amassed over 3000 hours of ser vice to the community and won the IPG award for most fraternity. philanthropic lanthropy Chair Tony Pham as well as Chris Tang, Matt Becigneul, Andrew Nartey, Todd Atkinson and Andrew Loden. We recently held a philanthropy with ABC Headstart where we stuffed backpacks full of school supplies and toys for kinder garten students of lowincome families. This event was very successful and we look forward to working with ABC Headstart again in the future. We are also in the ^Ur chapter was lead by Brother Matt Becigneul process of organizing weekly help with Canadian Blood Services. This help is past year. These events in clude Kiwanis Apple Days, Halloween Food Bank Drive, Meals on Wheels, Students Union Kids Christmas Party, Molson's Pack the House, Lit tle Bits Riding Camp as well as several others. ■ These events are a key in building a connection with the community and striving to wards our five values. In addi tion, the time spent with Broth ers builds a stronger brother hood, and makes the events even more memorable. of the Year at our recent so this is where we are fo If you know of any possible philanthropy opportunities please contact me at either the house (432-1162) or by email Black Diamond Formal. cusing our efforts. at bcooper@ualberta.ca This year's committee is .Jh the future we look to who alone 700+ contributed was more useful to them than a Philanthropist one-day major blood drive hours awarded and lead by myself and con- continue events that were sists of last years Phi- rnajor successes over the 3iey. ...Qa g^t the pdam A small article on recruitment and the life of one of our pledges •Jf all started off at orien tation. I wanted to be come more involved on campus, so I signed up to be an Orientation Leader. I was wearing a giant orange foam cow boy hat and I was ap proached by a very re spectable looking person who invited me to a bar becue at his fraternity house. I was a little weary, as I had learned that used Some of my pledge brothers cided to check out the frater and I became very close. Every nity. The Men of FIJI encour Sunday we had Pledge Educa aged me to take a look at all tion, and we often went out af of the fraternities on campus ter that. If people did not have before I picked one. This im time, then that was fine. This is pressed me a great deal. I one aspect of FIJI that makes thought that they just wanted me proud. Some of my friends membership and fees, but it who do not belong to FIJI often became clear that there was become upset to the point of something else to this frater anger with me if I fail to spend nity. After spending some time with them. With FIJI, this time at the house, and get is not the case. The members ting to know a few of the will express their disappoint I had nothing to fear, I de Brothers, I was invited to be ment with me if I miss an event come a Pledge. It was one of with them but it will go no far by cults to gain this members. was a tactic However, the smartest moves I have once I had realized that made. ther than that... exam to study for. If I have an Written by John Chandler \r\n\ OLLI.ME 34 ISSUE 2 Who is this man, and where are his pants? ;4iis eligible bachelor is Dan Buijs (pronunciation: by-se), a Fiji from the infa mous pledge class of 1995. He most notably re chemistry. Apparently they flew him there first class. His occupation presently is a 'Research Technologist' at Health be an advisor to nongov ernmental organizations (NGO's) about postsecondary science educa membered with his skill to Canada's center for Bio- management and evalua tion of Biotech start-up companies. His hobbies presently are traveling, skiing and meeting any Fiji's that stop by Ottawa; please visit him, he is lonely. spray with herbicides and his ability to kill unloved lawns. He graduated in 2000 with a degree in bio chemistry. was moved to Ottawa by the Federal Govern ment because promising skills of in these bio logics Research; he su pervises a protein struc ture lab.