INEWS LETTER OF EPSILON LAMBDA 4 Michigan State University, 239 Oakhill DITORIAL July 1, 1976 and I will send you more information as to time and place of our first Fxioh Ttiii PRt^ialDENT.'S PEN... meeting which t-'ill be sometime in Now that Epsilon Lambda is on solid groiind financially, in numbers and in progress, it is time to start building for the future as well as accentuate the present upvrard trend in the chapter. This can be done in many different ways, but one major force that we have been trying to establish is the presence of a Board mid-July. of Chapter Advisors. This would strengthen our chapter immensely, and provide a better base for our need for strong graduate support. There has not been a B.C.A. in Epsilon Lambda for years and when we were down to a low state in our history, I feel that a B.C.A. would have been helpful in preventing the situation to occur, and also could have shovTn some leadership to the \ Any other suggestion on opera tion or positions for the B.C.A. are more than welcome. Eric Deal, President GreeK Week Betwe en the l6th and 22nd of May Greek I'eek wos held on the MSU Cam ous unde^ •'■arm sunshine and blue skies. The FIJIS were looking for a major upset.accompanied by the All Greek trophy. Early in the week at the tug-of-war hopes were high as chapter and assisted them in the bros, le ■ by General Franco or Like Constantini, advanced from the brink of disaster to win in the Isb troubled times. two rounds only to lose in the semi A B.C.A. for Epsilon Lambda finals to a well rested Phi Delt team. It was a cheerful evening at now would not be a trouble-shooter 239 that night for a 3rd place fin by any means, but would strengthen some weak areas that unfortunately ish in our first event, and a brighter outlook for what lies exist and give continuity .to al ahead for the rest of the week. ready strong suites. As it turned out, 3^d place did not look too bad as the stags could not These areas tentatively being considered for positions on the nail down that first place, B.C.A. are (1) Chapter History, the no matter how hard they prepared for events. (2) Stewardship, (3) Business, (4) Grad Relations, (5) Housing Corp, (6) Community Service, (?) Rush & Pledge, (8) Scholarship, and (9) In the canoe race, John Hayis and Dan Tolbert, the best two canoe ists in the house, finished a dis- Purple Legionaire. Grad hailing lists are avail As of now, only two of the positions are filled, so vje need more graduates who are willing to give up some time to aid our Chapter and Phi Gamma Delta as a whole. Any graduates that are in terested, send me a note expressing your interest and position requested able by writing SPIRIT at' jfl a copy. Editor: Staff: Jeffrey noutteman Eric Dea.1 Ted Stacy ^ \r\nGreek week cont'd. all very proud to see. It was also good to hear from other sor mal ^th out of 5th and may have orities and fraternaties that been better off with bats instead the FIJIS are back! of paddles. Another event that is virtually always handed to the FIJIS is the annual chug contest held at Dooleys. Mike Romanowsky was our captain famed for his ability to chug a pitcher of beer, no spillage, in under ten seconds, followed by Don Ferini and Tim jxinney. It appeared that the FIJIS initely right and we are looking for the top and everyone is be ginning to notice! They are def SCHEDULE OF EVENTS had taken the event but too much A summer event '-'as suggested this past term to keep the activites spillage was noticed and the whole going on all the time^ so ^ hat Is first heat of five fraternaties i\-ere eliminated. proposed is a FIJI Invitational Go]f Tourny to be held at Forest Acres tentatively on MUgust 14th. Also at Dooleys as the chug ging contest went on downstairs, excitement also continued upstairs in the arm wrestleing contest. The FIJIS showed their power-houst as Doug Foss, weighing in at less than 150 lbs., demolished two Sigma Chi before going down for a third olace finish. ilevin Cole *75 is having a bachelor party celebrating upcoming marriage to Bambi and also his completion of term at Cooley Law School. golfing event will be open course, our beloved Grad Brothers, their fathers, the actives, their fathers and all rushees for the fall term. At the annual Frisbee Contest held on the Phi Delta Theta lawn, the FIJIS had a good chance to move up thru the competition, but with all the beer you could drink for free, we had no chance. To end Greek week, there was a massive picnic held in Okemos with plenty of food and beer. With those incentives, we all showed up in force. After a couple of hours of eating and drinking, the Sorority Tricycle Race put on by the brothers, stole the entire Greek Tveek show. It turned into a hilarious affair, as over 400 Greeks looked on as the girls peddled their way to victor ies. Three magnificent trophys were given out along with some drinking mugs to the top five qual ifiers. After the race, came more beer, follOT-'ed by the big brother, little sister, two-legged races, and a beer drinking contest. We won the beer dribpilig at>d placed a sur prising 2nd place as Ted Stacy and Sue ran for the house. Overall, it ms a fantastic weekJ The brothers participation in the events was something we are little his Austin his 1st This to, of This, of course, 'ill be a first class affair where in order to compete you must '-epcrt a reputed handicap, we '-ill have prizes for the top three places, highest score, mystery score and clostest to the pin prizes.. '«"e '■ili be informing you of any dev elopments on the tournm.ent and if you are interested we would get everything set up as far as cost and tee off times. So get out and swing those sticks; the 1st annual FIJI Golf Tourny is underway.