February 2010 — 3% Edition Graduate and Colony Brothers at the annual Lambda Omega Frank Norris Pig Dinner! \r\nThis 2010 year has started off with a bang for FIJI sports and the plan for the rest of the year is to keep the ball rolling. With the recently formed FIJI intramural football team and the amazing event that took place on Superbowl Sunday, it seems as though only the sky is the limit for Phi Gamma Delta sports. Our recently formed football team has started off slow as we are currently 0-2, but with the resilient FUl squad that we have established, the playoffs are still in sight and the ultimate prize is still up for the taking. Even more : so, the team has allowed for a stronger and more 5 - = = unified group of brothers. In addition to the newly acquired team, a greatly ianned and successful event was held by our President, Jeff Erasmus, who has really aided in allowing FIJI sports to prosper and flourish. In all, the first two months to the New Year for FIJI has been extremely exhilarating and has also been a bonding experience for all the gentlemen involved. The plan for the rest of the year is to keep up the superior enthusiasm. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE WWW.FIJIUWO.COM FOR REGULAR UPDATES ON OUR COLONY! Social: The brothers of Phi Gamma Delta excel academically, philanthropically, financially and also socially. The brothers are always having events and mixers with the sororities on the UWO campus. Recently and in the past, Colony Brothers have held events with the beautiful ladies of Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Phi and Pi Beta Phi. The Colony Brothers are always respectful of the sororities on campus and never forget to celebrate their Founder’s Days’ with chocolates and roses. We hope to continue this in the future! \r\nPig Dinner: On Saturday February 6", 2010 our Colony had the opportunity to host our first ever Frank Norris Pig Dinner. The dinner, which has been annually run by Graduate Brothers since the closing of the Chapter in 2004 was colony run and was an absolute success. We had an amazing turn out and about 30 Graduate Brothers were able to attend the unforgettable evening. We were able to raise a large sum of money through our 50/50 draw as well as through the auctioning off of the Pig Head for both our Graduate Relations and Chartering fund. The hight started off with our MC for the night, Scott Peters who welcomed everyone to the amazing evening and announced the bringing in of the pig, which was brought out by our Fall 2009 Pledge Class. Two of our very own Colony Brothers Jimmy Vaiopoulos and Jeff McAllister, continued the evening and perfectly executed the famous Exile’s Toast. Based on the goal of raising $1100.00 for the Pig Head, Colony Brother Chris Fields agreed to eat the brain. The goal was met, and the promise was kept Following some delicious Pig, Colony President Jeff Erasmus gave a speech to update the Graduate Brothers on how we are doing financially, academically, socially and philanthropically. To which the Graduate Brothers responded with a loud round of snaps. The Graduate Brothers recognized that 16 of our Colony Brothers have attained the AAA scholarship and allowed for a moment of applause to those who have exceeded academically. After dinner and a few photos, everyone met up at Barneys Lounge to celebrate the successful night. Special thanks go out to Scott Truman (Pig Dinner Chairman) for all of his hard work and also to all of the Graduate Brothers who attended this evening. \r\nMessage from Winter 2010 Pledge Class President: As the President of the Winter 2010/ Gamma Pledge Class, when | was first asked to write about my thoughts on FIJI so far, | had trouble deciding on where to start. Over the last month, the pledges and | went through a lot of amazing experiences. | was one of the last pledges to receive a bid, and at first, | felt intimidated by how many brothers | was meeting on a daily basis and how committed they all were to the fraternity. But throughout all the events, | never once felt like | didn’t belong, didn’t fit, or didn’t have a future with the fraternity. Even when | sat down and chewed off a pig’s foot at the alumni dinner, all of the brothers were there with support. And that’s the main thing that distinguishes Phi Gamma Delta from any other fraternity on campus: the sense of brotherhood, support, and friendship. It’s those values that make us better than any of us can be on our own. And it’s those values that make me personally want to ensure that not only my pledge class, but all future brothers at FIJI can thrive and get an even better experience. In the end, a fraternity is about the people, and from all the Graduate Brothers and Colony Brothers that we have met over the last month, | can’t even begin to think of a better group of people that | would want to go through this experience with. Right now, that leaves me with only one concern that I’m worried about: having to eat the pig’s brains at the alumni dinner 30 years from now. But we’ll overcome that when we get to it. CHECK YOUR MAIL! THE PHI GAMMA DELTA LAMBDA OMEGA NEWSLETTER WILL BE SENT OUT SOON! Colony Brothers and Colony Pledges at a Recruitment Event! \r\n SCHOLARSHIP — FRATERNITY — SELF DO YOU KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BROTHER J.D MERRITT? IF SO, CONTACT ME AT BALFARO@UWO.CA. HIS PLEDGE BROTHERS ARE ATTEMPTING TO TRACK HIM DOWN AND IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF WE COULD REUNITE THEM. Philanthropy Event: The Lambda Omega Colony has been organizing our largest CANADIAN MENTAL philanthropy/fundraising event of the year. For this event the HEALTH ASSOCIATION brothers will be camping out in Victoria Park for 24-hours on Friday March 26" 2010, in the hopes of gaining major ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE attention from the community and raising money for charity. POURLA SANTE NENTALE The charity that will be receiving the majority of the event’s proceeds will be the Canadian Mental Health Association, This event means a lot to the brothers as it will be held in honour of Austen Berlet, a beloved brother of the colony who passed away last summer. Our hopes are to raise upwards of $20,000 with this event, and to continue this event each year in order to properly honour Austen. We are asking anyone who is interested in being involved in this event to contact us for donation forms. Teams are also welcome and are encouraged to join us at the event to compete in several competitions that will be held throughout the 24-hours. BBQs and hot chocolate stands will be setup throughout the event for food and to raise more money for charity. Any graduate help for this event is welcome and greatly appreciated, including: donations, event setup, lighting contribution or even just coming out to support the brothers on the event day._All donations over $10 will be tax deductable. If you would like to make a donation to this event or are interested in receiving more information, please contact Patrick Valdis at pat_valdis@yahoo.ca or by phone at 519- 860-1232. \r\nFinal Message/ Call to Action: Last month’s edition of the Lambda Omega E-Newsletter asked any Graduate Brother to share stories from their time in the beautiful Phi Gamma Delta house on Wellington. Unfortunately no one sent in any stories or photos, so we are asking again. Please share with us an experience you had during your time in FUI, or send us pictures of you and the rest of the FUJI brother’s during your time in FIJI and we will be sure to include them in next month’s edition of the e-newsletter. Know any brother who recently got married? ls anybody’s Birthday coming up? Want to send a shout-out to a long lost brother? Have an announcement or anything you want to include in next month’s edition? If so, let us know and we will try to make it happen. E-mail me at balfaro@uwo.ca. PRESS ON! Byron Alfaro — Corresponding Secretary 2010 Not For College Days Alone