T he T iger F iji Chi Sigma Chapter at Colorado College ‐ Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity ‐ Fall 2012 Edition A NOTE FROM THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT By: Jacob Kirksey (2015) - Chapter President Brothers, I am endowed with the esteemed honor to present the state of the Chi Sigma Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. As President for the year of 2013, I witnessed dozens of exciting successes for our fraternity this spring - successes that have been recognized by our college, our peers, and our community. With the new incoming officers in the transition from a school year to a calendar year election cycle, our first priority was revitalizing the internal structure of the fraternity. After an excellent review from our Field Secretary, we completely restructured the Judicial Board, the Risk Management Committee, and the Recruit- ment Committee. With the new structure for the Recruitment Committee, we were happy to see six individuals pledge for the spring class. partnership between our chapter and the Colorado College Campus Safety for a “Safe Walk” program, a service effort to ensure the safety of our fellow peers in Chi Sigma continues to demonthe neighborhood during the strate its immense potential. evenings. Beyond serving We still hold the highest GPA the greater good in our geographical commu“We still hold the highest nity, we continue to seek support from our GPA on campus, as we graduate brothers. On have done so since May 2, 2013, our chapter hosted a barbecue to forming as a colony.” bring in local graduates and to serve as a comon campus, as we have done so memorating event for our since forming as a colony. seniors. We hosted around Since restructuring the frater80 brothers for the occasion. nity’s committees and seeing the consistent academic sucThis year Chi Sigma is graducess, our chapter’s focus has ating 18 seniors, most of been extending our reach into whom made up the majority the community. Senior Charlie (Continued on page 2) Noel, my predecessor, began a Things to Know • Chi Sigma welcomed six new pledges this spring. • Brothers participate in the Safewalk and Safewatch programs, which continues to grow the relationship with campus administration and the neighborhood. • We need help finding lost brothers. Can you help? See the back page for a listing. RECRUITING IN A GREEK LIFE DESERT By: Roberto Lopez-Cruz (2016) - Recruitment Committee Member Chi Sigma’s spring recruitment had a fantastic turnout, though we weren’t able to select the number of prospective Fiji brothers we aimed for. But, the recruitment process was able to attract five of them into initiating. This semester’s recruitment technique aimed for highly qualified students who varied in qualitative personalities. The Recruitment Committee was in search of a diverse pledge class that would able to contribute to the fraternity in different ways. We aimed for student athletes, musicians, students involved in the arts, and students of various majors. In search of such a diverse class, our strategy was to foster growth in the fraternity with brothers who could contribute through a variety of aspects. Diverse Fiji brothers could allow growth in networking through the many groups represented at Colorado College. (Continued on page 2) \r\nThe Tiger Fiji Page 2 RECRUITING IN A GREEK LIFE DESERT continued... (Continued from page 1) As the 16 of our seniors leave this year, including Recruitment Committee Chairman Johnny Reed (2013), participating in this past year's recruitment process for the first time has been a learning experience for us. Early on, we decided on what kind of people we wanted to help us grow and be a focal group on campus. Ranging from athletes to stand out students to actors and so on, we took fellow students whom we viewed had potential to be substantial leaders on campus and gave them invites to the events we would be hosting. After seeing how the pledges interacted with the fraternity, discovering their interests, and finding out about their goals, we gathered the entire brotherhood to vote. The pledge process has been great. Already, we are seeing friendships develop within the pledge class. They are very impressed with our pledge education teacher, Stanley Sigalov (2013). Through Pledge Ed, he has been able to not only transmit the history and symbolisms of our fraternity, but also good work ethic, personal development, and other skills essential for successful undergraduate years. Pledges are vital to our fraternity's future. They carry on the past traditions, inheriting legacies of former brothers, and doing them justice. It is important to continue to gain pledges who will not only join, but have an impact on the advancement of the fraternity and be influential on campus in the years to come. With the 2012-2013 academic year coming to a close, times are bittersweet at Colorado College. Saying goodbye to our seniors, eight of which were founding fathers, will not be easy. Yet, they are confident that this year's additions to the fraternity will continue to create a positive image moving forward. A NOTE FROM THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT continued... (Continued from page 1) of the founding fathers of our rechartered chapter. We are confident that the new internal restructuring will allow for a smooth transition into the fall of 2013 and will provide us with the opportunity to welcome a new, strong recruitment class. In the months to come, our chapter is refocusing its efforts on drawing monetary and physical support from its graduates. One of our goals for next semester is to form a Board of Chapter Advisors, as this is a necessary step for attracting long -term graduate support. Our fraternity wishes the very best to our graduating seniors. We know that FIJI is not for college days alone, and we will graciously benefit from their unrelenting support over the years. In the spring of 2013, our chapter has experienced a number of triumphs. We press on, as our chapter’s potential and fruitful attainments signify the profit of brotherly love and glory. Stanley Sigalov (2013), Mohammad Mia (2016) and Kai Ory (2013) being smothered by a few lovely sorority women. Brother Rhys Louis (2016) refilling the pasta tray at the Empty Bowls event. Brother Marco Hernandez (2015) setting up dessert at the Progressive \r\nThe Tiger Fiji Page 3 SERVING THE FIJI WAY By: Charlie Noel (2013) - Philanthropy Chairman I am excited to welcome you to a brand new Philanthropic FIJI. We are moving into a new age of service. Chi Sigma is not going to miss that train! Historically, service has been conducted on a hierarchical platform, those who have given back in some way to those who have not. Over the last decade, that model has changed. Who is to say that just because we have more means, financially or materially, that we have more in general. This semester we are piloting a program with a local homeless youth center, the Dale House, in which members of the Dale House and our brothers simply spend time together. This offers us the opportunity to share what each of us has. In this case, the relationship is not built on individuals having more or less, but making the most out of getting to know each other. More traditionally, Brother Marco Hernandez (2015) and I have been working closely with campus safety and the CSPD to pilot a “Safewatch” and “Safewalk” program. The mission of this program is two-fold: first, brothers walk a circuit in pairs around the campus’s most dangerous areas. Upon receiving a dispatch, the brothers will go to the specified dorms and pick up whomever wants to walk from place to place. Safewatch is the second branch of our relationship with Campus Safety. The police and school have asked us to act as buffers between them and students hosting parties. It is our job to inform young people in the community hosting parties if they have gotten out of hand. We are working with homeowners, students and the student body to draw up a party bill of rights. We want both students and neighbors alike to agree on reasonable party practices. If we can do that, all that needs to happen when a party gets out of “Both of these programs have helped us build a fantastic relationship with the administration.” hand is for a Fiji to head over and inform the host of the situation. In the end, we hope that this will eradicate the amount of tickets written and help give students a better rapport with our neighbors! Finally, both of these programs have helped us build a fantastic relationship with the administration. As we move into the 2013-14 school year, I am so excited to see how our brothers can serve the community and continue to grow our relationship with the administration and the neighborhood. SOCIALLY EVER ONWARD By: Alec Grushkin (2015) - Social Chairman As social chair, I have been involved in coordinating events and building our relationships with the three sororities on campus. This semester we have organized a variety of events with the sororities, including a glorious Sunday brunch with the girls from Delta Gamma and several mixers with the various sororities. We are also looking forward to Greek Week, which is a celebration of Greek life at Colorado College, and Psychedelic Bowling, which has been a huge success in the past. We are looking forward to increasing our influence on social life at Colorado College next year and hope to foster more social based service events and organize exciting social functions for the Colorado College campus. Social events are particularly important to the Chi Sigma Chapter because the majority of the fraternity does not live under the same roof. The lack of a large house makes it difficult for the members of Chi Sigma to interact on a daily basis. Therefore, social, along with brotherhood events, are crucial for building bonds within the fraternity and fostering a cohesive, fun and brotherly atmosphere. Social events like Psychedelic Bowling are also vital for recruiting new members into the fraternity. Large social functions help increase our social standing on campus and make Fiji a more dynamic and alluring social group. We are looking forward to increasing our influence on social life at Colorado College next year through fostering more social based service events and exciting events like Psychedelic Bowling. We would like to involve the Colorado Springs community in some sort of charitable function. Chi Sigma is steadily growing and we hope to be the prevailing social group on campus in the near future. \r\nThe Tiger Fiji HELP US FIND LOST BROTHERS We currently do not have contact information for the brothers below. If you have a mailing address or email address for a lost brother, please send an email to address@phigam.org so we can update the database. Richard C. Conrad 1966 Edward A. Huwaldt 1966 Gilbert F. Reed , Jr. 1966 Kurt W. Heilman 1967 Patrick C. Spencer 1967 K. Richard Berlet 1968 Jeffrey A. Lundahl 1968 Christopher S. Palmer 1968 Charles E. Reinking 1968 Jeffrey L. Beattie 1969 Arch S. Crane 1969 Donald H. Lamoureaux 1969 Michael J. Nelson 1969 Eric W. Nesset 1969 John M. Ross 1969 William J. Bowman, MD 1970 Bruce C. LaHue 1970 Bruce E. Stafford 1970 Warren W. Dickinson 1971 Philip H. Dorff, Jr. 1971 Derrick M. Hedani 1971 Robert E. Kendig 1971 Dugald S. MacGregor 1971 Fred M. Manning , III 1971 Craig E. Skowrup 1971 James F. Spevak 1971 Clark E. Tucker , III 1971 Gary K. Augter 1972 Patrick G. Eckles 1972 Christopher Hicks 1972 Robert E. Winograd 1973 C. Randall Kinskey 1974 James W. Richardson 1974 Paul H. Hebron 1975 David K. Kinsey 1975 Jeffrey S. Rose 1975 John E. White , Jr. 1975 William C. Powelson 1976 Thomas L. Taylor 1976 Todd F. Anderson 1977 Thomas L. Beckmann 1977 Michael L. Gerlach 1977 William F. Gomez 1977 Brad A. Burghart 1978 Robert G. Dennison 1978 Michael G. Ernest 1978 Timothy M. Hall 1978 Bruce C. Poole 1978 Gregory S. Thomas 1978 James C. Balderston, Jr. 1979 John W. Hopkins 1979 Kevin P. Johnson 1979 Charles B. Kaiser 1979 Eric R. Young 1979 Rochel G. Coleman , III 1981 Nelson A. Craig 1981 Kevin D. Kaliban 1981 Kelly D. Kirks 1981 Dominic A. Visconsi, Jr. 1981 Mitchell D. Weisse 1981 Thomas C. Clark 1982 Christopher M. Cleary 1982 Mark E. Shira 1982 Dean M. Winstanley 1982 John E. Hennessy 1983 James L. Mount 1983 William B. Willard, III 1983 Richard W. Hibbard 1984 Craig S. Jenkins 1984 Herman A. Motz, III 1984 Craig M. Schnese 1984 Gerald W. Tripp 1984 Timothy W. Turner 1984 Matthew H. Berger 1985 Owen M. Byrd 1985 Gary E. Desjardins 1985 Mitchell F. Green 1985 Thomas R. MacKenzie 1985 Ralph O. Rieker 1985 Marty L. Rosen 1985 Timothy A. Bell 1986 Eugene D. Buchanan 1986 John H. Chase 1986 Anthony J. Johnson 1986 Kyle R. King 1986 John W. Merkel 1986 John W. Peterson 1986 Kenneth W. Sims 1986 Stanley M. Wilcox 1986 Charles B. Bruce, Jr. 1987 Jonathan C. Cheshire 1987 Ted J. Craig 1987 Kyle D. Fedler 1987 Peter A. Hudson 1987 David I. Liberman 1987 Christian K. Schmid 1987 Scott M. Schneider 1987 Michael C. Fraterelli 1988 Brian J. Grossman 1988 Peter L. Mahoney 1988 David M. Rosenberg 1988 James A. Wright 1988 Jerrel L. Armstrong 1989 Frederick M. Dearborn 1989 Ross G. Dohrmann 1989 Andrew T. Gardner 1989 Paul G. Gibbon 1989 Craig D. Heacock 1989 James S. Hurley 1989 Scott B. McDonald 1989 Douglas P. Sandok 1989 Jeffrey C. Shomper 1989 James B. Bloom 1990 Christopher W. Burns 1990 Gavin R. Curran 1990 Gregory B. Kempers 1990 Charlie R. Lombardelli 1990 Joseph S. Malone 1990 Rodney D. McCauley 1990 Josh M. Cramer 1991 David W. Jaquith 1991 Matthew L. Kennedy 1991 Sean J. Spuehler 1991 Patrick B. Tooley 1991 Jon S. Ahern 1992 Henry L. Ansbacher 1992 Braden P. Brook 1992 Kevin H. Brown 1992 James A. Rankin 1992 Todd D. Sims 1992 Cassidy J. Bolger 1994 Joshua W. Christian 1994 Jeffrey W. Dale 1994 Adam M. Goettsche 1994 Stephen F. Mahoney 1994 Matthew Singer 1994 Nicholas S. Weigel 1994 Christopher E. Beauchamp 1995 John E. Binns 1995 Ashwin Budden 1995 Trevor L. Caldwell 1995 Jeffrey L. Friedman 1995 Eric Gutknecht 1995 Richard V. Heermance 1995 Nathaniel B. Lenfesty 1995 Hunter M. Webster 1995 Breton F. Bell 1996 Brandon B. Porter 1996 Lawrence E. Williams, Jr. 1996 Daniel E. Surdam 1997 Oliver E. Wood 1997 Stan M. Doerrer 1998 Darren S. Lake 1998 J. Lucas McFarland 1998 Kyle R. Ploessl 1998 Jordan C. Malugen 1999 Brendan F. McWilliams 1999 Christopher S. Pink 2000 Ryan L. Schwarzentraub 2000 Owen T. Berry 2001 Michael R. Kenney 2001 Robert J. Salazar, Jr. 2001 Kelly W. Sheff 2001 Alexander R. Wilschke 2002 Jarrod A. Brom 2003 Matthew M. Campbell 2003 Paul R. Giudice 2003 John T. Ladt 2003 Joss McKinnon 2003 Jesus G. Morales 2004 David P. Nguyen 2004 Binoy V. Thomas 2004 Jonathan J. Udewitz 2004 Christopher J. Sturgess 2006 Charles D. Kenyon 2008 Charles C. Stewart 2008 CONTRIBUTE TO CHI SIGMA I am pleased to make a contribution to Chi Sigma of : $1,000 $500 $250 $100 $50 $25 Other $_______________ I would like my donation to be used in the following area: ____________________________________________. Donations can be sent to: Chi Sigma Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta c/o Andrew Baird, 902 N Cascade Wb # 1637, Colorado Springs, CO 80946-0001. Make checks payable to Chi Sigma of Phi Gamma Delta. Design and emailing services provided by the International Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta.