Chi Iota Quarterly F o Save The Date! Upcoming events: Spring BreakMarch 20th-28th Atius with Alpha PhiApril 17th 0RP·V:HHNHQG April 16th-18th on d ec aniel House and D -2 00 7 Established 1897 Brothers, In this edition of the Chi Iota Quarterly, we will be introducing our fall pledge class, the Kappas, as well as our newest class, the Lambdas. It seems like evHU\\HDUZHÀQGPRUHDQG more dedicated gentlemen of quality and we are excited to welcome them into the chapter. You can ÀQGWKHQHZFODVVHV·LQIRUPDWLRQLQVLGH,WLVKDUG to believe that we are already on the Lambda class; it seems like just yesterday that I was pledged in as a member of the Zeta class. As you can probably tell, our chapter is growing in leaps-and-bounds; this edition also includes details about our out- standing social calendar, our exemplary scholarship, and our successes in intramurals. This would not have been possible without your generous support so allow me to extend our deepest thanks on behalf of the chapter. I hope you enjoy the newest edition of the Chi Iota Quarterly! Mighty proud to be a Fiji! Fraternally, Josh Moore President, Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Chi Iota Chapter – University of Illinois Upcoming: Chi Iota Pig Dinner By: Jason Wandrey Lambda Class Initiation April 30th S 90 1 John House Cir and ca h t 19 ur Grad Relations Founders DayMay 1st Frank B. Norris Pig DinnerMay 1st Brothers, 7KLV\HDU·V)UDQN%1RUULV3LJ'LQQHUZLOOWDNHSODFHLQ&KDPSDLJQRQ Founders Day; May 1st, 2010 at the Stonecreek Country Club. It is my sincere hope to see all of you at Pig Dinner this spring. Make sure to keep an eye out for formal invitations that will be arriving by mail soon. In addition, we would like to invite everyone to come a day earlier for the Lambda Class Initiation ceremony. It will be held on the afternoon of Friday, April 30th. If you are interested in coming for the ceremony please let us know so that we can keep you updated on exact times. Fraternally, -DVRQ:DQGUH\ Fiji Goes Green! Brothers, 7KH&KL,RWDFKDSWHULVORRNLQJWRGRLWVSDUWLQNHHSLQJRXUSODQHWJUHHQ:LWKWKDWLQPLQGZHKDYH decided that the Fall Edition of the Chi Iota Quarterly will no longer be printed. Instead the Fall Edition will be sent out by way of E-mail. However, we do realize that some brothers may still be interested in receiving a hard copy of the fall newsletter. If you wish to receive a mailing of the next newsletter SOHDVHHPDLOPHDW-:DQGUH\#PDFFRPRUVHQGDOHWWHUWRWKHKRXVHDW6QG6WUHHW&KDPSDLJQ ,OOLQRLV:HZLOOPDNHVXUHWRFRQWLQXHPDLOLQJ\RXWKH)DOO&KL,RWD4XDUWHUO\ Fraternally, -DVRQ:DQGUH\ INSIDE Housing Corps 3 Whats new? 2 Fijis with Hammers 3 Fiji Goes Green 1 Not For College Days Alone... \r\n2 What’s new at Chi Iota? Kappa Pledge Class Fall 2009 Mark McGinnis Psychology Brett Munkres Mechanical Engineering Tyler Sendt Physics Nate Burns Biochemistry Sam Barghi English/Political Science Mike Drakeley MCB -DVRQ:DQGUH\ History/Political Science CJ Rundell Undeclared Ben Joseph Agriculture/BioEngineer Derrick Stobaugh Psychology/Economics Justin Thiems Chemical Engineering Andrew Boychuck Civil Engineering Hayden Johnson Aviation Josh Sitirick Civil Engineering Jake Annala Engineering/Physics By: CJ Rundell Brotherhood Chair Social: For Spring 2010 the FIJI social calendar looks to be very robust. The Chi Iota social chairs worked hard this semester to get us great events with sororities such as Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Chi Omega. The chapter reinstituted the Purple Garter Semi-Formal as their ÀUVW VRFLDO HYHQW RI the semester. A couple other events coming up this semester include a dance exchange with Alpha Phi and our annual FIJI Island party, which will be located at Station Bar in late April. This year, the men of Chi Iota have paired up with the ladies of Alpha Phi to perform DW$WLXVGXULQJ0RP·V :HHNHQG Philanthropy: This Spring, our philanthropy event will be the FIJI survivor games and will be hosted with Kappa Kappa Gamma. The broth-HII.HHJDQ6SHQFHU$QGHUVRQDQG1DWH%XUQVVKDUHDSKRWRDW)LML·VLQDXJXUDOVHPLIRUPDO brothers of Chi Iota will also be participating in many other philanthropic events. A few of these are the &KL 2PHJD·V )DW )ULGD\ GLQQHU 3KL 0X·V broomball tournament, and Pi Beta Phi candy gram sales. Academics: The past semester has been great for &KL ,RWD·V DFDGHPLFV and scholarship. The chapter took a huge step by achieving a 3.34 chapter-wide GPA. This placed FIJI fourth out of 48 fraternities on campus. Scholarship is of the utmost importance in the house and brothers are studying a wide range of subjects from Aerospace Engineering to Pre-Law. House: The chapter has been working to improve the overall quality of the house and has just put up permanent letters to displayed on the side of the house. During the fall semester the Kappa pledge class chose to create a new sign for the house. It was put up in place of the old sign and the Kappa pledge class put in new landscaping around the sign. Intramurals: Currently, Chi Iota has basketball, soccer, and volleyball teams. The basketball season has just started and the team is currently 2-0. Our basketball team has done phenomenally so far this season and is the talk of the league with the entire team playing extremely well. Recruitment: :H ZHUH DEOH WR UHcruit a promising pledge class of ten gentlement of quality and we are excited to get to know them this semester as they begin their journey towards brotherhood. Lambda Pledge Class Spring 2010 Danny Hahn Undeclared Donald Hruska Computer Engineering Jay Prombo Computer Science Justin Drawz Bio Engineering Luke Harris Chemical Engineering Matt Josephs MCB Mike Monzella Aerospace Engineering Dan Conroy Chemistry Andrew McFadden Civil Engineering Phil Michael Aerospace Engineering Friendship - Knowledge - Service - Morality - Excellence \r\n3 Graduate Happenings Housing Corp Corner Fiji’s With Hammers By: Ryan Mercer mester we are at breakeven for FKDSWHU RSHUDWLRQV  :H KDYH been building up our undergrad membership numbers through successful recruitment and our income is now covering our exSHQVHV  :H VWDUWHG RII ZLWK D couple of lean years but to put it LQSHUVSHFWLYHOHW·VWDNHDTXLFN look at some recent history: 6XPPHU   :H OHDVHG WKH former Phi Sigma Sigma sorority house, rescued it from some UHDOO\WLUHG·VGHFRUDWLRQDQG two decades of deferred mainWHQDQFH  :H RFFXSLHG LW LQ August at the start of the 20072008 school year By Steve Scott After 21 hours of driving Housing Corps President crammed into a few small cars our JURXS RI  &KL ,RWD ),-,·V ZDV glad to be enjoying the warmth of Brothers, VXQQ\ )ORULGD :H VSHQW WKH ODVW I bring you greetings from the ZHHN RI :LQWHU %UHDN LQ 3XQWD frozen Midwest and good news Gorda, Florida building houses on the overall state of affairs at ZLWK +DELWDW IRU +XPDQLW\ :H 7RGD\:HDUHLQWKHPLGGOHRI Chi Iota. As you will read elsewere a bit concerned when the RXU ÀIWK \HDU EDFN RQ FDPSXV where in this newsletter the Unthermometer read 18 degrees as we and the third year in our Chapter dergrads continue to chalk up crossed into the panhandle at 4am, +RXVH:HDUHVWURQJJURZLQJ impressive accomplishments in but things quickly warmed up as stronger and have an excellent academics, recruitment, philanwe moved further south to the Gulf reputation on campus. thropy, intramurals and more. Coast. Credit goes to all the brothers Our team split into two groups :H ZDQW WR VZLWFK IURP OHDVcollectively but I want to tell and put in four days of work on ing a house to owning a house, you that this cabinet has taken four different houses. Tasks includas this will give us much better full advantage of the knowledge ed putting up roof trusses, shingling control of our destiny. Brother and experience gained by the URRIVDQGKDQJLQJGU\ZDOO:HDOVR -LP´'ULEEOHµ+LFNH\·LVRUleaders that preceded them. got to do some demolition on some ganizing a Fundraiser to help %LJ QHZV  :H MXVW VLJQHG D foreclosed homes that Habitat for November 12th 2005: Fifteen make Chapter House ownership three year lease extension on Humanity had purchased for rehab. members of the Alpha Class a reality. He will be telling us the Chapter House. This lease The rest of our time was spent were formally initiated into more about this in the coming extension will take us though lounging at the volunteer center the Delta Colony. There had months. the 2012-2013 school year. and making trips to the beach. A not been an undergraduate FIJI Last time I wrote to you we few were bold enough to brave the were exploring several Chapter chapter at Illinois for about a Hope to see you all at Pig Dinchilly January waters while the rest ner on May 1st! Mighty proud House alternatives. Securing decade. of us were content to soak in the to be a FIJI! this three-year extension for our sun on the beach and grab some April 27-28 2007: Chartercurrent house was our targeted raw oysters from the local seaside alternative. It will let us support ing weekend, installation of Fraternally, grill. the continued growth of Chi RIÀFHUV &KL ,RWD LV RIÀFLDOO\ Steve Scott, This is the second Habitat for BACK on campus House Corp President Iota in the best possible way. Humanity trip we have done as a Perge! More good news: As of this seFKDSWHU :H YROXQWHHUHG LQ 1HZ Orleans last year) The purpose of these trips is to instill the value of service in our chapter, raise aware- Graduation  Year  and  Major-­  2009  in   ness about poverty and homeless- Psychology ness as well as provide a unique Think you know?(PDLOPHDW-:DQGUH\#PDF opportunity to build brotherhood. Current  Career-­ Nursing  School  at   com or mail us the answer to 902 S. 2nd Street, Throughout the week, we broke Methodist  Hospital &KDPSDLJQ,OOLQRLV,I\RXZLQ\RX·OOEH up into small groups and had diseligible to win a Fiji Hooded Sweatshirt! cussions about poverty housing Fiji  Positions-­ Scholarship  Chair and racism to further achieve these goals. As of now, plans are in the Nicknames-­ Juicy works for another trip next year. Memorable  College  Moments-­  Ekkle-­ :HKRSHWKLVZLOOEHDVWURQJ&KL sia  or  the  Tom  Jump  Open  (both  great   Iota tradition for years to come. “We are strong, growing stronger and have an excellent reputation on campus” Phi Gam Feature - Class of 2009 Who am I?       times) Friendship...the sweetest influence \r\nSpring, 2010/ Volume 1 Issue 1 Chi Iota Quarterly Do we have your contact information? Chi Iota is in the process of updating our graduate contact information. If your home address or HPDLOKDVFKDQJHGSOHDVHFRQWDFWXVVRWKDWZHFDQFRUUHFWRXUUHFRUGV3OHDVHHPDLO-DVRQ:DQGUH\ DW-:DQGUH\#PDFFRPRUVHQGDOHWWHUWR6QG6WUHHW&KDPSDLJQ,/ Staff 6WHYH6FRWW+RXVLQJ&RUS-DVRQ:DQGUH\(GLWRULQ&KLHI Josh Moore-President, CJ Rundell-Brotherhood Chair, Jeron Blood-Technical Assistant, Ryan Mercer-Contributer Thank you to all the grads, undergrads, and people at IHQ that made this newsletter possible! The Kappas take a knee during halftime of a pledge rivalry football game with AEPi Contact Us! :DQWWRJHWLQWRXFKRUMXVWVWRSE\WKHKRXVH" Contact: 3UHVLGHQW-RVK0RRUHDWMPP#JPDLOFRP &RUUHVSRQGLQJ6HFUHWDU\0DWW6FKLSSDW6FKLSS#LOOLQRLVHGX *UDGXDWH5HODWLRQV&KDLU-DVRQ:DQGUH\DW-:DQGUH\#PDF com or 1(630)217-4210 Newly Pledged Lambda Class as of February 12th, 2010