FIJIUGA P AGE 1 2017 E DITION 2017 Report John Boynton 2018 The Kappa Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta is the fraternity’s best chapter in the nation. We have spent yet another year working hard to fulfill our mission. In that, it states “Phi Gamma Delta exists to promote lifelong friendships, to reaffirm high ethical standards and values, and to foster personal development in the pursuit of excellence.” This year, and every year since the fourth fraternity on campus was founded in 1871, we have made strides to meet this mission through academic distinction, widespread campus involvement, and robust philanthropy and service initiatives, the chapter has made strides to meet this mission. The salient accomplishments of 2017 include: • Awards: • Wilkinson Award Winner: Jack Owen (His essay is expected to be titled “Strictly Miller Lite: How to Drink Like an Owen) • Cheney Cup (For an unprecedented 14th Time) • Brightman Trophy • Baker Cup • Grades: • #1 ranked pledge-semester GPA of 3.61 for fall of 2016 • #2 ranked overall among all fraternities for spring of 2017, with a chapter GPA of 3.49 • 91% of brothers maintained a 3.00 or higher. • 21 brothers on the Dean’s List and 3 on the President’s List • Rush: • 7/37 on bids accepted/extended – that’s 100% for those who aren’t a fan of numbers • 4 out of state – California, Kentucky, and 2 from Texas • 8 Honors College • 10 Legacies • Chapter Involvement: • Moved from 18% to 62% of the chapter involved in the everyday operations • Expanded committee’s and chair positions • Campus Involvement: • SGA Treasurer, SGA Senators, Student Judiciary Exec, IFC President, Order of Omega President, SMIF President, UGA Miracle Finance Director, IFC Exec, APOLLO Exec, Relay for Life Exec, Freshman Greek Leader Exec, Terry College and Forestry ambassadors, HAIRY DAWG • Service: • ESP Social (Extra Special People Organization) with KD sorority • Oconee County Library and Triathlon to Beat Cancer Volunteering • Hurricane Harvey Relief , Clothing Drive, Medical Supplies Drive, Blood Drive, Recycling Initiative • Chapter Average: 250 service hours every week What’s Inside This Issue of FIJIUGA Page 1 2017 Report Page 2 Report Cont./2017 Pledge Class Page 3 50th Pig Dinner Page 4 Combat Fiji/Fiji Island Page 5 ESP Event Pages 6-8 Dawgs Trravel Page 9 Mountain Weekend Page 10 Beau Lamb Creek Page 11 2018 Cabinet Page 12-14 Seen and Heard around the Diamond Page 15 2017 Cabinet Tyrants Photo \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 2 • • Philanthropy: • $34,000 raised for Miracle to conclude our efforts in February and over $90,000 raised to different organizations • Already raised over $15,000 for Miracle this Fall – setting up for a record breaking total for February 2018 • No Man Left Behind Scholarship: our most recent initiated pledge class founded this need-based scholarship to help pay dues of a brother every semester House Renovations: • Mr. Hardell and the House Corp continue to generously give their time to improve the house, spearheading the latest project of an expanded porch over the pit this summer Lastly, our brotherhood continues with unparalleled strength and success. All of these accomplishments would not have been possible without the continued selfless and diligent service from both our undergraduates and our graduates to our chapter. It has been an honor to serve as the chapter president in 2017, and I am very proud of all the hard work all the brothers of Kappa Deuteron put forth this, and every, year. I am confident this chapter is heading in the right direction, and will continue to build upon this year’s achievements. Thank you for your continued support of this chapter. I look forward to celebrating Kappa Deuteron’s 50 years in the pursuit of excellence at the 50 Pig Dinner in March of 2018. th John Boynton, 2017 Chapter President Perge! Eta pempton - PC 2017 Parker Allen 2021 The fall of 2017 saw the addition of the Eta Pempton pledge class to the Kappa Deuteron chapter at UGA. The thirty-seven man pledge class contained twelve Phi Gam legacies, with nine of those twelve having fathers, brothers, or uncles from UGA. After a mercifully short six-week pledgeship, the newly initiated probates found welcomed and settled in to their new homes on Cloverhurst Court and College Avenue. Academically, the men managed to earn a solid 3.53 pledge class GPA, keeping the strong tradition of academic success at Kappa Deuteron alive. Outside of the classroom saw a full social calendar. Tailgates improved throughout the year just as the Dawgs ascended to the top of national rankings, and many made away game trips across the Southeastern Conference, culminating in an incredible SEC Championship in Atlanta. Addi- tionally, the men enjoyed a range of socials with a variety of sororities, even the joint social with Sig Ep. However, between school and social life, everyone still found time to indulge personal interests. Brother Carter Martin '21 of Madison, GA sharpened his carpentry skills following an incident with a table, and Brother Sam Solomon '21 of Newport Beach, CA perfected his videography and singing skills over the first few months of the year, albeit to little success. Overall, it was a phenomenal first semester, and the men look forward to continuing their time as Phi Gams at the University of Georgia. \r\nFIJIUGA Page 3 50th Pig Dinner - March 24, 2018 Ira Bershad, Chairman 1987 How many 50th anniversaries can you say you have attended? How about 50th reunions? The 50th pig dinner of Kappa Deuteron is both of these combined! The weekend of march 23-24, 2018, will see our illustrious chapter celebrate a gold owl ceremony for those initiated 50 years ago in 1968 on Friday night. On Saturday, the chapter will host an all day celebration at the house and at the classic center to celebrate our 50th pig dinner. Some items to note: • Friday Night’s Gold Owl Dinner & Ceremony is an event for those who have been initiated in the Fraternity for 50 years (i.e. 1968 or before). If you are a Gold Owl or you know someone who is, please email me or Bill Bracewell to make sure they are invited. Ira Bershad ira@bulldogsearchgroup.com or Bill Bracewell wbracewell@bellsouth.net. There is an ADDITIONAL sign up for Gold Owls on the same link. I could not charge $0.00 via PayPal, so please register and pay the $1 cost. • When you go to register and pay, please be sure you pick a t-shirt size. Also, please be sure to include your email address and cell phone where asked. • If you cannot attend, but would like to donate to the event’s costs, there is an option. If you are attending, but can still donate to the event’s costs, you can go back and do that from the same link. • Put this on the family calendar today. • The $100 registration fee is for Brothers who graduated from the 1960 through 2011.The $50 registration fee is a break for Brothers who graduated / will graduate from 2012 and after. If you are one of these Brothers, but would like to pay the higher fee, please feel free and thank you. Your registration fee includes: Friday Gold Own Dinner (for those initiated 50 years+ only), Saturday Lunch at the House, PD50 t-shirt, 50th Pig Dinner event and meal attendance, Free taxi service between the House and The Classic Center Saturday night. What can you do to help? • Email, text or call a pledge brother right now, as you read this. Make sure he is planning to attend. We are shooting for 500 attendees. • If you would like to volunteer to help in any way with tracking down Brothers and their contact info, please contact Ira Bershad or Chip Hamilton (chiphamilton2002@yahoo.com) directly. How do I register and pay? • Please go to this page NOW and register. It has the ONLINE PAYMENT info for both Pig Dinner (Saturday 3/24/18) and The Gold Owl Ceremony and Dinner (Friday 3/23/18). It has the agenda and it also has the links to our Hotel Room blocks. • https://www.ugafiji.com/50th-pig-dinner2018/ • The main payment option is through PayPal, but you can pay with ANY credit card and you do not need to have a PayPal account to pay this way. If you are old school and you want to mail a check, mail a check to: Ira Bershad Please enjoy the PD50 promotional videos from 2016 and 2017 • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXpiYheAvtEcHLb5-bbczg Fraternally, Ira Bershad https://www.ugafiji.com/50th-pig-dinner2018/ PD50 4332 Cheetah Trail Frisco, TX 75034 Check Payable to: Kappa Deuteron of Phi Gamma Delta Graduated 1966-2011 $100 Graduated to 2012 to present/future $50 \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 4 Combat Fiji Todd Phinney Upsilon Deuteron “The Face Men” 1988 So what is this COMBAT FIJI thing that I hear about around Pig Dinner??? Great question! In the Spring of 2012, I returned briefly to The Classic City from my overseas military assignment in Germany to enjoy Pig Dinner. Coincidentally, my son, Trevor, and nephew, Duff, were freshmen brothers and I was mighty proud to celebrate with them as brothers! About a dozen of us from the late 1980s year groups joined for Friday night dinner and fun, breakfast at the hallowed Mayflower, and enjoyed Saturday together before Pig Dinner. When we decided to do it the next year, we had to have a name for this thing and decided on Mid to Late 80s FIJI COMeBAck Tour (COMBAT FIJI). Since 2012, we have continued the tradition every year with 2016 being our 5 th COMBAT FIJI. Our numbers have steadily increased, last year we had a record 40 brothers in attendance. Our goals are simple: 1. Bring brothers back together and rekindle our fraternal love. 2. Have time to do this before Pig Dinner so we can spend time with the Undergraduate Brothers on Saturday afternoon and night. 3. Live by example and show that our dear fraternity “is not for college days alone.” 4. To have a really, really great time with each other. This year for Pig Dinner 50, our COMBAT FIJI goal is 50+ brothers and I know we’ll make it! A special thanks to brothers Mike Kitchens and Scott Nichols for helping host this incredible event each year! A Fiji Island to Remember John Douglas Epsilon Pempton 2019 Kappa Deuteron’s 2017 Spring Fiji Island party on March 18 was, in the words of President DJT, “a yuge success.’ Band chairs Joseph Stark and John Douglas roped in a set list consisting of the historic reunion concert of Doobie and the Goats, Athens’ own Orange Constant, and headlining with the ever so jammy Perpetual Groove. Everybody in attendance knew that it was going to be a very special day in Athens once the word had spread that the stars had aligned and Hell had frozen over and that every single member of Doobie and the Goats agreed to play in one last farewell show to cap off an incredible collegiate career for the fraternity band. Their set was highlighted with haunting covers of “Mahgeeta” and other “strictly mid-2000’s MMJ hits” (at Brother Brett Grayson’s request) led by the amazingly talented vocals of Brother Dubois. Legend has it that even lead guitarist Charlie Burress got lucky that night for the first time without having to play the entire solo to Freebird.Orange Constant, who is always a crowd pleaser, kicked off the evening activities with a lively sunset show right as the sorority girls and Brother McKenzie began to wreak havoc on the Chick-fil-a food truck. Shocking their listeners with a historic encore cover of “Dayman”, things really began to turn up as the crowds filled in and the sun began to fully set. Perpetual Groove finally took the stage around 9:00 when they kicked off their set with a hypnotizing “TSM2”, followed by their trademark cover to Talking Heads’ “Naïve Melody”. Cloverhurst has never looked better with the two houses covered expertly with bamboo and strung up with Christmas lights thanks to the Zeta Pempton pledge class, and it looked even better with the light production coming from P Groove’s stage. Perpetual Groove finished off their set with what was probably a 45 minute jam of “Three Weeks” as the party finally came to a close at 11 o’clock. All in all, another great Fiji Island at 3 Cloverhurst Court and special thanks to all of the brothers who helped make it happen. \r\nF IJIUGA Page 5 Chapter Event with Extra Special People Jacob Fucetola Delta Pemptom 2018 On October 12th, Kappa Deuteron hosted for the second straight year an event for the Extra Special People of Athens between the houses at 3 and 6 Cloverhurst Court. ESP is an organization devoted to enhancing the lives of children with disabilities in the Athens-Clarke County Community. Over the years, this has been one of the many organizations on campus and in the community that brothers have given their time and involvement to. This year, we partnered with Kappa Delta to host this event, where over fifty members and numerous volunteers came and enjoyed fellowship, music provided by Brothers Charlie Haas, Charlie Burruss, and Logan Harr (featuring multiple stellar appearances from ESP members), and lots of Zaxby’s. Brother Sam Jarrard, a senior, has been the service chair for the fraternity for the past two years and has been in charge of planning this event. Regardless of whether or not he hadulterior motives for choosing Kappa Delta as the sorority we partnered with for this event (his past would suggest so), he has done an outstanding job at representing the fraternity and helping this become one of the most anticipated events of the fall. Events like these show how the brothers of Kappa Deuteron work not for themselves, but for others, and are truly a “Cut Above”. \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 6 The Dawgs Travel– Making it to Every Away Game Jacob fucetola Delta Pempton2018 The members of the Delta Pempton pledge class (forever known as the DP’s) decided their freshman year that come senior year, they’d make it to every Georgia football game that season. The home games are a given for all the guys in the fraternity (unless your name is Charlie Adams), but going to all the away games is no easy task. Not only does it get expensive, but close to every other week it requires you to give up both Friday and Sunday to travel. Unless your name is Charlie Adams, Sundays are generally spent doing a majority of your studying for the week and catching up on school work after a long weekend. The seniors decided, nonetheless, it was their duty that lied nearest, and committed to every away game. This season started with a trip up north to Chicago and South Bend to watch the Dawgs take on Notre Dame. Highlights of this weekend included the Cubs game and Wrigleyville on Friday, where Neil Bitting unapologetically opted for Option C and used an empty cup sitting on a table in front of a family to puke (foregoing to employ what is assumed to be Option A, the restroom, and Option B, the nearby trashcan). Brothers David Diaz and Greg Sullivan, the up-and-coming real estate moguls of Atlanta, were seen outside Trump Tower marveling at their hero’s building. Brother Michael Fahsel’s incessant imitation of Lou Holtz and “Tushdown Jeshsush!” resulted in some angry Irish fans, but everyone made it alive to the game on Saturday. The game itself wasn’t pretty, but the Lorenzo Carter-Davin Bellamy defensive stand late in the fourth quarter sealed the deal for a Dawgs victory. This weekend was one to remember. The next away game was against the Volunteers in Knoxville. At the time, no one realized what a complete joke Tennessee Football was this year (sorry Kramer), and everyone had the fresh memory of the Dawgs performance there in 2015. Keeping with tradition, the Delta Pempton pledge class, in an attempt to save money, packed a concerning (and probably illegal) number of people in a single Econolodge room. The Dawgs took away one of the more memorable wins of the season, getting sweet revenge on Volunteers. Celebrating a win over the Irish in Notre Dame Stadium Graduate brothers making the trip up to watch the Dawgs in South Bend \r\nF IJI UGA Page 7 Just a week later, everyone was travelling back to Tennessee to take on the Commodores. Behind South Bend, Nashville was the most highly attended weekend by brothers of all ages. The city, home of the 12 dollar Bud Light, created unique challenges for each and every person. Brother Charlie Burruss got a little too generous with his spending the first night and had to resort to the generosity of his twin brother Tommy for the rest of the weekend. Brother John Boynton, chapter President this past year, appeared to be celebrating retirement a little too early, and failed to make it to the early 11 AM kickoff, or even the entire first quarter. Thanks to Ben Cleveland chopping his feet, the Dawgs easily carried a win against the commodores. Next game the highly anticipated Georgia-Florida weekend. Frat beach was as lively as ever, but the game is what will be remembered years from now. Brother Michael Shutley can be seen below taking a little snooze from cheering too hard, with Trey Thorne ecstatically looking after him. The Dawgs went up 21 early and our defense completely shut down the shark humpers, ending in a total blowout of the Florida Gators. The weekend of 11/11 was completely voided by the SEC championship and will not be mentioned. Georgia vs Georgia Tech, the final regular season game for the Dawgs, was played at Bobby-Dodd in Atlanta. In celebration of the Run for the Kids the day before, the seniors celebrated with a night at the “Haasapulco”, home of Brothers Jordan and Charlie Haas. The noon kickoff gave the Dawgs yet another reason to hate the yellow jackets for being that bad, but RoQuan Smith and the defense weren’t caught looking ahead. The Dawgs easily carried 38-7. Seniors Sam Jarrard and Alex Tebo celebrating the win over Vandy with their favorite food Senior Trey Thorne astonished at Georgia’s dominance over the Gators, while Michael Shutley, exhausted from cheering, takes a snooze. \r\nP AGE 8 FIJIUGA The next weekend required yet another trip to Atlanta for the SEC championship. Brothers Michael and Todd Shutley hosted the senior crew for the biggest game of the season, being as hospitable as ever. Brother Huling experienced “Martha” for the first time, the buckhead bars sucked as always, but the tailgate put together by Garett Mackenzie and Joe Start, partnering with SAE, Sigma Chi, KA, and Chi Phi, helped calm the nerves of all the brothers in anticipation. The 4 PM kickoff finally came, and in a performance for the ages, the Dawgs beat Auburn and became SEC champions for the first time since 2005. The Dawgs, for the first time ever, were invited to play in the College Football Playoff against the Oklahoma Sooners in the Rose Bowl. Naturally, this game had great attendance by the undergrads and graduates alike. In what should go down in an all-time top 2 college football games, the Dawgs beat the Sooners in double overtime. Unfortunately, the Dawgs fell to the Tide in a heartbreaking loss. Nonetheless, the Delta Pempton pledge class ended their four year career better than any pledge class of Kappa Deuteron has in quite a while, and feel confident this will be the first of many opportunities for the Dawgs to win a national championship in the coming years. Picture of Butch Jones following the Vols blowout loss to the Dawgs. Senior Hampton Huling from Folkston, Georgia, confused with public transit while trying to get to the Mercedez Benz Dome for the SEC Championship \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 9 Mountain Weekend Tommy Burruss Delta Pempton 2018 For the second year in a row, the brothers of Phi Gamma Delta have travelled up to Camp Wayfarer outside of Asheville, North Carolina, on the Dawgs’ bye week. Marked by extremely cold weather, the wilderness, meals and cabins modeled after those from POW camps from WWII, and absolutely no showering/privacy, this is one of the most memorable experiences of the year. Everyone arrives separately Friday afternoon with a lot of sleeping bags and liquor, hoping to grab a mattress that looks a little better than the others. The cabins consist of cinder-block structures with screen doors and windows (lacking screens), and wooden bunk beds with bare mattresses on them. On Friday there is a bonfire with smores, with Brother Patrick Risse commencing the weekend activities by seeing how many marshmallows he can fit in his mouth. On the basketball court, Brothers Wade Cox and Nolan Sullivan battle back and forth to see who is more “the man” in front of their dates, and the sophomores hang out in their own weird circle, refusing to socialize with the rest of the fraternity. The freshman struggle with their first weekend on their own and with a date. Some, such as Freshman Sam Solomon, got so nervous that they figured it was better to sleep outside in a bush than to sleep next to his date. Being older and wiser, sophomore Jonathan Sweat decided to go solo and not worry about a date. We are fairly certain Solomon will be following in his footsteps next year. Saturday, all the brothers grabbed their flannels and headed off to Asheville for a day in the mountain town to check out the breweries, restaurants, televisions, central heat and AC, wifi, and most importantly, the bathrooms with toilet paper and a door that shuts. Brother John Douglas declared “I have found my home”, and opted not to return to the mainstream town of Athens, Georgia. Brothers Garett Mckenzie and Cole Lackey, having withdrawals from not spending any money the night before, redeemed themselves with the acquisition of collector grade hand-blown glass vases which they now use to store their change. The next day, everyone (except John Douglas) travelled back to God’s country, asking themselves why they ever thought mountain weekend was a good idea. \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 10 Beau Lamb Creek Jacob Fucetola Delta Pempton 2018 Behind the houses of 3 and 6 Cloverhurst Court lies a creek well known to the brothers of Phi Gamma Delta. From a pledges first encounter with it walking through the pledge path, to a graduate brother driving up behind Cloverhurst passing over it on the way back to a game day, it has been there since the beginning and will remain until the end, just like Brother Bill Bracewell. Every few decades though, an undergraduate brother without fail gives this creek a new namesake. This year, junior Beau Lamb was on his way back to his apartment from the house with a big plate of food. The fraternity, attempting to make their cholesterol and blood pressure levels a cut above normal, was in the “Weaver D’s” period of catered food (post Mayflower). Beau couldn’t have been more excited about his big plate of fried chicken. As he drove down the hill, his plate started to slide off his seat and naturally, he reached over to save it. An instant later he realized what he had done and slammed on his brakes. Unfortunately, this was too late. He felt the front of his truck teeter over the edge, and completely flip over. Two tow trucks and the worst phone call of young Beau’s life later, his truck was pulled out of the creek. I remember seeing Beau and asking if he was okay and the only thing he said was “I didn’t even get to eat my dinner”. From now until the next brother of Phi Gamma Delta’s mistake, the creek will be called Beau Lamb Creek. \r\nP AGE 11 FIJIUGA 2018 Cabinet Congratulations to the 2018 cabinet. This cabinet truly is “a cut above” , and we are confident to see where they lead the chapter. President Wade Cox Wade is a student in the Terry College of Business, from Atlanta, Georgia. Becoming President has fulfilled his lifelong dream. Treasurer Chase Stiffler Chase is from Birmingham, Alabama and is a student is the Terry College of Business. He asked to recognized as a member of The Corsair Society in his bio. Disclosure: Chase is short SNAP Corresponding Secretary Mark Feehan Mark is a student in the Terry College of Business and is from Alpharetta, Georgia. Like Wade, his dream of being on cabinet has been fulfilled Historian Will Perreault Will is a student in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, from some obscure town in Arkansas. Recording Secretary Samuel Nevers Sam is a student in the Terry College of Business, and is from Chicago, Illinois. He comes from a long line of Recording Secretaries who’s hobbies include “anything my girlfriend tells me to do”. Houseman Josh Bar-Haim Josh is from Oconee County and is also a student in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Brother Melchiode, upon graduation, gifted him with the pictured present. \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 12 Seen and Heard Around the Diamond Brother Zach Keene showing his love for the fraternity Sam Jarrard and Sam Nevers (Service chair and Philanthropy chair) donating the clothes the undergraduates of Kappa Deuteron collected for The Sparrows Nest The Georgia Tech Fijis meeting up with the Kappa Deuterons in the annual run for the kids Jonathan Sweat returning the White Star to its rightful place after it was “accidentally” taken by a freshman ATO \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 13 Seen and Heard Around the Diamond Brothers Tyler Kelly, Patrick Risse, Tommy Burruss, and Casen Conway get entirely creative and original with their social media to support the Dawgs. Brother Walker Adams supporting his second amendment right Brother and Student Government Association Treasurer Kal Golde takes a picture with Washington Huskies quarterback Jacob Eason while on the campaign trail \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 14 Seen and Heard Around the Diamond John Hubbel, lacking any friends to play against him, invites the UPS man in for a quick game of ping pong Pledge (At the Time) Ford Roberts collecting some cups for OQ Brother David Diaz accidentally takes photo with the wrong end of bull Brother Bracewell and Wilkinson Award winner Jack Owen discussing potential essay topics \r\nFIJIUGA P AGE 15 2017 Cabinet Pictured from right to left: Wade Cox, Jacob Fucetola, John Boynton, Chase Stiffler, Tommy Burruss, and Knox Martin.