Semesterly Issue April 17, 2017 THE PINE TREE FIJI In This Issue: Spring Progress Report Philanthropy and Service Renovations It's That Time of the Year! The Frank Norris Pig Dinner will be held on April 22nd We would like to recognize the Class of 1992 on its 25th Anniversary and the Class of 1967 on its 50th Anniversary! Spring Progress Report While the sporadic weather this semester may have caused the campus to close several times, this has not stopped our We're looking forward to brotherhood from venturing into the cold. Roads turned into makeshift ski trails as brothers used trucks and tow cables to another great time with our propel themselves across the snow. There were many snowball graduate brothers and fights to be had and it was entirely expected be barraged by hope to see many back at snowballs upon returning from class. Finally, once frozen, the the Castle this Saturday! Stillwater River turned into the perfect rink for our brothers to play hockey day in and day out. As the new year begins to unfold, a new cabinet has made dire straits to hit the ground running. Thanks to the efforts of last year's cabinet, the groundwork has been laid to further Fiji into being the greatest chapter on campus. We have made it our commitment to become more involved on this campus with many of our brothers participating on campus organizations. As many know, Tom Beutler has been a Senior Skull for the last year, however, we also have our recently initiated brother, Simon Perry, becoming a Check out our website at Sophomore Owl. Nate Gilbert has also assumed a role in student mainefiji.org administration for the School of Economics. Our Corresponding Secretary, Noah Carpenter, was appointed as the V.P. of Risk 1 Semesterly Issue April 17, 2017 Plans for the Summer Management for the IFC and is a member of the University's Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Finally, we have four brothers that With the spring semester have applied to become Greek Peer Educators on campus where they will work closely with campus officials to promote and coming to a close many of improve Greek life for the University of Maine. our brothers are making plans for the summer. Scholarship has also been an area of improved focus. Four brothers from the Fall '16 pledge class were eligible for the Academic Tom Beutler (Fall '15) will be Achievement Award (Triple A) and were given scholarships commissioning as an Ensign in following their initiation. Three of these brothers are also in the the U.S. Naby on May 13th and Honors College. We have begun to incorporate a grade tracking reporting to flight school at system which allows brothers to be held accountable for their NAS Pensacola as a Student grades with the hope that this will encourage us to push ourselves Naval Aviator. even harder. Ben Mahanna (Spring '14) will Philanthropy and Service be at Triumvirate documenting environmental health and Brothers participated in the annual Dance Marathon fundraiser safety audits for clients at their again this year and raised $665 for the Children's Miracle college universities, research Network Hospital and came in fourth for all fraternities. In total, facilities or medical $47,860 was raised for Eastern Maine Medical Center. This laboratories. He will also be money goes to directly support research and training, purchase managing hazardous and equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all to save and chemical waste programs for improve the lives of as many children as possible. We were even Triumvirate's clients following able to sponsor a miracle child for the day named Aubrey. the Resource Conservation and Unfortunately, we were unable attend lunch with Aubrey due to Recovery Act. an unexpected hospital visit, but we still sent her Fiji's best with Ben McLaughlin (Spring '16) some goodies and a Fiji t-shirt. will be traveling to San Lucas at the end of May for a weeklong trip to build homes alongside W Christ the King Parish. Nik Lemieux (Fall '14) will be interning with Lane Construction where he will be shadowing project managers and participating in field work. Matt Noel (Fall '13) just finished his engineering co-op with Huhtamaki in Waterville where he helped make and test new products while troubleshooting any problems that arise. On April 30th, we will be hosting a Fiji Faceoff floor hockey tournament with the proceeds benefitting the United Service Organizations which provides aid to the men and women, and their families, that serve in the U.S. military. 2 Semesterly Issue April 17, 2017 Plans For The Future Fully implement the grade tracking system Renovations Over winter break, a select group of brothers took it upon their selves to do a little touching up. The three large dining room Create a system to track both tables were re-sanded and recoated and they look good as new! philanthropy and service hours The basement's ceiling was removed as we plan to get recessed lighting and new dry wall. The kitchen was touched up and now finds itself donning a new coat of paint. While the new color might seem overwhelming at first, the incandescent yellow does a Renovate and finish installing fine job covering up the marks on the walls caused by years of recessed lighting in the fraternal mischief. Thanks to the support of our grads, we are basement looking to purchase a new set of furniture and hopefully turn the basement into the new common area. With the addition of a new property manager, missing doorknobs, damaged door frames, and Relocate the house common dilapidated windows have found themselves repaired and in great condition! room from the living room to the basement. Further improve the communication between graduate brothers and undergraduate brothers so that everyone can keep current with news about the Castle! Finally, we would like to begin recognizing classes on their 25th and 50th anniversary SO that may be awarded Silver and Gold Owls, respectively. Wrap Up With the spring semester coming to a close, we are looking to make a final push to finish some much needed house improvements and we have our sights set on finishing this year strong academically. Our cabinet has learned much during its first stint in office and it's our intent to start implementing many new innovative programs for this fraternity to make us the best possible example of our five tenets. For feedback or comments Email: noah.carpenter@maine.edu 3