Chi Upsilon at University of Chicago Wins Interfraternity Sing 2015!

Congratulations to the Undergraduate and Graduate Brothers from our Chi Upsilon Chapter at the University of Chicago for winning the Interfraternity Sing competition on Saturday, June 6th!  This is a highly competitive, annual event at the University of Chicago, and Phi Gamma Delta traditionally wins or places near the top.  This year, the Chi Upsilon Brothers - both Graduate and Undergraduate Brothers join in the singing - won the Quality Cup for best in show.  Well done, Brothers!

The Sing competition followed a very successful Pig Dinner on campus last Saturday, attended by well over 100 Brothers and keynoted by Phi Gamma Delta Archon President Mike Lucas (Bradley '83). This was one of the largest-attendance Pig Dinners in Chi Upsilon's history, in part to commemorate the last few days of the historic chapter house on campus before it undergoes a major overhaul next academic year (when the Undergraduate Brothers will be displaced from the house, living on campus in apartments during the renovation).  The chapter's newest initiates - a huge 28-man pledge class - participated in their first Pig Dinner, kissing the tail of the pig.  95-year-old Frank Brunner (Chi Upsilon '42) kissed the snout.

Good luck with the house renovation, Chi Upsilon, and CONGRATULATIONS on winning the Cup!

The Chi Upsilon Brothers celebrate winning the Interfraternity Sing competition on June 6, 2015.

The photo is not real clear, but I HAD to include it!  Pictured is Chi Upsilon's Frank Brunner '42, who is 95 years old.  Frank attended his umpteenth Pig Dinner, and is shown here celebrating with the Interfraternity Sing Cup for 2015!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley (Wittenberg '80)
Section Chief - Chicago-area

Perge!

Pig Dinner 2015 Recap

I'm a little late in posting this, but our Pig Dinner on April 23,2015, was a wonderful success!  Approximately 60 Brothers attended from 16 different chapters!  30 Graduate Brothers from various chapters, 20 Undergraduate Brothers from our Lambda Pi Chapter at DePaul University, 11 from our Phi Chapter at Northwestern, and 3 from our Chi Upsilon Chapter at the University of Chicago.

Here are a few photos from the night...

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley (Wittenberg '80)
Section Chief - Chicago-area
President, Chicago Graduate Chapter

Perge!

2015 Pig Dinner Registration for April 23rd is Now Open!

Chicago-Area Fiji Brothers:

Please join us for our 13th Annual Frank Norris Pig Dinner:

Thursday, April 23, 2015

5:30 p.m. Fellowship Cocktail Hour

(cash bar)

6:30 p.m. Pig Dinner

Petterino’s Restaurant, Chicago, Illinois

Entrance at 50 West Randolph Street (Dearborn and Randolph)

Keynote Speaker:  Bill Downing

(Wittenberg ’15),

International Fraternity Archon Councilor

$45.00/person (a bargain!)

There are over 100,000 living Fijis throughout the world, and only nine of them are current Archons.  There are over 6,000 Undergraduate Brothers at 150-plus chapters and colonies in the U.S. and Canada, and only two of them are current Archons.  We have the honor and privilege to hear one of those Undergraduate Archons as our Pig Dinner keynote speaker, Bill Downing (Wittenberg '15).

Bill Downing is a former chapter president, former Rush chair, and is a current pledge education committee chair for our Sigma Chapter at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.  During the summer of 2014, while in a Chicago internship, he lived at the Northwestern Chapter for a couple of weeks, attended the DePaul Chapter's officers' installation ceremony, spoke at the University of Chicago Pig Dinner, and attended the Chicago Graduate Chapter's Cubs' game.  He knows Chicago, and he knows the Undergraduate and Graduate Brothers from the chapters sponsoring this year's special Pig Dinner!

So, I hope you will join us on Thursday, April 23rd, for our Annual Frank Norris Pig Dinner!  You can download an RSVP form at this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwImNLvWpcx_dEQ1elRCcWQyR3M/view?usp=sharing

Questions?  Please contact me at gabjr33@comcast.net.  Thanks, Brothers!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley, (Wittenberg '80)
Section Chief - Chicago-Area
President, Chicago Graduate Chapter

Perge!

 

Chicago Bulls - Graduate Chapter Event - December 2014

We had a great time at the Chicago Bulls game in December!  We had 25 undergraduate and graduate brothers from 12 different chapters represented.  Here are a few photos from our event...

Thanks to everyone who attended!  We'll be working on a new event soon.

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley (Wittenberg '80)
President, Chicago Graduate Chapter
Section Chief - Chicago-area

Perge!