By KATIE McHUGH
Features Co-editor
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After the Board of Trustees voted to approve FIJI’s recolonization over Fall Break, plans to found the chapter moved slowly forward as its momentum built. Although students planned to start the chapter this spring, a recent increase of new FIJI colonies has strained the national chapter’s finances and stalled recolonization on campus.
“I’ve had a lot more people come up to me expressing their interest to join of lately,” said the head of the FIJI interest group, Chase Stelzer, ’12, in an e-mail.
Marc Hamerski, ’14, part of a group of four underclassmen interested in spearheading FIJI recolonization in the fall, already feels as though he belongs to a new part of the Greek community.
“We’re interested in creating another option for people interested in Greek life for people who maybe necessarily didn’t feel like they were comfortable in the existing chapters here on campus,” Hamerski said.
Stelzer, who is graduating this spring, plans to remain in contact with his future fraternity brothers.
“I will be sharing all the experience and knowledge I have,” Stelzer said in an e-mail. “This way after I leave there are people on the ground that have been through it all.”
UNK • Jan 27, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Another thing to note, for accuracy’s sake, is that while Stelzer may be honored or recognized for his role bringing a Phi Gam chapter to Allegheny he will not be initiated — and therefore, will not be in contact with his “future fraternity brothers.”
Allegheny1 • Jan 27, 2012 at 1:38 pm
If by “creating another option for people interested in Greek life for people who maybe necessarily didn’t feel like they were comfortable in the existing chapters here on campus” he means creating a football fraternity for those members who didn’t bother to try and get to know the other fraternities, then I think they’ll do well. Just remember this is the same group of guys who were invited multiple times to show their interest in greek life as a whole yet never attended any of the IFC sanctioned events to show their interest. It must be nice to have the board of trustees in your pockets even before you get back on campus.
allegheny • Jan 27, 2012 at 3:21 pm
Get your facts straight, Marc (the person you quoted) does not play football and all four of the underclassman “interested in spearheading FIJI recolonization” do not play football. So your argument is invalid, go learn your information before you make ignorant responses to something you obviously don’t know about.