Recap: PDT Social Spring 2011 07/26/2011
Written by Social Chair Alex Eschenroeder '12 From Bid Night to Beach formal, the brothers of Phi Delt had a memorable social semester. For numerous parties, mixers, and date functions, [Joey Connor '12] and I, the co-social chairs, divided and conquered in the preparation stages to make each event well-provisioned for the craziness that was to ensue. High points from the semester include the Great Goat Debate of 2011, the West Main Date Function, and the continued legend of Phi Delt Beach Formal. Goats, PETA, and the IFC One would guess that the longest Phi Delt thread ever to exist since the Xi's initiation into the fraternity might be concerned with a pressing current event, a music recommendation database grown over time, or maybe even JC's special video suggestions. However, the first Phi Delt thread ever to overreach gmail capacity was concerned with actually a quite tiny issue - a pygmy goat. While the members of the Phi Delt Executive Board held the position of guarding the fraternity from an almost assured complaint filed by one of many animal activists disguised as PST, PPL, or especially ETP students, offenses were vollied by impassioned fraternity members set on acquiring a miniature goat to sit in a cage, bleat, and poop during our upcoming party. The pro-goat offenses, made primarily by two members of the fraternity vying for the John Bankson Award for most animals killed during a college career, were genuine despite their supporters' population controlling backgrounds. Nonetheless, even with earnest suggestions that the Rhos could take care of whatever animal we bought, the goat was substituted out for three rented chickens. After the chickens were returned to their farm, the owner could almost swear he could hear, on quiet nights, the faint clucking of Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel" coming from the chicken coop. Meanwhile, the great goat debate persists and will likely be a central issue in this fall's social chair election. West Main March Madness Date Function West Main was reserved for this event with an open bar tab. Much to our, and almost everybody in the fraternity's surprise, the tab was finished with time left at the date function. We just won't tell anyone it was a double date function, to which multiple people were encouraged to invite more than just one friend. Anyway, the half of the brotherhood that was not watching March Madness on the downstairs TV hit the dance floor and had a great night. West Main will surely be on the venue list next year, and ne'er will a Phi forget the night we (sort of) closed an open bar. Beach Formal Beach formal has quickly become one of the most sought after weekend trips by UVa girls from different corners of the university, and this year's extended weekend in the Outer Banks didn't disappoint. With three houses rented, the sleeping space was tight but the brothers content. With only a couple weeks of classes left to go, nothing could be better than a weekend in the warm sun on the beach. For the brothers who went to Corolla, North Carolina early in the week, these moments of relaxation and warm weather were realized. However, on Saturday, the day of the dance when everybody had arrived, the beach weather was about 50º F and windy. While a few brave people played soccer or football, most of the girls and many of the guys sat huddled like penguins insulating each other from arctic winds. It was character building at its finest. So, with characters reinforced, the members of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and their dates danced for hours into the night, presumably just trying to stay warm. The venue: Currituck Club. The band: Leggz. (Guest performance: "Kappa Rap" performed by three now brothers who have listend to that song way too many times) Average age of the band: 43. Quality: Outstanding. They actually were really good. And they played "Shout". A lot of bands don't do that anymore. It was a great night to both end quite a weekend and perpetuate the beach formal legend forward yet another year. Add Comment Brother Robert Randolph, kicker for UVa's Football team is seen executing a fake field goal kick and running the ball 30 yards for a touchdown. Coach Mike London is narrating the video praising Rob for "executing [the play] flawlessly". Congrats Rob! Bid Day 2011 07/13/2011
 After a very successful rush this year, we brought in a pledge class of 21 from the 450 men that came out to Phi Delt's open house. Pictured above are the current members of Phi Delt getting ready to extend bids to 19 eager first years and 2 second years. |
RSS Feed