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Phi Gamma Delta

2020-06-22T22:05:58Z

Carkiller:

{{Infobox greek
|Name=Phi Gamma Delta
|Letters=ΦΓΔ
|Abbreviation=FIJI
|Founded=[[1848]] at Jefferson College
|Chap Type=Omega
|Chap Founded=[[1866]]
|Motto="Φιλοτης Γλυκυτατη Δυναστεια" 
Friendship, the sweetest influence
|Symbol=Star Diamond
|House=None
|Gov Board=[[Interfraternal Council|IFC]]
|Contact=cc3157@columbia.edu}}

'''Phi Gamma Delta''', Omega chapter, is one of the fraternities recognized by the Interfraternity Council. The fraternity more commonly goes by its nickname '''FIJI'''. Founded in 1866, the Omega chapter of FIJI is one of the oldest Greek organizations at Columbia (only Alpha Delta Phi is older).

In spring 2016, spring 2017, and spring 2018 the chapter earned a 5 star [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]] rating and was designated as the highest scoring chapter in the Inter-Greek Council with a perfect score. The chapter also earned achievement awards in community service (presented to chapters that complete over 20 service hours per member) and campus involvement (presented to chapters where over 60% are involved in another campus activity).

==Service & Philanthropy==
FIJI’s national philanthropy is the United Service Organization (USO). USO is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States troops and their families.

==About Columbia FIJI==
Columbia had previously hosted one of the original chapters of the fraternity, having been founded as "Omega Chapter" in 1848.

Omega FIJI was "indisputably the most socially active fraternity on campus, providing generations of its Brothers and their guests a veritable oasis of cordial camaraderie, a revivifying outlier of genial companionship in the otherwise aridly inaffable wasteland that was, for far too long, the social desert that was Columbia."

It was reinstated into Columbia's Greek system after being suspended for seven years for "behavior that was not consistent with the standards of the Greek community" (aka the "high crime of tossing back a couple of cold ones"). <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2005/03/01/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Old.Boys.Frat-2031526.shtml STAFF EDITORIAL: The Old Boys Frat] in the [[Spec]]</ref>

Despite being one of the only fraternities on campus without permanent housing, having lost its previous and long established home at 538 West 114 Street, the Columbia chapter "continues to operate and has succeeded in maintaining its membership."

In 2016, the Omega chapter of FIJI held its 150th anniversary in Low Library. According to the Office of Student Life, this was the largest event hosted by a student organization in Columbia history.

==Alumni==
*[[Roone Arledge]], late CEO of the ABC Network
*[[Ralph Morgan]], co-founder and first president of the Screen Actor's Guild
*[[Jack Kerouac]], Beat Generation author
*[[Matthew Fox]], Actor, ''Lost''
*[[Neil Gorsuch]], co-founder of ''[[The Fed]]'' and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
*[[Edward Harris Klees]]

==Links==
*[http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cugreeklife/ Columbia Greek Life Website]

== References ==
<references />

{{Greek}}

[[Category:Fraternities]]

Phi Gamma Delta

2020-06-08T06:34:55Z

Carkiller:

{{Infobox greek
|Name=Phi Gamma Delta
|Letters=ΦΓΔ
|Abbreviation=FIJI
|Founded=[[1848]] at Jefferson College
|Chap Type=Omega
|Chap Founded=[[1866]]
|Motto="Φιλοτης Γλυκυτατη Δυναστεια" 
Friendship, the sweetest influence
|Symbol=Star Diamond
|House=None
|Gov Board=[[Interfraternal Council|IFC]]
|Contact=cc3157@columbia.edu}}

'''Phi Gamma Delta''', Omega chapter, is one of the fraternities recognized by the Interfraternity Council. The fraternity more commonly goes by its nickname '''FIJI'''. Founded in 1866, the Omega chapter of FIJI is one of the oldest Greek organizations at Columbia (only Alpha Delta Phi is older).

In spring 2016, spring 2017, and spring 2018 the chapter earned a 5 star [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]] rating and was designated as the highest scoring chapter in the Inter-Greek Council with a perfect score. The chapter also earned achievement awards in community service (presented to chapters that complete over 20 service hours per member) and campus involvement (presented to chapters where over 60% are involved in another campus activity).

==Service & Philanthropy==
FIJI’s national philanthropy is the United Service Organization (USO). USO is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States troops and their families.

==About Columbia FIJI==
Columbia had previously hosted one of the original chapters of the fraternity, having been founded as "Omega Chapter" in 1848.

Omega FIJI was "indisputably the most socially active fraternity on campus, providing generations of its Brothers and their guests a veritable oasis of cordial camaraderie, a revivifying outlier of genial companionship in the otherwise aridly inaffable wasteland that was, for far too long, the social desert that was Columbia."

It was reinstated into Columbia's Greek system after being suspended for seven years for "behavior that was not consistent with the standards of the Greek community" (aka the "high crime of tossing back a couple of cold ones"). <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2005/03/01/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Old.Boys.Frat-2031526.shtml STAFF EDITORIAL: The Old Boys Frat] in the [[Spec]]</ref>

Despite being one of the only fraternities on campus without permanent housing, having lost its previous and long established home at 538 West 114 Street, the Columbia chapter "continues to operate and has succeeded in maintaining its membership."

One of the historical traditions at Fiji known to some outsiders was the painting of the fire hydrant across the street from their house on 114th street to mark the occasion of a brother deflowering one of Columbia's fair maidens. This hydrant, and the sidewalk surrounding it, over the years had developed a significant crust of paint.

In 2016, the Omega chapter of FIJI held its 150th anniversary in Low Library. According to the Office of Student Life, this was the largest event hosted by a student organization in Columbia history.

==Alumni==
*[[Roone Arledge]], late CEO of the ABC Network
*[[Ralph Morgan]], co-founder and first president of the Screen Actor's Guild
*[[Jack Kerouac]], Beat Generation author
*[[Matthew Fox]], Actor, ''Lost''
*[[Neil Gorsuch]], co-founder of ''[[The Fed]]'' and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
*[[Edward Harris Klees]]

==Links==
*[http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cugreeklife/ Columbia Greek Life Website]

== References ==
<references />

{{Greek}}

[[Category:Fraternities]]

Samuel Ravani

2020-06-02T20:49:54Z

Carkiller:

Sam Ravani is a member of the Columbia College Class of 2018. He is most known for his tenure on the Inter-Greek Greek Judicial Board as a member in 2016 and Chair in 2017, in addition to his term as President/CEO of Lion Fund in 2018.

Phi Gamma Delta

2020-06-02T20:48:11Z

Carkiller:

{{Infobox greek
|Name=Phi Gamma Delta
|Letters=ΦΓΔ
|Abbreviation=FIJI
|Founded=[[1848]] at Jefferson College
|Chap Type=Omega
|Chap Founded=[[1866]]
|Motto="Φιλοτης Γλυκυτατη Δυναστεια" 
Friendship, the sweetest influence
|Symbol=Star Diamond
|House=None
|Gov Board=[[Interfraternal Council|IFC]]
|Contact=cc3157@columbia.edu}}

'''Phi Gamma Delta''', Omega chapter, is one of the fraternities recognized by the Interfraternity Council. The fraternity more commonly goes by its nickname '''FIJI'''. Founded in 1866, the Omega chapter of FIJI is one of the oldest Greek organizations at Columbia (only Alpha Delta Phi is older).

In spring 2016, spring 2017, and spring 2018 the chapter earned a 5 star [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]] rating and was designated as the highest scoring chapter in the Inter-Greek Council with a perfect score. The chapter also earned achievement awards in community service (presented to chapters that complete over 20 service hours per member) and campus involvement (presented to chapters where over 60% are involved in another campus activity).

==Service & Philanthropy==
FIJI’s national philanthropy is the United Service Organization (USO). USO is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States troops and their families.

==About Columbia FIJI==
Columbia had previously hosted one of the original chapters of the fraternity, having been founded as "Omega Chapter" in 1848.

Omega FIJI was "indisputably the most socially active fraternity on campus, providing generations of its Brothers and their guests a veritable oasis of cordial camaraderie, a revivifying outlier of genial companionship in the otherwise aridly inaffable wasteland that was, for far too long, the social desert that was Columbia."

It was reinstated into Columbia's Greek system after being suspended for seven years for "behavior that was not consistent with the standards of the Greek community" (aka the "high crime of tossing back a couple of cold ones"). <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2005/03/01/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Old.Boys.Frat-2031526.shtml STAFF EDITORIAL: The Old Boys Frat] in the [[Spec]]</ref>

Despite being one of the only fraternities on campus without permanent housing, having lost its previous and long established home at 538 West 114 Street, the Columbia chapter "continues to operate and has succeeded in maintaining its membership."

One of the historical traditions at Fiji known to some outsiders was the painting of the fire hydrant across the street from their house on 114th street to mark the occasion of a brother deflowering one of Columbia's fair maidens. This hydrant, and the sidewalk surrounding it, over the years had developed a significant crust of paint.

==Alumni==
*[[Roone Arledge]], late CEO of the ABC Network
*[[Ralph Morgan]], co-founder and first president of the Screen Actor's Guild
*[[Jack Kerouac]], Beat Generation author
*[[Matthew Fox]], Actor, ''Lost''
*[[Neil Gorsuch]], co-founder of ''[[The Fed]]'' and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
*[[Edward Harris Klees]]

==Links==
*[http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cugreeklife/ Columbia Greek Life Website]

== References ==
<references />

{{Greek}}

[[Category:Fraternities]]

Lion Fund LLC

2018-05-07T05:20:12Z

Carkiller:

Lion Fund Capital Management, LLC is Columbia's undergraduate investment group. Founded in 2011, Lion Fund is currently the largest independent student-run investment group in the Ivy League. In its 28 quarters of operation, Lion Fund has outpaced the S&P 500 in 23 of these quarters.

Over the past several years, Lion Fund has developed a reputation for being one of the most exclusive groups on campus. In 2017, Lion Fund accepted 10 applicants out of over 170.

Neil Gorsuch

2018-05-07T05:03:58Z

Carkiller:

{{wp-also}}

'''Neil Gorsuch''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1988|88]] was co-founder, in [[1986]], and first chief editor of obnoxious humor paper ''[[The Fed]]''. He was also a frat boy at [[Fiji]]. He won a [[Truman Scholarship]] and became a federal judge on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2017, Gorsuch was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was confirmed by a vote of 51-48 to fill the seat vacated by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.

Gorsuch's senior yearbook quote was Kissinger's "The illegal we do immediately, the unconstitutional takes a little
longer"<ref>http://bwog.com/2006/06/20/feditor-makes-good/</ref>.

==External links==
*[http://bwog.com/2006/06/20/feditor-makes-good/ Bwog on Gorsuch's transformation]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Columbia College alumni|Gorsuch, Neil]]
[[Category:Class of 1988|Gorsuch, Neil]]

Lion Fund LLC

2018-05-06T17:11:08Z

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Phi Gamma Delta

2018-05-06T17:07:20Z

Carkiller:

{{Infobox greek
|Name=Phi Gamma Delta
|Letters=ΦΓΔ
|Abbreviation=FIJI
|Founded=[[1848]] at Jefferson College
|Chap Type=Omega
|Chap Founded=[[1866]]
|Motto="Φιλοτης Γλυκυτατη Δυναστεια" 
Friendship, the sweetest influence
|Symbol=Star Diamond
|House=None
|Gov Board=[[Interfraternal Council|IFC]]
|Contact=cc3157@columbia.edu}}

'''Phi Gamma Delta''', Omega chapter, is one of the fraternities recognized by the Interfraternity Council. The fraternity more commonly goes by its nickname '''FIJI'''.

In spring 2016, spring 2017, and spring 2018 the chapter earned a 5 star [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]] rating and was designated as the highest scoring chapter in the Inter-Greek Council with a perfect score. The chapter also earned achievement awards in community service (presented to chapters that complete over 20 service hours per member) and campus involvement (presented to chapters where over 60% are involved in another campus activity).

==Service & Philanthropy==
FIJI’s national philanthropy is the United Service Organization (USO). USO is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States troops and their families.

==About Columbia FIJI==
Columbia had previously hosted one of the original chapters of the fraternity, having been founded as "Omega Chapter" in 1848.

Omega FIJI was "indisputably the most socially active fraternity on campus, providing generations of its Brothers and their guests a veritable oasis of cordial camaraderie, a revivifying outlier of genial companionship in the otherwise aridly inaffable wasteland that was, for far too long, the social desert that was Columbia."

It was reinstated into Columbia's Greek system after being suspended for seven years for "behavior that was not consistent with the standards of the Greek community" (aka the "high crime of tossing back a couple of cold ones"). <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2005/03/01/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Old.Boys.Frat-2031526.shtml STAFF EDITORIAL: The Old Boys Frat] in the [[Spec]]</ref>

Despite being one of the only fraternities on campus without permanent housing, having lost its previous and long established home at 538 West 114 Street, the Columbia chapter "continues to operate and has succeeded in maintaining its membership."

One of the historical traditions at Fiji known to some outsiders was the painting of the fire hydrant across the street from their house on 114th street to mark the occasion of a brother deflowering one of Columbia's fair maidens. This hydrant, and the sidewalk surrounding it, over the years had developed a significant crust of paint.

==Alumni==
*[[Roone Arledge]], late CEO of the ABC Network
*[[Ralph Morgan]], co-founder and first president of the Screen Actor's Guild
*[[Jack Kerouac]], Beat Generation author
*[[Matthew Fox]], Actor, ''Lost''
*[[Neil Gorsuch]], co-founder of ''[[The Fed]]'' and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
*[[Edward Harris Klees]]

==Links==
*[http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cugreeklife/ Columbia Greek Life Website]

== References ==
<references />

{{Greek}}

[[Category:Fraternities]]

Samuel Ravani

2018-03-26T05:22:41Z

Carkiller: Created page with "Sam Ravani is a member of the Columbia College Class of 2018. He is most known for his tenure on the Inter-Greek Greek Judicial Board as a member in 2016 and Chair in 2017, in..."

Phi Gamma Delta

2018-01-15T16:04:30Z

Carkiller:

{{Infobox greek
|Name=Phi Gamma Delta
|Letters=ΦΓΔ
|Abbreviation=FIJI
|Founded=[[1848]] at Jefferson College
|Chap Type=Omega
|Chap Founded=[[1866]]
|Motto="Φιλοτης Γλυκυτατη Δυναστεια" 
Friendship, the sweetest influence
|Symbol=Star Diamond
|House=None
|Gov Board=[[Interfraternal Council|IFC]]
|Contact=cc3157@columbia.edu}}

'''Phi Gamma Delta''', Omega chapter, is one of the fraternities recognized by the Interfraternity Council. The fraternity more commonly goes by its nickname '''FIJI'''.

In spring 2012 the chapter earned a 4 star [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]] rating and earned achievement awards in community service (presented to chapters that complete over 20 service hours per member) and campus involvement (presented to chapters where over 60% are involved in another campus activity).

In spring 2013 Beta earned a 5 (perfect) star [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]] rating.

==Service & Philanthropy==
FIJI’s national philanthropy is the United Service Organization (USO). USO is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States troops and their families.

==About Columbia FIJI==
Columbia had previously hosted one of the original chapters of the fraternity, having been founded as "Omega Chapter" in 1848.

Omega FIJI was "indisputably the most socially active fraternity on campus, providing generations of its Brothers and their guests a veritable oasis of cordial camaraderie, a revivifying outlier of genial companionship in the otherwise aridly inaffable wasteland that was, for far too long, the social desert that was Columbia."

It was reinstated into Columbia's Greek system after being suspended for seven years for "behavior that was not consistent with the standards of the Greek community" (aka the "high crime of tossing back a couple of cold ones"). <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2005/03/01/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Old.Boys.Frat-2031526.shtml STAFF EDITORIAL: The Old Boys Frat] in the [[Spec]]</ref>

Despite being one of the only fraternities on campus without permanent housing, having lost its previous and long established home at 538 West 114 Street, the Columbia chapter "continues to operate and has succeeded in maintaining its membership."

One of the historical traditions at Fiji known to some outsiders was the painting of the fire hydrant across the street from their house on 114th street to mark the occasion of a brother deflowering one of Columbia's fair maidens. This hydrant, and the sidewalk surrounding it, over the years had developed a significant crust of paint.

==Alumni==
*[[Roone Arledge]], late CEO of the ABC Network
*[[Ralph Morgan]], co-founder and first president of the Screen Actor's Guild
*[[Jack Kerouac]], Beat Generation author
*[[Matthew Fox]], Actor, ''Lost''
*[[Neil Gorsuch]], co-founder of ''[[The Fed]]'' and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
*[[Edward Harris Klees]]

==Links==
*[http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cugreeklife/ Columbia Greek Life Website]

== References ==
<references />

{{Greek}}

[[Category:Fraternities]]

Phi Gamma Delta

2018-01-14T20:30:18Z

Carkiller:

{{Infobox greek
|Name=Phi Gamma Delta
|Letters=ΦΓΔ
|Abbreviation=Fiji
|Founded=[[1848]] at Jefferson College
|Chap Type=Omega
|Chap Founded=[[1866]]
|Motto="Φιλοτης Γλυκυτατη Δυναστεια" 
Friendship, the sweetest influence
|Symbol=Star Diamond
|House=None
|Gov Board=[[Interfraternal Council|IFC]]
|Contact=cc3157@columbia.edu}}

'''Phi Gamma Delta''', Omega chapter, is one of the fraternities recognized by the Interfraternity Council. The fraternity more commonly goes by its nickname '''Fiji'''.

In spring 2012 the chapter earned a 4 star [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]] rating and earned achievement awards in community service (presented to chapters that complete over 20 service hours per member) and campus involvement (presented to chapters where over 60% are involved in another campus activity).

In spring 2013 Beta earned a 5 (perfect) star [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]] rating.

==Service & Philanthropy==
FIJI’s national philanthropy is the United Service Organization (USO). USO is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States troops and their families.

==About Columbia Fiji==
Columbia had previously hosted one of the original chapters of the fraternity, having been founded as "Omega Chapter" in 1848.

Omega Fiji was "indisputably the most socially active fraternity on campus, providing generations of its Brothers and their guests a veritable oasis of cordial camaraderie, a revivifying outlier of genial companionship in the otherwise aridly inaffable wasteland that was, for far too long, the social desert that was Columbia."

It was reinstated into Columbia's Greek system after being suspended for seven years for "behavior that was not consistent with the standards of the Greek community" (aka the "high crime of tossing back a couple of cold ones"). <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2005/03/01/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Old.Boys.Frat-2031526.shtml STAFF EDITORIAL: The Old Boys Frat] in the [[Spec]]</ref>

Despite being one of the only fraternities on campus without permanent housing, having lost its previous and long established home at 538 West 114 Street, the Columbia chapter "continues to operate and has succeeded in maintaining its membership."

One of the historical traditions at Fiji known to some outsiders was the painting of the fire hydrant across the street from their house on 114th street to mark the occasion of a brother deflowering one of Columbia's fair maidens. This hydrant, and the sidewalk surrounding it, over the years had developed a significant crust of paint.

==Alumni==
*[[Roone Arledge]], late CEO of the ABC Network
*[[Ralph Morgan]], co-founder and first president of the Screen Actor's Guild
*[[Jack Kerouac]], Beat Generation author
*[[Matthew Fox]], Actor, ''Lost''
*[[Neil Gorsuch]], co-founder of ''[[The Fed]]'' and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
*[[Edward Harris Klees]]

==Links==
*[http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cugreeklife/ Columbia Greek Life Website]

== References ==
<references />

{{Greek}}

[[Category:Fraternities]]