Here is a motivational and inspiring quote by brother Calvin Coolidge:

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;  nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination are omnipotent.
The slogan Press On has solved, and will always solve the problems of the human race.“ 

Once again, good luck to everyone on their exams, and have a wonderful Christmas break!

Press On,
Team FIJI

Hopefully you all had an excellent October, and are now looking forward to November!  Here at FIJI we ended October strong, and can’t wait for what November has in store for us.

On Oct 31, we participated in “Trick or Treatery” for the University of Alberta’s Campus Food Bank.
Here the us FIJI’s teamed up with the Ladies of Delta Gamma (Team DIGI) dressed up in their costumes, and walked along several routes asking houses for food donations.  Not only was the event fun, but it was very successful.

team DIJI: the "spoils" of trick or treatery

Also currently we have the pleasure of entertaining our Field Secretary.  We are doing our best to give him the full Canadian experience.  So far he’s played in his first ice hockey game (which we won 5-3!), had a poutine, and had ketchup chips.

For never skating before, he looked "rusty"

What can we look forward to in November?

Mo-Vember! We have a few brothers participating in it, and a graduate brother currently doing his own “unique take” on mo-vember.  The details for our undergraduate brother’s hasn’t been quite worked out yet, but feel free to support our graduate brother Ian Clarke by visiting his page here.

We also have quite a few pledge events to be excited for.
This weekend Nov. 5 we have the Alpha Gamma Delta: Greek Games which is quite entertaining.
Then Nov. 28 we have Greek God and Goddess, which based on FIJI’s performances in anchor-splash; many are looking forward to.

Hope you all have a great November, and good luck with any upcoming exams.  We’ll keep you posted with whats going on in FIJI land!

-Team FIJI

So this weekend wasn’t as event filled as our last weekend, but it was just as fun.
What better way to end a week of school than with some pumpkin carving?!
Friday we had an exchange with the lovely ladies of Pi Beta Phi (Alberta-Alpha).  During this exchange FIJI’s and Pi Phi’s put their creative minds to work, and carved out over 20 pumpkins.  For some it was their first time ever carving a pumpkin and they wished they had done it sooner!  For other more “seasoned veterans”, they used their carving “expertise” to carve out some intricate designs.  We had quite the variety of pumpkins ranging from words, and traditional pumpkins, to stenciled out Hello Kitty ones, and even an owl!
Shortly after the carving festivities, another Halloween themed event took place: Horror movies!  The FIJI’s and Pi Phi’s braved it out, and endured two movies, which were frightening and also entertaining.  Finally we wrapped up the evening by making use of the innards of the carved pumpkins via Pumpkin Pie.  A few FIJI’s and Pi Phi’s worked hard in the kitchen producing 6 delicious pumpkin pies, and several pumpkin seeds.
All in all, no one was disappointed in the festivities, and the FIJI and Pi Phi houses have several pumpkins to proudly display come Halloween on Monday!

Next up costumes:
Though Halloween is on the Monday, it did not deter many of us FIJI’s from dressing up for the weekend!  We had people “occupying wall street”, “locked out NBA players”, Banana’s in Pyjama’s, Morph-suits, Indiana Jones, bearded men, and much more traditional, or witty costumes.

We hope that many of these costumes make a return on Monday, when it is actually Halloween so that Halloween Trick-or-Treatery will be fun for all!

Press on!