First off I drove 7.5 hours by myself to the city.....its a great town minus the mass amounts of traffic. I rolled into Northwestern around 8pm. First thing that was handed to me was a slice of deep dish pizza and a cold Goose Island beer. (Great combo for arriving in the town). And then I changed clothes and my best friend said I found the Ohio State bar in Chicago. Naturally we had to go and after a night of random bar hops we made it back to his house.
Now to the fun night. We woke up and began our search for food. As we were driving through Evanston, I found what might be one of the greatest discoveries ever WINGS OVER EVANSTON, yep I ate there and introduced him to the food. After a quick visit to the grocery store to pick up some beverages for the night we headed back to his house. (First the beer is cheaper (sad-face they are a bush campus) and you can have coupons for alcohol (liqueur is also available at the grocery store)).
After we were home we talked for a while, but he had to go to frisbee practice. So I decided go and meet some FIJI's. This proved to be one of the greatest experience of the weekend. I walked in and knocked and introduced myself. They immediately accept me as a friend and a brother.
This brings me to my point of this post. We are brothers of this chapter, but also we are brothers of a much larger fraternity. This is something so unique compared to other organizations (I know we are not an organization but its the closest thing I could think of). What other group of people can travel around the country and Canada and be instantly welcomed into a group. There is no awkward phase of trying to get to know people or trying to figure out their values. Once you know someone is a FIJI you can trust them. Thats what happened on Saturday night for me. I have met many FIJI's that came through and stayed at our house, but this was the first time I had visited another house by myself.
So I encourage the FIJI Nation out there, go meet your brothers. I myself and currently planning a tour de FIJI for next August. Now who wants to come
As always
I am proud to be an American
and now more then ever DAMN PROUD TO BE A FIJI
-Weaver
Wow i bet that was a great experience. I don't know if I would have the confidence to go up to a FIJI chapter and just knock on the door and introduce myself. Especially if I were alone. Glad to hear you had a good experience up there too. What you said definitely hits something amazing. We have brothers at countless universities. Greek life is very unique in that respect! Excellent blog
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a good time with the Fijis there. I definitely want to make it out to some different schools and explore Fiji nation.
ReplyDeleteLove this. I love the fact that I can just meet anyone who is a brother and there is that instant bond. There is definitely something more to this who Greek thing than on the surface!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun weekend! So, as part of this FIJI nation, what ties us together? I can say that I've been to some campuses and met brothers from chapters that have been excellent. However, I've also met some brother from different chapters who definitely don't carry themselves as the gentlemen that FIJI of Omicron Deuteron are. So, what's the tying bond if we're all a part of the same organization?
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