Junior Kristi Ensor and senior Ryan Dishongh relax during the Chi Omega Pi "Yippee Chio!" function Oct. 4. The function, held on a farm off campus, avoided a disaster when a fireworks tube fell over, causing fire to spread to a barn full of hay. (Photo by Melissa Wilson) Sophomore Daphne Fritz and junior Bethany Speyer join hands as they glide around the rink at the Omega Lambda Chi roller-skating function Dec. 5. "It was probably the most fun function we've had all year," Fritz said. "We acted like little kids again." (Photo courtesy of Heidi Hipp) Functionfollies Club plans fall to unexpected pieces Most fall functions involved a bonfire for roasting hotdogs or marshmallows, but at the Chi Omega Pi function Oct. '<1:, someone decided to have a barn fire instead. Inan effort to excite and impress the crowd, the beaux decided to light some fireworks. The show went smoothly until the fireworks tube fell over, shooting fireworks into trees, bushes and crowds of people. But if that wasn't bad enough, the fire spread to a barn full of hay. The following scene depicted events from an action movie. Once he saw the fire, sophomore Phil White yelled, ran to the barn and attempted to beat the fire with his shirt. The bam was saved and little hay was lost. His shirt, however, was incinerated. "The owner wasn't upset at all," senior Rachel Scott, Chi Omega Pi activities director, said. "He just said that if we wanted to shoot off more fireworks, we needed to go down away from the bam. "It's kind of frustrating," she said. "All the time and effort we put into planning the function went up in flames." While bad situations arose at some functions, others didn't even get the opportunity for something to go wrong. Such was the case for men's club Gamma Sigma Phi and its fall function. "We had planned a really great function with a bonfire and a hayride, but it was scheduled to rain that night," senior Sam Peters, activities director, said. "So we changed our plans." Peters and the club's other activities director, junior Jay Caldwell, planned an evening, which included dinner at CiCi's Pizza and a movie at the Tandy 10 theater in Little Rock. However, when the deadline to sign up for the function rolled around, nobody signed up. "I guess because it was CiCi's Pizza and a $1 movie people decided not to go," Peters said. "I suppose people thought they could do that without a big group of people." Naturally, the function was canceled. "I thought it was a pretty good idea for a function," Caldwell said. "I know a ton of guys who have used the very same idea for a first date. I don't see why more people didn't sign up." II All the time and Planning a function was no easy task, as many activities directors would say, but it became even more difficult with sudden mishaps. - Todd Ramsey effort we put into planning went up in flames. II - senior Rachel Scott functions /I 223
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