Met them all YEARS ago. My wife's sorority (Chi O) socialized quite a lot with the Fijis while they were in school, and later tailgated with them a lot as young alums.
BTW, I keep hearing reports that Fiji is a "dry house." I find them hard to credit. That certainly was not the case back in the day, and I doubt it is now.
Yes, we had a good relationship with Chi O, along with a couple other sororities.
I think Fiji is dry now due to some problems they had a few years ago with people drinking and leaving the house drunk. And, a horrible incident maybe 5-6 years ago where a young person who had been drinking at a couple places, including Fiji, fell in a university building stairwell after he left and died from his injuries. But I think most of the houses are dry now. Or at least the ones on campus.
But you're right, that was far from the case back in the day. One reason to join a fraternity was that you had access to beer in house via the frequent parties, and unless something went completely sideways, you were left alone to enjoy the social life and we looked out for each other. And other than one time that turned out to be much ado about nothing, nothing ever went sideways with non-Fijis. We did have some issues with members who got a bit crazy inside the house when they were drinking - stuff like they would break into the kitchen and the freezer and cook up a bunch of the next week's meals for themselves, then leave the mess for someone else to clean. PITA, handle it internally stuff mostly.
We had enough guys in the house with the smarts and the savvy to step in before things ever went too far. Most of us realized we had something good and didn't want to mess it up. And if a non-Fiji football player came in and caused problems that couldn't be settled with some player-to-player reasoning, the house President and a player from the house would request an audience to see JVP, and that was the end of any problems with that other player. JVP did not mess around with players getting out of line - they ran gassers and/or spent time in the infamous doghouse or did something memorable to make sure they thought better the next time. But usually a player would step in and stop a situation involving another player from escalating.
Anyway, hope your sons are enjoying their time and here's to a great year for them.
