Omega Mu Voices: Chain

“What if the space be long and wide,
That parts us from our brother’s side
A soul-joined chain unites our band,
And memory links us hand in hand.”
​(Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)

“Chain, chain, chain” 
​

Chip Chapman
Omege Mu, 1982

Historically,
It is worth
Pondering,

Is it not,
The long
Interesting

Chain of 
Omega
Mu 

Nicknames, our
Deep-rooted
Folkloric

Fiji tradition,
The human
Bread of

Our brotherhood
That dates
Back to

Our Q.T.V 
Foundating
In 1874,

And has
Has remained
A linking

Fraternal strength,
Nickname-
To-nickname,

One-by-
One, in
Linked

Historic
Form, like
Verse, in

Helping creating
A wonderful
Fraternal

Pulse of
Fraternal cheer
And good

Humor within
Our Omega
Mu

Brotherhood
And life-
Long

Friendships,
And, when
It is all

Said and done,
That,
Over the long-

Haul of 
Life, means
More than

Anything. 
But, 
Thankfully,

We do
Not have
Low-

Brow, common
Pedestrian
Names that

Are empty, 
Irreverent and
Sordid like

Weasel, Mothball
Pinto, Stork,
D-Day, Flounder.

And, god bless
Belushi’s hilarious 
Soul,

A Bluto, an
Exemplary fraternity
Man who

Famously shouted,
With evangelical
Fraternal

Fervor, his 
Rhodes Scholar
Historical intellect

On full
Delta House
Display:

“Was it
Over when
The Germans

Bombed Pearl
Harbor? Hell
No!”

Likewise,
Hell no, our
Omega Mu 

Nicknames have
Always been
Refreshing and

Ennobling with
William F.
Buckley gravitas:

Rich and
High-minded
With urbane

Wit, class,
Style, and
Civilizing

Good taste and
High intellectual 
Import,

And were
Arrived at
Through An

Inscrutably
Sober, 
Clear-eyed

Divination
Process from
Antiquity,

Grounded in
Deep spiritual
And

Philosophical
Matters; not
A trivial process,

Mind you, but
A sacred
Rite full of

Mystery and
Magic, 
Nobility and

Purpose that
Takes calm,
Scrutinizing

Care, time,
And patience,
Literally

Soul-
Searching, 
In order to

Discern
The refined
Fraternal 

Essence of
Each 
Omega Mu

Brother in
The face-to-
Face life within

The architectural
Charm of 
The Castle, 

And these
Names endure
Link-to-fraternal

Link, generation-
To-generation-
Due to

Their rich,
​Rhythmic, 
Resonating

Good taste,
And soulful
Profundity

That we
Cherish and
Reverence in

Our seamlessly
Linked
Omega Mu 

​Brotherhood,
And, quite
Naturally,

Amusing
And
Bemusing,

They spark
Fraternal
Joy and pride:

Shitball, Sluggo, The Missing Link,
The Spook, Dusty, Swampy Pond, 
The S.P, Humpy, Dippy, 

T. Pictum Pursch, Natty Bumpo, Jordan the Lion,
Allie, Judge, Lengthy,
Lamb, Sin, Pater 

Gloomy, Puss, Froggie, 
Wizard, Bopper, BVD, 
Chappy, Clyde Crash-cup, 

Gangster, Hazey, Marks-a-lot,
McCerebral, Pecadora, Pizza, 
Sola, Solu, Swampy, 

Hog, Leo, Dewey, 
Farrar, Hazbro, Gandhi, 
Mongo, Shetland, Spike, 

Shoes, Sweetie, Scud, 
Big Daddy, Skillsaw, Bug, 
Jughead, Cranium, Granddad, 

Popeye, Razor, Ant-Man. 
Philthy, Shab, Homer, 
Whoa, B.F., Scooter, 

Bean Hole, Swany, Fella,
Toad, Mad Dog, Stick,
Buckwheat, Garland, Bart,

Stroutie, BoBo, Snake, 
Weasel, Shack, Bunny, 
Tuner, Palu, Jag, T, 

Rip, Jock, Dr. Cook, 
Huddy, Wafer, Grace, 
Baldy, Infant, Hoot,

Jingles, Scout, Morrgy, 
Shorty, Hoss, Prep, 
Count, Sasquatch, Snap, 

Harpo, Beaver, Stevo, 
Smitty, No Hair, Grape Nut, 
Drool, Buster, Sleep, 

Toots, General, Stiff, 
Sphinx, Spanky, Hashi Mura,
Puffy, Love, Ding-Dong,

Brick, Yap, Bitter, 
Slicker, Soup, Cubby, 
Mama Colucci, Munchie, Squire, 

Father, Capt., Ikey, 
Prunes, Fang, Flea,
Lumpy, Stork, Bosco,

Thug, Pat Me Groin, Root,
Dogger, Yorkie, Red Wolf, 
Sister, Froggie, Scrapper,

Sut, Cat, Rat,
Zin, Zip, Zinc, 
And Mao,

Never to
Be forgotten,
Secure in the

Rich tapestry
Of our historic 
Omega Mu memory

“Because you can
Have something that
Lasts throughout your life.” (Jerry Garcia)

And that is the
Heartfelt human of
“Perfection and grace” (Steely Dan)

Of our linked
Fraternal
Brotherhood, 

One generation
After another,
Eternal as

Law in being
Spiritually
Linked with

Our historic 
Past and the
Present link
 
Of our
147 year 
Fraternal year,

An unbroken 
Brotherhood
Chain of

Fraternal well-
Being of good,
Decent,

Perseverant and
Determined
Men linked

By one noble,
Enduring,
Historically

Resonating
Name, the 
Best name,

Always,
Unapologetically
And proudly,

In heart 
And
Head,

Omega Mu 
Fijis,
The best

Fraternal
Expression of
Brotherhood

At the
University of
Maine since

1874.
Perge

Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, '82
​Perge