CFA's Fired Up Pig Roast Stoaks the Coals

If you are looking for someone to thank for the lack of swine flu at William and Mary, I would recommend CFA. That's because the Council of Fraternity Affairs put on a rip-roaring pig roast a couple of weeks back. And, while there is no causal relationship between eating delicious pig meat and combating H1N1, the hearts and minds of the College's young men were almost certainly the beneficiary of a sort of pig roast placebo effect.

Even if the Pig Roast did nothing to fight the flu, it went a long way towards fomenting interfraternalism. The actual act of cooking the pig took almost an entire day, and the various members of the Council, many of whom hailing from different chapters, spent the day in good company roasting both the hog and themselves in the September sun.

After the marathon of cooking the pig, CFA was extremely pleased by the enormous turnout of men. Scores of students, some already in fraternities, some who were at the time rushing, and some who just wanted a delicious meal, crowded onto Yates field and enjoyed the porkapalooza. Some lucky students even got to catch a glimpse of Assistant VP Mark Constantine hacking away at the pig; Mark generously helped CFA members as the hungry bbq goers anxiously awaited firsts and then seconds on dinner.

Equally as successful as the dinner itself was the distribution of Fraternity Life koozies. Hundreds of koozies were passed out to those in attendance, and some of you reading this are undoubtedly enjoying a particularly chilled beverage kudos to the koozies of CFA. You're welcome.

In all seriousness though, a lot of thanks must go out to Ian Fenwick, CFA Programming Chair, who organized and put on this amazing event. From driving several hours to secure the pig to waking up at the crack of dawn to procure cinder blocks and light the fire, Ian did it all. And he did it all without having ever roasted a pig before. Well done, sir.