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This weekend is a special weekend for Archway and the Falling Illini.  This Saturday is the annual Chili Party at Archway after a day of jumping.  Besides delicious chili Rich Mullins will also have his King Air there. If you have never jumped out of one I highly recommend you come this Saturday.

 If you want to come jumping this weekend, respond to this email with your name, the day you want to go, the jump you want to do, your phone number, and if you can drive.  Come out and go skydiving with us before finals start!

January 22nd starting at 11am is Activity Day in the Union. It is very similar to Quad Day in the fall in that all the RSOs can have booths to promote their organizations.  The Falling Illini has signed up, and we will most likely have a booth during Activity Day.  I will send out more information as it gets closer, but we hope for all of your support when it rolls around.

The Staff Contest is getting very close to ending.  Mike Murphy has two more weekends to defend his lead.  If you have faculty or staff who want to go skydiving, get them out there so you can win that $150 instead!

Hey all you barcrawlers,

    A quick reminder that the Falling Illini barcrawl is this Wednesday, the 28th, starting at 9PM.  If you have ordered a shirt Justin will be sending out an email on when and where you can pick it up shortly. The shirts are $10 if you have yet to pay. But you do not need a shirt to come to the barcrawl.  Feel free to come just hang out with us for a while, or stay for the entire night. All are welcome!

   Our contest for the skydiver who can get the most faculty and staff to go skydiving is under way. Mike Murphy has already had 2 professors go, and I am on my way to a few as well.  There are only a few weekends left before the end of the semester, so if you want that $150 you need to get on it.

 Blue skies!

Hey Everyone, here is some more information about the barcrawl to let you all know where you can find Justin during this week to either sign up if you still need to and pay for your shirt.  First of all, the bar line up will be as follows: 

9pm  Firehaus
10pm Brother’s
11pm Murphy’s
12am Legend’s
1am  White Horse 

Justin will be hanging around the Union in the south lobby (if the weather is nice, look for him in front of the union) this week to accept money for barcrawl shirts and will have a sign-up sheet for those of you that need to sign up.  He will be wearing his Falling Illini t-shirt next to a matching sign on Tuesday 11-2, Wednesday 10-12 and Friday 10-1. We will also have a Falling Illini Booth after noon on Thursday where Daniel will be hanging out. Remember that the barcrawl is Wednesday, November 28 and shirts are $10.  He can take cash or check and the last time to sign up is Friday at 1.  For those of you that can’t make it during one of those times, be sure to email him at jatobin@uiuc.edu to let him know so he can be sure to order a few extra shirts.  He will be sending an email out after break telling you all when you can pick up your shirts.

It has been a fun two weeks!  I know everyone who came out to the Halloween party had a great time.  Congratulations to Devin Mapes, Wilson Manuel, Fred Knecht, and Tyler Shane for coming out and making their first tandem jumps! Congratulations to Yanyan Ren-Qiu, Rachel Burke, Steve Luu,  and Joe Wolff for making their first static line jumps! More congratulations to Brad Topol, Abdul Hassaballah, and Yanyan Ren-Qiu for cutting the line and making their first freefall jumps! And a big final congratualtions to Mike Murphy for winning the race and getting his A-License! Great job everyone! You all have been going crazy, I cannot believe how much you’ve been jumping! Keep it up!

Remember, whoever gets the most U of I staff to jump before school ends, gets $150.

                                 Joe Wolff and Abdul Hassaballah

                   Wilson Manuel, Fred Knecht, and Tyler Shane

                                Gary Peek and Hanna Albrecht

                              Abdul Hassaballah and Dave Shim

Hey skydivers! We are jumping out of the beautiful sky again this weekend. It’s getting colder but we’re still going!  If you want to head down with us this weekend send me your name, the day you want to go, the jump you want to do, your number, and if you can drive.  I’ll get you signed up!

I mentioned this at our last meeting but forgot to send an email about it.  November will be ”Staff Month” for skydiving.  Whichever jumper can get the most TAs, professors, deans, advisors, or other faculty to come jumping with us will receive $150.  Since I obviously sent this out late, and December is short, I will be extending it into the last few weeks of school in December.  But once finals are over so is the competition. Start talking to those teachers early and win that money!   

Hey Everyone,

   Since the weather is cooling down, we will be having a “too cold to jump barcrawl” to bring everyone together again which will take place on Wednesday, November 28, 2007.  Everyone is invited, skydivers and non-skydivers, for an incredible night of fun hosted by the bars on Green Street.  There will be shirts available for purchase to remember the event at the super cool price of $10.  Even if you can’t make it out to the barcrawl, you are more than welcome to still purchase the shirt.  Justin Tobin, our Social Chair, will be in charge of sign ups and collecting shirt orders.  Just email him at jatobin@uiuc.edu if you would like to attend and tell him what shirt size you need.  He will be on the quad a few days next week to collect money for the shirts which you can pay for by cash or check, or if you want to be really lazy, you can pay him via paypal.  Sign ups end next Friday (11/16) at noon, so don’t delay.        

Hey skydivers! The weather is cooling down, but don’t worry because we are still jumping. And will be all year! But if want to come this weekend while it’s still nice, email me your name, what day you want to go, the type of jump you want, your number, and if you can drive. I’ll get you skydiving!

Hope to hear from you! Blue skies!

The weather is cooling down a little, which will make it perfect for skydiving!  So we will be taking trips down this weekend on both Saturday and Sunday.  So if you want to go (you do), send me your name, what day you want to go, what type of jump you want to do, your number, and if you can drive. See it’s all about you, we want you to come skydive with us! 
 
Remember, no experience, training, or knowledge necessary!

Thanks for a great weekend with the Falling Illini Skydiving Club! We had a bunch of new skydivers despite the windy days.  Congratulations to Amanda Brenner, Katie Krahulec, Ryan Swearingen, Taylor Smith, Christina Virgilio, Christina Wertke, Kristina Bouzios, Felipe Westhelle, Allison Pigatto, Eric Marnul, Spencer Masterson, Sarah Phelan, Kitty Medcalf and Kyle Mansk for all coming out and making their first skydives!  They all loved it. Sorry for all of those of you who were grounded due to the wind.  We will see you this weekend hopefully!

 Katie Krahulec, Taylor Smith, and Amanda Brenner after skydiving

   Katie Krahulec, Taylor Smith, and Amanda Brenner prior to jumping

             Ryan Swearingen, Christina Virgilio, and Chrisitna Wertke

Another beautiful and very eventful weekend for the Falling Illini! Congratulations to Jeff Rohalla, Kacie Liederbach, Mostafa Dehghanpour, Audra Robinson, Alberto Moitto, Mike Deliberto, Andrew Rockway, Krysta Hanson, Jessie Pipal, Phil Street, Mark Boktor, Jason Walsh, Adam Schaedeke, Amber Rudolphi, Kevin Case, Gwen Soult, Jonathan Chino, Colleen Gibbons, Katy Pyer, Stephan Lane, Tiffany Webb, Peter Hillstrom, Matt Doyle, and David Zulkey for coming out this weekend and making their first skydives! Congratulations to Hanna Albrecht for making her first solo skydive! Also, congratulations to Laura Thompson on completing her A-License check dive! And finally, congratulations to Justin Tobin for getting his A-License! Great work everyone!

Phil Street, Jessie Pipal, Krysta Hanson, and Mark Boktor

Matt Doyle, Stephan Lane, and Katy Pyer

Hanna Albrecht

Saturday’s First Jump Class

Kacie Liederbach and Jeff Rohalla