The Philanthropic Assembly proudly continues the rebellious tradition of Society father David Gillespie, who led the organization to break away from the Debating Society just twenty-nine days after its foundation. The Phis follow the ideal of libertas (hinting at a long-standing point of disagreement between the two Societies) in addition to the old Di values of virtus and scientia. Phi Speaker Andrew Forbes currently leads the Phis in the continual search for self-betterment. Find a list of current active Philanthropic Senators below. The Philanthropic Constitution may be viewed here.
Angus Ewington, Senator
Fourth Year | Philosophy and Mathematics
Joined: August 9th, 2020
“I’m da joker baby.”
– Drew Russell
Madeline Nielsen, Senator
Fourth Year | Latin and Entrepreneurship
Joined: April 29th, 2021
“‘Influencer’ is such a sinister title. It’s got all the menace of ‘royal adviser’ but none of the raw sex appeal.”
– the internet
Ben Wilson, Senator
Third Year | Political Science
Joined: October 11th, 2021
“We marveled at nature and drew comfort from trees that had weathered storms for decades and still stood strong; their endurance reassured us.”
– Luke Adam Hawker
Marie Thorn, Joint Senate President
Third Year | History and Peace, War, & Defense
Joined: November 1st, 2021
“If one is fortunate, those paths will for a time join. But if paths separate, it is comforting to know that a friend still graces the universe with his skills, and his viewpoint, and his present. For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone.”
– Mitth’raw’nuruodo Kivu’raw’nuru
Gianluca Ciuffreda, Senator
Third Year | Information Science
Joined: November 1st, 2021
“There has never been a sadness that can’t be cured by breakfast food.”
– Ron Swanson
Alex Rhinehalt, Senator
Second Year | Political Science
Joined: November 15th, 2021
“Like Barack Obama, I have been seduced by long legged socialists.”
– Unnamed Senator
Maddox Addy, Clerk
Second Year | Sociology and Political Science
Joined: February 28th, 2022
“I comprehended that it was my task: to make difficulties everywhere.”
– Søren Kierkegaard
Andrew Forbes, Phi Speaker
First Year | Public Policy and Political Science
Joined: September 12th, 2022
“Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities.”
– Jane Jacobs
Ryan Kalo, Senator
Second Year | Religious Studies and Linguistics
Joined: October 3rd, 2022
“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.”
– Simone de Beauvoir
Dillon Page, Senator
First Year | Sociology and Anthropology
Joined: October 10th, 2022
“Did you know I’m utterly insane?”
– Patrick Bateman
Zenith Jarrett, Senator
First Year
Joined: October 17th, 2022
“If you should see a man walking down a crowded street, talking aloud to himself… don’t run in the opposite direction, but run towards him. For he is a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet but the truth.”
– Ted Joans
Maximilian Alexander Peklo, Senator
Second Year | Psychology
Joined: March 20th, 2023
Ethan Crook, Senator
Second Year | Computer Science and Physics
Joined: March 20th, 2023
