Brotherly News: APhiO Delta Gamma's Review of Fall and Winter Quarters

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Brothers build for family in needOn February 19 and 20,

65 Delta Gamma brotherstraveled to Parkersburg,W.Va. with Alpha Phi Omegato participate in WoodCounty’s 56th Habitat or

Humanity build.Te brothers helped to

raise the our walls o thehome that will belongto the Franklin Family on Saturday and Sunday assisted in adding tressesand sheeting to the roo.

“It was amazing towitness rst-hand theaccomplishments o our

hard-work and team-work. Te people rom

Habitat were some o themost kind-hearted peopleI have ever met, and theirbelie in our abilities wasabsolutely contagious,”said volunteer and Alpha

Phi Omega member ReneeLewis.

Habitat or HuGwen Miles was to see young aces. “wonderul to have people involved in ano service to our comm

It’s something that I rst came here I n

that a lot o the generations were the contributors to any kservice or volunteMiles said in an artFox WAP.

Wood County Hor Humanity celeboth its 20th anniv

and reaching 50 builds in

Winter Quartervents:

aculty pageant fort. Jude Children’sospital

K to benet Myster’s Place

view of Fall and Winter quarters

Dual rush prepares chapter for semest

Te conclusion o all andwinter quarters marks thecompletion o our chapter’sgoal to successully completea dual rushinitiating one

pledge class in Novemberand another in March.Tis project was put intoaction due to the large sizeo recent pledge classes andthe upcoming switch tosemesters.

Our chapter initiatedapproximately 100 newbrothers all quarter and willactivate another 100 at theend o winter quarter.

Carly Wiita, a sophomore atOhio University who pledgedWinter 2009, expressedconcern about the amount o people pledging, but believed

that the dual rush conceptwas a necessary step or ourchapter.“I think it’s helpul to startthe dual rush this year so thatwhen we get to semesters,we’ll know how to handle it,”she said.

Junior Emily Zarack alsodiscussed her opinions onthe matter.

“Dual rush isn’t necessarily

a bad thing, but we dona lot o time to get toour brothers, let alonespecically, when we two pledge classes ba

back,” she said.o combat this ear,

are encouraged to plaattend ellowship o their own, in adto those they wouldotherwise attended.

Tis transition is aimaking Alpha Phi Othe best organization ipossibly be while prebrothers or the uture

By Melissa Pennington

Habitat volunteers hammer in nails to sup-port the rst wall raised in the Franklinhouse.

By Meghan Tinker

ewly Elected011-2012ecutive Board:

sident: J.P. Zakrajsekasurer: Renee Lewisoard:

sten Masonah Clouse. Balesvice Chairs:phanie Bricklebankah Csongei

kie Walshnica Ruscherblic Relations:ie Lathropvice Week:ren Mccoulgh

na Zurchinowship:sie Shortridgea Liebermanernal Relations:ni Gareldards:si Burkhartbudsman:h Brink

well Bergh: Chelsea Wylie

hio University’s Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega



THURSDAYAPhiO brother Jill Carlson presented a “How tobe a Sustainable Bro” workshop. She explainedthe importance o going green and staying local.She brought in baked goods rom the VillageBakery, which uses all local products. Jill alsobrought Snowville Creamery, a local dairy arm,milk to wash down the local treats.

s we prepare to welcome our newve board in the spring, we wouldtake a nal chance to honor our

hip rom the past year. Te 2010-resident Laura Hopkins shared someAPhiO experience.

your f avorite APhiO memory?

pledge process, I loved everythingt. I know it sounds really cliché buthadn’t ound my place yet at OU

ecided to rush. Winter quarter o shman year I got so indulged in theservice project and I met a lot o

It was the perect t.”made you want to become President?

really involved in the pledge processge service chair with Angela, and it

me want to be even more involved.

I kept taking on leadership positions withRelay or Lie and Membership. I also knewa lot about the organization and how itunctioned. I saw a need or change andI wanted to make them. I love taking onleadership positions in this organization soit was just the next step.”What was your biggest challenge as

President?

“Implementing the risk managementpolicy has denitely been the most dicultthing so ar. It’s something other chaptersand organizations have and have to do.We never had a solid policy, and our

organization is so large that I ound itnecessary to have one. Dealing with others’opinions and dislikes o the policy was alsovery hard. “

What was your favorite thing about being

President? “I would say being able to implement

change and being able to take an objectivelook on the chapter as a whole has beenreally great. I like being able to see whatwe need to do and being the one to x it.Getting to know everyone in the chapterhas been really great too. As president youhave more exposure to everyone in thechapter rather than just a committee.”What do you want APhiO to remember you

for? “I just want to be remembered as a president

who was involved and available and willingto help people. We’ve had presidents in thepast that didn’t really ulll the shoes thatthey needed to ll. I want people to see thatI did ever ything I could or our chapter.”

erview with ‘10- ‘11 President Laura Hopkinskie Walsh

l ashback: Service Week Highlights

e, Reuse, and Recycle - Service Week 2010about making our community eco-riendly.

e week co-chairs Dani Gareld and Annardt planned a ull week o un-lled serviceunities, all with the goal to make Athense rest o Ohio a greener place.

NDAYbrothers started the week

ng the Community Foodatives (CFI) plant apple treeslean out the Glouster Gardens.works to sustainably provide

or the community via seedg, composting, community

ens, edible schoolyards, and

tions.

TUESDAYAPhiO got in shape with a delicious undraiser.Brothers made smoothies by peddling a bicyclewith a blender on the back. Te bicycle peddlesturn the blender propellers allowing smoothies tobe made without electricity. Later that night brosgot creative painting ceiling tiles that were donated

to the Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio.

WEDNESDAYBros hit the streets o Athens toexchange students’ incandescent lightbulbs with energy ecient compactorescent lights (CFL). All CFL’s weredonated by the Oce o Sustainability.Volunteers also collected plastic bagsto recycle. Wednesday evening, brosmade recycled notebooks. Tey usedcardboard rom packaged goods,such as cereal boxes, or covers. Paper

came rom either recycling bins or wasdonated by brothers. Te raternity made 241 notebooks that were donatedto Athens Local School District.

FRIDAYBros visited a local Athenselementary school to teach alesson on the “3 R’s.” Te kidswere able to make “litter bugs”made rom recycled materials.APhiO also tabled outside o Baker or the Ecohouse Digest.Te Ecohouse Digest is a listserv the Oce o Sustainability usesto promote eco-riendly eventsaround Southeastern Ohio.

By Jenna Miller

When one considers the three tenants o Alpha PhiOmega – leadership, riendship, and service- who are therst brothers that come to mind? For me, one o thesebrothers is exiting senior Jayna Pappas. As a co-ellowshipchair, Janya is an extraordinary brother. Jayna was amember o the Winter 2009 pledge class.

Jayna’s avorite service moment was helping ACOmembers make a sympathy card or another ACO

member whose amily member had passed away.“It was touching how they were so compassionate,”

Jayna remembers. oJayna, being a leadermeans being able to guideher brothers in positive

ways toward common goals. Her advice to new pledges isto step up and take a leadership position in the raternity because it can make you eel empowered.

For rising seniors, her advice is to make a ootprint withinAPhiO. Being an active brother is important, trying to turnsomething into a legacy will really help you to make yourmark. Jayna will graduate with a degree in English witha communications minor. Afer graduation, she is hoping

to work at a summer camp in New HampshirSpain to teach. Jayna says that she will missto work withall the greatp e o p l ea r o u n dAthens and,o course, my brothers!”

One o Jayna’s littles,C h e l s e a

Wylie, said,“Jayna hasbeen oneo the bestparts o my exp er ien cein APhiO.I eel like Ican trust her with anything and she is so muaround!”

“Jayna has been oneof the best parts of

my experience inAPhiO.”

By Katie Lathrop

On March 8, Alpha Phi Omega will host their secondannual Faculty Pageant to raise money or the St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital, a hospital devoted toadvancing cures and means o prevention or pediatriccatastrophic diseases.

Tis year’s pageant will honor5-year-old Ava Nichols, who wasdiagnosed with a brain tumor in2010, and is currently undergoingtreatment at the St. Jude Hospital inMemphis, en. Ava and her amily will be present at the pageant andwill speak about their experience

with St. Jude Hospital. At the end o the event, Ava will be crowned thepageant queen.

“Te Faculty Pageant was created last year by my winter pledge class, where we raised nearly $500 or theSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said Eric Horton,

a co-ounder o the Faculty Pageant. “Grace LI are organizing this year’s aculty pageant in we will be able to raise twice as much moneylast year,” Horton continued.

Competing in the pageant will be APhiO adSuhr rom the Psychology dalong with Matt Vosler, RecrSports Pedagogy; MichelleManning, Residentinal HouHarold Perkins, Geography.

Ava Nichols was diagnoseinoperable brain tumor last she was our years old. She

energetic, and LOVES aylor -------o learn more

Nichols, visit her website at www.avanichols.oher Facebook group, “Love and prayers or Nichols.”

St. Jude patient to be honored at Faculty Pagean

Senior Prole: Fellowship Superstar Jayna Pappas

By Becca Reif



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Alpha Phi Omega’s Annual 5k:Race to Raise funds for My Sisters Place

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Brotherly News: APhiO Delta Gamma's Review of Fall and Winter Quarters