Bid Day 2009!

Bid Day 2009 was one of the most incredible Bid Days I've witnessed in my years in DPhiE. As a senior, I was getting nervous for 2009 recruitment, knowing the new class would be the next step in the future of the Delta Epsilon chapter. I had beein studying abroad during the previous Fall Recruitment, so this year's was filled with mixed emotions knowing it would be my last one. Despite the grey, rainy morning, the day went extraordinarily well. Recruitment was long and exciting, and the hard work put in by the entire chapter was proved to thoroughly be worth it as DPhiE welcome the 29 deep Xi class. Not only is this the such a large class, but we set the bar for recruitment this year (Great job Wetzel, Jess K and Candice!!).

For the first time, I was able to join the exclusive group (usually held for seniors) to go down to the Creese Center to watch as the Rho Chis reveal their letters and girls open their bids for the first time. I recalled back when I first sat there, holding that masked bid in my hand anxiously looking around at who held similarly shaped envelopes and what our future held. To be on the other end for the first time to see girls screaming and jumping and balling their eyes out, rekindled just how excited I felt to know I too had once been chosen to be a member of this incredible group of women. 28 beautiful women (unfortunately one Xi could not make bid day) excitedly ran towards our chapter, crying and hugging, and exclaiming their joy, and the feeling of sisterhood among these women could be felt instantaneously.

As the Xis entered our home, their home, everything felt right. All of our hard work had paid off. Pam, finally returned to her chapter, continued the traditional comedy as she introduced the lovely ladies to their chapter...and of course there were more tears (a new traditional for Kate maybe?). Later in the evening portion of Bid Day, we took a trip that few expected, nor knew what to think. We were going roller skating, rented the whole jawn out and everything. Thanks to requests such as "7th grade Luda" the roller rink became a haven of nostalgia. Although there were a few brusies and bumps, too many falls to count, and even an injured wrist, this one was Bid Day that will certainly never be forgotten. We rocked recruitment this year, DPhiE's on it ladies.

A few years back, we thought they "didn't make em like [us] anymore," well the Xis proved us wrong, with an amazing group 29 deep. Holler Deephers.

Mad Love

J

--Jessie Cohen, Eta Class

Bid Day Roller Skating!

Saturday afternoon and our newest DPhiE's arrived! Sisters and New Members came back to the house around 6:30 pm for pizza, bonding, and an AMAZING purple cake made by the lovely Roxy Rusek. We watched the blooper reel from our recruitment video and our winning stroll and talent show performances from Greek Week 2009 (obviously the girls were wowed and can't wait for GW'10..lol) About 9 pm everyone packed into cars and we made our way to CNN Skate rink in PA... most of us made it there without a hitch.. other cars ended up in Delaware???!! (everyone made it one piece, eventually).

Skating was a huge hit... literally... Ellie Woodward skated so hard she smacked into a wall (no, we don't have photographic evidence, but oh do we wish we did!) Imagine a typical 10-year old roller-skating birthday party...with 20-year old party guests. We did the chicken dance, we played skating games, and even jammed to Miley Cyrus and other teeny-bopper tunes. Visits from alumna Nicole Murray and Dineen Williams made the night even more special. New Member period for the Xis "rolled" off to a great start!

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-Pamela Lowy, Kappa Class

Making cookies for recruitment

The amazing cookies from recruitment were made by Marissa and her minion…. I mean sisters. Lol I had the best time making those cookies! Seriously! Even tho I was only there for the second day of cookie making. When I got there Susanna, Noelle, and Meagan C were rolling the dough and pressing the cookie cutters into it. They would then pass them over the Marissa’s friend who was putting them in the oven. I felt like I was in a little bakery. On the other side of the room were Candice and Marissa preparing the icing. Eventually Simone came over to help out. With Dave Mattews playing in the background we laughed, baked cookies, painted on the colorful icing, ate some dough along the way, and had some good sisterly bonding.

-Courtney Furman, Nu Class

"Be the Change" Community Service Event

The Be the Change event was great! The sisters that came were Myself, Michelle Shaft, Jessie Cohen, Deepa Patel, and Elise Krogman. It started off with sign ups and two speeches in the quad. We then split in to our groups and got free Dunkin Donuts bagels (so good!) Our group was assigned 34th street and so we pretty much got to cleaned up our own Greek Row mess. It was a good time. We had gloves, brooms, and brown paper garbage bags. We picked up so much garbage we had to call another group over to use their bag to keep on cleaning. It was a hot day and at the end of our cleaning adventure it started to rain lightly which was nice and cooling. Over all we felt proud that we cleaned up the street and would all do it again next year.

- Courtney Furman, Nu Class