Pike Hayride

Our first attempt at the PIKE hayride was a bust due to lovely mother nature. Thanks to our wonderful social chair, Lindsey Barker, we managed to reschedule and squeeze it in the night before Halloween. Needless to say, we all had a spooktacular time!

Everyone met up in between the houses to distribute directions and of course, watch the PIKES play catch for a bit (whats new?) After a traffic laden ride and a possible pit stop to the mall for others (hehe), we finally made it to The Bates Motel. We were a bit worried when we saw the long lines, but of course our baller status put us on the fast track right to the front of the line and on our hay-filled wagon.

It was a tight squeeze packing us all in there, but I don't think any of us were complaining too much about getting cozy with the guys. We rode along with the undead popping out of every nook and cranny, trying their best to get a scream out of us. Some of them climbed up on our deadly chariot and I think I heard that one of them even licked Rachel T's face?!?! Despite all the screams and having to dig hay out of our pants when it was all over, everyone had a blast! I'm already excited for next year's PIKE hayride!
--Jess Klementzos, Kappa Class

PHC Powderpuff Champions

For the first time in DPhiE's recent history, we conquered the title of Powderpuff Champions! As documented in previous entries, the season started off relatively easily, but the championship game was no cake-walk. To add to the drama that is PHC sports, the game went into overtime after a scoreless two halves.

With DPhiE granted first possession of overtime, quarterback Elise Krogman threw the ball into the endzone right to the hands of Curly Kate Montgomery for a touchdown. Naturally, the deephers went for an extra point, and our other QB Jess Klementzos plowed through the Mu's to gain it.
Phi Mu then got their chance to try and score against us. But, like the rest of our sports, Deepher Defense was a force to be reckoned with. The unicorns held the lions for a 7-0 victory. In case you're keeping track, that's one notch on our path to the PHC Athletic cup for 2009. Stay tuned for more victory reports to come!

A Night to Remember- Cystic Fibrosis Masquerade

Who doesn’t love doing community service on a Friday night?! On Friday October 23^rd a handful of our sisters, led by Jess Kane, our community service chair, volunteered at the Masquerade Ball on the Moshulu Restaurant which benefited our national philanthropy, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. An hour before we were supposed to leave, an older sister had all the volunteering sisters over her apartment to eat cookies and help each other look good for the first taste of Halloween this year. In her purple wig and poufy tutu, Lauren Mukalian took over painting beautiful swirling designs on her sisters’ faces, while Ali Pasquarello helped me stick jewels all around the right side of my face! Finally, decked out in crazy wigs, striped socks, and cat ears, we were ready for our drive down to Penn’s landing. Even though we were so happy just to go and volunteer, we had never expected to have just as much fun as all the guest there! Some sisters worked their salesmen skills by selling raffles to amazing donated baskets, such as flyers tickets, gym memberships, and even a Wii! Meanwhile, Kate Montgomery and I worked our own magic on the wine toss table, where guests paid to toss rings onto wine bottles and if they won, they would take the bottle home with them. Fortunately for us, this ring toss was not rigged like the one at carnivals and we ended up giving away every bottle donated! One guest, dressed as a milkmaid and accompanied by his wife the cow, played so much he won six bottles!
The night was filled with dancing guests, wonderful food, and even a costume contest. We all had so much fun meeting people, bonding with our sisters, and helping out a great cause that is so near to Delta Phi Epsilon. We left the event at 2 am with nothing but smiles on our faces and laughter in the air and with eager wishes of repeating the same event next year!
--Sim Jalon, Nu Class

Fitzy's Run

Sunday, October 25 2009

Fitzy’s Run, the Halloween 5K Run/Walk, was a truly amazing event. Lauren Fitzgerald, a Delta Phi Epsilon sister, lost her battle with a brain tumor in July 2005, at the age of twenty. I was unable to attend Fitzy’s Run last year so I was excited to get the opportunity to go this year. Impressed by the large turnout of girls, I rounded with a few other girls for the ride to Reading, PA. When we arrived at the event everyone was walking around trying to get warm and eating the delicious breakfast provided for everyone! Lauren’s big sister and an alumna Julie Herman, introduced us to a husband and wife. They told us their incredible story about how Lauren saved their lives by donating her organs. Lauren donated her heart, lungs, kidney, and liver. Hearing their stories made everyone appreciate life so much more!

Soon after we took pictures with the couple, everyone stood on the sidelines to get ready to cheer on all the women and men, teenagers, and fellow sisters running the 5K. There was also a ‘fun-run’ going on for people who wanted to run a mile. After an hour, everyone had finished completely so we all helped ourselves to the delicious lunch provided. I chatted with some of the girls who ran and I decided that I wanted to run the next 5K! I was especially impressed with one of our new members, Noy Reuveni, who won a medal!

Typically when people hear “community service” they don’t think fun. However, after being in Delta Phi Epsilon for about a year, I think we have such great events which is why so many girls come out. It’s so much fun bonding with sisters while helping out the community; you don’t realize how much it means to some!

--Sarah Diab, Nu Class