Deepher Dude 2011

This year our annual philanthropy for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation was the most successful in Delta Epsilon history. The participants this year were 12 outstanding gentleman from ΣΦΕ, ΑΕΠ, ΑΧΡ, ΘΧ, ΛΧΑ, ΠΚΦ, ΠΚΨ, ΤΚΕ, ΠΚΑ, ΣΒΡ, ΣΑΜ, and a former ΣΑΕ. From our first meeting with them back in November, it was evident that every single guy was “in it to win it”. The wannabe Deepher Dudes put together fundraisers such as bake sales in front of the DPhiE house, or hot dag sales in their chapter room during “weekend festivities”. The day of the show, it was announced the top fundraiser was Tyrus McCartney from Pi Kappa Phi, who individually donated over $2200!

The theme for the show was The Search for Drexel’s FINEST Man. The acronym FINEST determined the acts for the contestants to compete in for the crown. For F, the guys had 30 seconds to prove just how funny they were; I- a sudden death trivia competition to prove their intelligence, N-limbo to show off how nimble they are; E-enthusiastic (it was announced how much money each contestant raised); S-the gentleman and their Delta Phi Epsilon escorts danced to show off their suaveness; and finally T- the guys worked hard to prepare their 2-minute talents.

The event, held in Drexel’s Main Auditorium, had approximately 600 people in attendance! This year, we encouraged all chapters to come out and support the event with the incentive of a Wii to both the chapter who had the greatest number of members in attendance (Delta Zeta) and the chapter with the greatest percentage of active members (Lambda Chi Alpha). This year’s Deepher Dude Coordinator, Emma Breitkreutz (Kappa) definitely proved her event-planning abilities by organizing one of the biggest events on Drexel’s Campus.