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.

DEEPHER DUDE 2010!

Deepher Dude 2010!

Deepher Dude is a huge event. When they introduced it to the Xi class, we all pictured it kind of as talent show mixed with Miss (Mister?)

America 2010. It was so much more.

The show took an incredible amount of effort; I watched the committee girls work their tails off for months in advance to plan fundraisers, coordinate decorations, find sponsors, and recruit and select the dudes.

Walking into the auditorium on the night of the event was exciting, and our entire class was anxious to sit with all the wonderful sisters and to be a part of the show as the boys rapped their hearts out to us (thank you Dustin and Luke), and their brothers (Boomer and Tim, of course), and show off their talents (props to Harshi and Olivia Newton John, and Tom). Our emcees Pam and Elise entertained us all night and laughed with us at the contestants (really, have you ever seen somebody smash fruit in front of 300 people?).

The entire night was a blast, but the most touching part was easily the film shown of John Hollin, a man who ha

s battled cystic fibrosis for many years. The Xi class knew that what we were helping to fundraise for was an amazing cause, we’ve helped CFF help others, but this night created a whole new appreciation for our philanthropy and for our hard-working sisters, who donated so many hours of their time to make this event as amazing as it was.

Deepher Dude 2010 was a huge success, and I’m so glad I got to be a part of it. Even more so, I’m curious to see how long it takes Deepher Dude 2010 Joey D to stop fist pumping…

-Christina DeLuca, Xi Class

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

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