The Delta Zeta Volume 3 Issue 2

Off to a Great Start!

Delta Zeta

Leadership

and

Service!

2-

3

Delta Zeta

Friendship!

4

Delta Zeta

Rush!

5

Meet the

Pledges!

6

Blast From

the Past!

7

October

Fellowship

and Service

Schedule!

8

The Delta Zeta O C T O B E R 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 V O L U M E 3 I S S U E 2

What a great start APO has

had this semester! The new

Pledges, the Brothers, and the

exec board have been firing on all

cylinders to make the last month

the best it could possibly be. The

Service Forum is buzzing with

projects found by our wonderful

VP Service, Kaitlin Douglass and

her Service Committee. The

Brothers have been competing in

randomly selected groups to see

who can have the most fun thanks

to our VP Fellowship David

Bautista and the Fellowship Com-

mittee.. Our VP Membership

Gurbani Chawla has already been

spearheading events for Brothers,

including a welcome-back potluck,

and has an epic, epic Membership

Retreat planned (LASER. TAG.)

Frank Reed Horton wanted

APO to continuously expand:

“gradually in the colleges and uni-

versities of all the nations.” In this

spirit, our chapter has been serv-

ing as the Big Brother chapter to

Temple University, where the

Zeta Iota chapter hopes to re-

charter. We have sent two

Pledge Educators, Mike Petkun

and Rachel Ashton, to show them

the ropes. We have high hopes

that Zeta Iota will find success and

flourish at Temple.

As always, a major fundraiser is

also being planned: this semester

fundraiser chairs Muyi Li and

Christian de Luna have some

ideas about integrating the

fundraiser into Penn’s “Year

of Games.”

But of course, the most

important part of any semes-

ter’s start is Rush. We are

thrilled that Pledge Educators

Dan Kim and Nini Lee have

worked so hard to make this

semester’s Rush a suc-

cess. With 35 new Pledges,

the Alpha Omicron class is

excited and ready to learn,

grow, bond, and, most of all,

serve. Already the Fellow-

ship Calendar is full of Pledge

-hosted Fellowships, and

many Pledges have already

begun decorating their note-

books and spending quality

time with Brothers and each

other. Thanks also to Big/

Little Coordinator Jason Lee

for a well-run Rush Final

Mixer and to Mike Rivera for

designing Rush flyers that

could only be described as

HARDCORE.

Nikila’s new website

looks spiffy, Mifta is keep-

ing us honest with SAC

and CHAC, Steph’s min-

utes are organized and

color-coded for your con-

venience, Jen is running an

apparel contest (DON’T

FORGET TO SUBMIT

DESIGNS!!) Charley is

excited to take your hard-

earned cash, and my chap-

ter history is up and

online!

And last but not least,

our fearless leader Omar

Khan has been pushing us

all to deliver the best pro-

gram possible.

Here’s to Alpha Phi

Omega...and here’s to

another great month of

leadership, friendship, and

service!

In LFS,

Matt Catalano

Chapter Historian

(Photo by Christian de

Luna at the Morris Park

Service Project)

The official

newsletter of

Alpha Phi

Omega’s

Delta Zeta

Chapter

Leadership

Friendship

Service

P A G E 2 V O L U M E 3 I S S U E 2

Delta Zeta Leadership and Service! (Left) APO got up in the wee hours of the

morning to cook brunch at the local

Ronald McDonald House! Thanks to VP

Service Kaitlin Douglass for organizing this

great event!

Pictured: Christine Alea of the Alpha Nu

class letting her inner child run free at the

Ronald McDonald House! Thanks to Khoi

Vo for the picture!

(Below) APO Brothers volunteering

to help out at the Rock and Roll

Half-Marathon!

APO did everything from organize

racers at the start line to handing

out medals at the finish line!

In this picture: Harry Subramanian,

Khoi Vo, Elaine Zhang, Melanie Lei,

Katlin Luu, and Lori Luo!

Thanks to Muyi Li for the picture!

T H E D E L T A Z E T A

Delta Zeta Leadership and Service!

P A G E 3

APO in action!!

Shots of Brothers and Rushes performing invasive removal at the Rush

Service Project at Morris Park!!

All photos submitted by Christian de Luna (thanks!)

You too can have your photos featured in the next newsletter: send

them to [email protected] or upload them directly to the

Tumblr: http://upennapo.tumblr.com

V O L U M E 3 I S S U E 2 P A G E 4

Delta Zeta Friendship!

Brothers and Pledges digging in over Fall Break!

David Bautista cooked this delicious meal for the APOers who were spending the break on campus!

(Left) Ernest Owens, Steph Huang, Marty Pico and Elisa Baek (Right) Nicolette Sookar and Iris Yao

(Right:) Some of the Brothers in the Random Fellowship

Group Zhang Zhang Revolution earning points for their

team in the dead of night by getting their picture with the

very first Ivy Day Stone! From left: Pratima Bhattacharyya,

Matt Catalano, To-Nhu Huynh, and Alex Hosenball

(Left ) Brothers meeting to watch the hit TV show Castle!

In this picture To-Nhu Huynh, David Bautista, Gurbani

Chawla, Pratima Bhattacharyya, Alex Hosenball, Tiffany

Tan, and Steph Huang enjoy a commercial break!

T H E D E L T A Z E T A P A G E 5

Delta Zeta Rush! Thanks to Pledge Educators Dan Kim and Nini

Lee for a fun-filled Rush process! Here are

some pics of Rushes and Brothers meeting,

bonding, and having a good time!

V O L U M E 3 I S S U E 2 P A G E 6

Meet the Pledges!

Delta Zeta, meet your future Brothers! The Alpha Omicron Pledge Class, pictured above with some

Brothers at Morris Park! Thanks to Khoi Vo for this great picture!

Don’t worry guys. They’re just as into Pokémon as we are.

Pictured: Marty Pico with his Pokédex /Pledge Notebook.

T H E D E L T A Z E T A P A G E 7

Blast From the Past!

(Thanks to Nancy Miller of the University Archives for finding this!)

P A G E 8

Mark Your Calendars!

Fellowship Schedule:

Every Sunday:

9PM Quizzo in the Harnwell Dungeon

Every Monday:

12PM Eat lunch with Bros and Pledges at Kings Court Dining Hall!

8PM Watch How I Met Your Mother in Rodin 1607

10PM Watch Castle in Harrison 10th Floor Lounge

Every Wednesday:

12PM Eat lunch with Bros and Pledges at Kings Court Dining Hall!

Every Thursday:

9PM Watch Extras with Zhang Zhang Revolution!

October 15th:

4PM Make costumes for the Big/Little Unveiling!

5PM Birthday cake with Ernest!

October 18th:

6PM See Zach Weiner, cartoonist extraordinaire

October 22nd:

8PMPenn Symphony Concert

10:45PM BROOMBALL!!!

October 23rd:

1PM August Osage County at Arden Theater

November 5th:

5:45PM Alumni Homecoming Event! Dinner followed by Karaoke!

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Major October Service Projects:

October 15th:

KIPP Philadelphia School Beautification

Mill Creek Farm

Old First Food Cupboard

UC Green Chestnut Street Planting

Apple Picking With Saturday Academy

October 16th:

Philly AIDS Run/Walk

PAWS

Miles For Smiles 5K Run

October 18th:

Books Through Bars

October 22nd:

Habitat for Humanity Build

CHORDS Service Projects

October 23rd:

CHORDS Service Projects

October 24th:

MANNA Food Preparation

October 27th:

Mayfair Memorial Playground Build

Plus Soup Kitchens 6 nights a week, ABP Pickups, Blood

Drives, and any projects that YOU (yes you!) want to plan

and lead!!

Thanks for reading the newsletter!

Send any questions or comments

to:

Matt Catalano, Historian

[email protected]

And don’t forget to submit photos

to http://upennapo.tumblr.com

V O L U M E 3 I S S U E 2

***Fellowship and Service dates are

tentative and subject to change,

find out the most up-to-date infor-

mation at Brotherhood meetings

and in the weekly minutes!***