The Delta Zeta

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The official newsletter of Alpha Phi Omegas Delta Zeta Chapter

Welcome Back!
Hey all, I hope that this summer has given us all a much-needed rest, so that we can redouble our efforts for the upcoming year. Last year, our brotherhood became more united than ever, and we all pushed ourselves to do more service, and to attend more fellowship and membership events. Our beloved VP Service Matt Lanza found out that both as a collective and individually, we improved the amount of community service we did dramatically, which is greatly highlighted by both his and Kaitlin Douglass efforts with over 70 hours each, as well as the many members with over 50 hours. As a brotherhood, we established many ways to improve involvement and had very active participation in the different committees. By having somewhat of a friendly, yet competitive feeling in APO, we all helped each other help the community. We can all be proud for the work we did last semester. eager to start working to make APO even better this semester. But the semester is in the past, and we have a very strong exec board, In Kaitlin, Gurbani and David Bautista we have great VPs. Kaitlin has already done an amazing job this summer getting service projects in line for us, and I know that she will bring fun and new Matt Cat has already done a phenomenal job as historian over the summer and Im sure hell continue doing so. There are clearly many ideas to talk about, and many other eager members of exec that will bring all of their excitement with them, but well get to that as the semester gets underway. As for me, as President, I will continue to try to improve the transparency between the executive board and the brotherhood, and will do my best to get everyone involved in one way or another. Lets pick up where we left off last semester; lets push each other to always do more. I challenge you all, as well as myself, to do even more service than last semester, and always try to help your fellow brother, and human being through Leadership, Friendship and Service. Cant wait to see you all, and to get the semester underway, Omar Khan

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Blast From 8 the Past! September 9 Rush and Service Schedule!

ideas to the table, such as a Kindergarten Reading Day, or more hands-on projects. Gurbani is currently looking into another laser tag event, skiing, high-ropes courses and as a collective well help her decide which to choose. And David is opening up a fellowship spreadsheet where we can brainstorm for different events. Im sure he has great things planned for us. We also cant help but feel excited about Jason Lees big/ little ideas such as Big/Little Assassins, Snowman building, and Water pong tournament. Dan and Nini have also been planning long and hard for the Alpha Omicrons, theyll need our enthusiasm to keep making APO a better fraternity.

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Summer Leadership and Service!

Big/Little Matt Catalano and Ben Watkins spent the summer teaching at the Breakthrough Collaborative: Matt in Philadelphia and Ben in San Francisco! Breakthrough Philly is now hiring teachers for their academic year-program, let Matt know if youre interested!

(Left) SAC/CHAC Rep Mifta Chowdhury went to Bangladesh with the Penn Microfinance Club and worked with two organizations that provide loans and services to the impoverished there! (Right) Brother Christian de Luna hosted a project at Mill Creek Farm on June 25th! Christian, Harry Subramanian, Khoi Vo, YuJin Chung and General Lee (Theta Upsilon Chapter) spent the day turning dirt with pitchforks and making it fallow so it can better grow local Philly produce! Then they took a tour of the farm and saw a cool mural (pictured)! (Not Pictured) VP Fellowship David Bautista worked with Penn Sem this summer in San Francisco at the Rubicon Bakery which employs and aids hard to hire workers!

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Summer Friendship!
(Left) Nothing says APO Fellowship like Karaoke! Brothers at a SEPTA station on their way to go sing their hearts out! (Front): Jen Kwok, Khoi Vo, Steven Chen, Dan Kim (Back): Matt Catalano, Brian Lee, Christian de Luna, Emily Xue and Harry Subramanian (Photo by Steph Huang)

(Right) Brothers Brian Garcia and Simone Gadpaille know that the best fun is edible! Here they are making a cake before shipping Brian off to China!

(Left) Brothers enjoying a meal together in Philly! From left: Brittany Atuahene, Gurbani Chawla, Tiffany Tan, Lori Luo and Steph Huang

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DZ Around the World!

Many Brothers spent the summer adventuring around the globe! On this page: Vincent Qi of the Alpha Nu class visited over 20 cities in China in the span of 40 days. He was gracious enough to share some of the beautiful pictures he took on this journey!

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DZ Around the World!

(Above) Alpha Nu Rita Shen (right) submitted this photo of her and Yang Hu hanging out together in Beijing, China!

(Right) Brothers Melanie Lei and Will Leung having fun in Ocean Park, Hong Kong! Photo submitted by Melanie Lei!

(Left) Brother Seulgi Choi of the Alpha Xi class was in South Korea this summer, where she spent most of her time defacing priceless artwork! Actually, its a picture at the 2011 Trick Art Exhibition in Seoul! Thanks for the pic Seulgi!

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DZ Around the World!

Thanks to Michelle Luong for submitting these great summer photos! Left: Brothers David Bautista, Jane Cheng, and Michelle Luong enjoying Coney Island in New York City! Note Michelle rocking her super-fly Alpha Nu Class T-shirt!

Right: Two non-APO friends, along with Michelle and Bryan Cheung of the Alpha Xi class having fun at Ocean Park in Hong Kong!

Left: Jane and Michelle posing at the harbor in Hong Kong! **You too can have pictures featured in future newsletters!** Submit them to: apoexec.historian@gmail.com http://upennapo.tumblr.com

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New Website (CHECK IT OUT)!

Its a great day for the Delta Zeta chapter! We now have our VERY OWN website domain name! Check it out now at http://www.upennapo.org For consistency, the Historian Tumblrs domain name has also changed: it is now: http://upennapo.tumblr.com Many thanks to our new Webmaster Nikila Dandapani for putting in the time and energy to design a website which will hopefully last for years to come! Below: A preliminary screenshot from the new website:

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Blast From the Past!

In 1947, only two years after chartering at Penn, the Delta Zeta chapter snapped these photographs. Above is a rush event, below is that years initiation ceremony. Both likely took place in Houston Hall, where our chapter held its meetings and had its own office at the time. The face of our Brotherhood has certainly changed, but at least we still use the same goats head at all of our Rush events! (Source: Penn Record, 1947)

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Mark Your Calendars!

Rush Schedule: September 13-15: Rush Information Sessions September 17: Rush Service Project September 20: Dessert Potluck September 23: Rush Fellowship September 24: Final Mixer September 30: Pledge Retreat Stay tuned to our wonderful Pledge Eds Dan Kim and Nini Lee for more Rush details! Dont forget we need a strong Brotherhood presence at ALL Rush events!

Major September Service Projects: September 11th: UC Green September 17th: Rush Service Project September 18th: Rock and Roll Philly HalfMarathon September 18th: Rubyes House Birthday Party September 24: Saturday Academy September 25th: Yardwork at KIPP School September 25th: First PAWS Event Plus lots of soup kitchens and any projects that you (YES YOU) want to create and lead! ***Service and Rush dates are tentative and subject to change, find out the most up-to-date information at Brotherhood meetings and in the weekly minutes!***

Thanks for reading the first newsletter! Send any questions or comments to: Matt Catalano, Historian apoexec.historian@gmail.com
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