Alpha Delta Pi

Christmas is a time full of beautiful decorations that cover houses with lights, wreaths, and tacky Santa Clauses. It seems nowadays everyone decorates for the holiday season, even universities Greek life. One night last year during holiday season, a member of Alpha Delta Pi decided to play a practical joke on the fraternity boys who were trying to be festive. A group of girls decided to sneak out late, and steal a Christmas reef. A harmless prank that was supposed to be nothing more than funny. Not everyone saw it as an innocent stunt, which caused her to find herself sitting face to face with Kathryn Trent in a standards hearing. Sororities have always had strict rules that can have serious consequences if broken. They manage to have precise system in place where someone is appointed to make sure rules are enforced. In the Alpha Delta Pi house, we call this person the Director of Standards and Ethics, or Kathryn Trent. Her positon in the house entitles her to manage the wellness…

Although academics have always been a top priority, I also have participated in various activities and organizations throughout my undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University. I am heavily involved in the Zeta Lambda chapter of Alpha Delta Pi, where we host numerous philanthropic events to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Outside of academics, I have dedicated most of my free time to my officer position at Alpha Delta Pi and volunteering with RMHC to ensure that families…

Can Diamonds be Girls’ Best Friend? What do you think when you think of sororities? For most people outside of the greek system you think of iconic movies such as House Bunny, Legally Blonde or Sydney White. Though these movies are entertaining, they do not accurately depict what it actually means to be in a sorority and all the benefits you can receive. I joined my sorority Alpha Delta Pi here at the University of South Carolina a little over a year ago and I can truly say it has been the best…

socioeconomic boundaries. My ability to communicate effectively through written and spoken word is one of my significant strengths. That is what a well-rounded education can provide for a person, and part of what I seek from graduate school. I am an exemplary student, as my academic career presents. I maintain a high grade point average, and I am on the Dean’s List every semester. On an intrapersonal level, I continuously grow in my work ethic, my critical thinking, and my analysis skills.…

Other than representing the Greek alphabet, the letters, alpha, beta, gamma, and along with the others, have many other meanings. Below are the Greek letters and their many meanings. Alpha: Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α). In both zoology and sociology, alpha describes of the lead of the group. In astrology, alpha is the first and brightest star in a constellation. In chemistry, it is one of two or more isomeric compounds. Beta: Beta is the second letter of the Greek…

African heritage as Americans, the common element of these persons is their affiliation to one of the organizations of the Dive Nine. The “Divine Nine” consist of predominantly black international organizations of college trained men and women known as fraternities and sororities. Beginning with Alpha Phi Alpha in 1906, Alpha Kappa Alpha 1908, Kappa Alpha Psi 1911, Omega Psi Phi 1911, Delta Sigma Theta 1913, Phi Beta Sigma 1914, Zeta Phi Beta 1920, Sigma Gamma Rho 1922, and Iota Phi Theta…

She is the finance assistant for Alpha Sigma Tau sorority. Paige Ip is a junior on the homecoming court. She is an integrated marking communications major from Meridian Mississippi. Ip’s campus involvements includes, serving as the vice president for the student government association and Beta Beta Beta, Blue Key and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies. During 2014, Ip was crowned Miss UWA and Miss Paragon. “I’ve earned multiple titles throughout my life, but homecoming court is the one that…

Basketball, at MSU Denver with the Access Center’s Ambassador Program or as an officer of Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society. I also have a passion to travel and had been to forty-seven states and one country by the time I was fifteen. Unfortunately, I am still at forty-seven states but have now been to eleven countries as of last summer. Long term, I want to get a management position where I am able to relocate across the globe and be able to spend time in as many places as possible. I love going to…

caught participating in misconduct (www.greekrank.com). One of the few organizations is Sigma Alpha Epsilon…

There are several different reasons why I want to be an Alpha man. The word Alpha is defined as the leader of the pack. The fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. resemble that exact definition, by being the first African American Greek organization ever to be formed. Not only were they the first African America Greek organization, but to me, I see an alpha man as successful and educated, one prime example of that would be Martin Luther King Jr. These are some qualities I feel I have acquired…