alpha xi delta winter 09 edition

8/8/2019 Alpha Xi Delta Winter 09 Edition

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This past Saturday, Feb. 14, membersof Ohio University and the Athens

community roughed the cold to raisemoney for Special Olympics athletesfrom Ohio. This event, the Polar BearPlunge, is one of the Special Olympicsbiggest fundraisers each year.

The second annual Polar Bear Plungeat OU, held at Dow Lake at StroudsRun, was titled Freezin for a Reasonand hosted by the fraternity Phi KappaTheta and the OU Police Department.Freezin for a Reason was the first ofeight Polar Bear Plunges in Ohio.

The event is structured like a walk-a-

thon, where teams raise money prior tothe event in order to have one or moremembers plunge into the water.Participants at OU needed to raise aminimum of $50 to plunge. Teams met

at Strouds Run at 1 p.m. and plunged at1:50 p.m.

Our team raised $180, which gave usthree girls the opportunity to plunge intothe water and 'freeze for a reason,'"participant Laura Connor said. "Eventhough it was really, really cold, it was alot of fun and we all felt great knowingwe raised money for such a greatcause."

The event also featured a costumecontest. Participants wore costumesranging from the Ninja Turtles to Cupidto a hillbilly. Along with the funniestcostume, prizes were awarded to the

top fundraiser and top fundraising team.The whole event was very fun. For

next year, we talked about making it arace between classes within our sororityto try to raise more money so we couldhave more girls jump in the water. Its allfor such a great cause and was a great,fun way to get a lot of people in thecommunity involved, Caitlin Reagan,team captain for Alpha Xi Delta, said.

-Molly Essell

Freezin for a reason at the Polar Bear PlungeTeam Alpha Xi Delta takes the jump at Strouds Run for Phi Kappa Thetas philanthropy

JUST THE FACTS

FUZZIES THAT JUMPED: 3

AMOUNT WE RAISED: $180

TEMPERATURE: LOW 40S

TIME OF JUMP: 1:50 P.M.

AMOUNT OF FUN:

PRICELESSIT WAS GREAT KNOWING

WE RAISED MONEY FOR

SUCH A GREAT CAUSE

LEFT:

SUPPORTERS

COME TO CHEER

ON OUR TEAM.

RIGHT: THE

CROWD RUNS

INTO THE LAKE AT

STROUDS RUN.

upcoming events.

MOMS

BRUNCH

MAY 3

BALLS FOR

BOOKS

APRIL 18

CHAPTER

CHALLENGE

RETREAT

APRIL 26

FOUNDERS

DAY LUNCH

APRIL 19

CANCER

SOCIETY

BENEFIT

MAY


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Sister Spotlight ofthe quarter

Sophomore Rachel Robbins has been a

member of Alpha Xi Delta since winter

2008. Rachel is a role model for many. Her

enthusiasm and positive personality makes

her stand out against the rest. Her

willingness to take a role in the skit for

recruitment shows her dedication to the

sorority. She continues to be active in the

membership council and on campus.

Anyone would be proud to call Rachel

their sister. -Anne Cummings

RACHEL ROBBINS

YEAR/MAJOR: SOPH. MARKETING

HOMETOWN: CINCINNATI

FAVE FUZZIE MOMENT: FUZZIE

FOOTBALL

FAVE SISTERHOOD: DESPERATE

HOUSEWIFE SISTERHOOD

FAVE QUOTE: LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE

TREATS FOR YOURSWEETS DATE

PARTY

On Friday February 13th, AlphaXi Delta held a semi formal dateparty at the Alpha Xi Delta house.Each of the classes donated

diff

erent items to hold thisdelightfully decorated party. Someof the sisters arrived early at thehouse to help embellish our house

with a sweet heart theme. Uponarrival to the party one would

walk through an archway enrichedwith ribbons, lights, and taffeta.

The house was romantically litwith candles and couples tables toset the festive mood. The girls

bought and baked adorable sweetssuch as brownies, cupcakes andcookies, which their actual sweetsfor the night truly enjoyed! All

who came were dressed to impressin pretty dresses, button downsand slacks. The atmosphere wasfilled with festivity with light-hearted conversation and the

THE WOMEN SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR DATES AROUND DESSERTS.

joining of friends. All feedbackfrom the evening was positive.

Amanda Rae Harrell, a fellow

Alpha Xi Delta, said The housewas intimately decorated and mydate, Jake Mosher, and I reallyenjoyed the event. I hope all thepeople outside of Alpha Xi Delta

got to know us better and cannotwait to have socials with us in thefuture. Dan Gardner of Pi KappaPhi said, I have been to a few

events with the Fuzzies; they areall a bunch of really great girls andthe food that night was great. I

look forward to the next eventwith them.At 8:30 p.m. the event

unfortunately had ended, buteveryone left with their tummiesfilled with sweets and their heartsfilled with love for Alpha Xi Delta

-Amanda Zagorski


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WALK THE WALK FOR MENTAL HEALTH

HOMECOMING 08

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VALENTINES SISTERHOOD

FALL NEW MEMBER INITIATION

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