All BARK, No BITE... Homecoming 2011

This year, we paired up with the boys of Sigma Nu for Homecoming 2011 as we prepared for the game against the University of Washington Huskies. We kicked off the week on Monday with an Anything Goes competition in the Quad.

On Tuesday, we decorated our golf cart float for the Homecoming Parade across campus.

On Wednesday, we decorated our lawn. On Thursday, we went to the Homecoming Pep Rally and took home the 3^rd Place Prize for Float Decorating!

On Friday, which happened to be 11/11/11, we had a “Make a Wish” themed Exchange, where we danced the night away at a cool venue in Santa Monica. Everyone came dressed up as their own wishes like to be Harry Potter characters, super heroes, Miss America, or even at Disneyland. Others came dressed up as funny ways to make wishes like shooting stars, candles, a genie, a Magic 8 ball, or an eyelash!

Of course, we ended the week with the Homecoming football game where we BEAT the HUSKIES! 

Presents

Presents 2011

For Trojan Family Weekend, we opened up the Pi Palace to show off what this sisterhood thing is all about! On Friday night, the Parents Club planned a nice dinner at The Jonathan Club downtown for girls and their families. Then, before the game on Saturday, we had a whole tailgate BBQ on our lawn. On Sunday, we honored all of our newly initiated members with a Presents Ceremony. All the new members wear long, white dresses and are escorted by their fathers or brothers or uncles as they are presented to the Row. We recently found some old pictures of this USC tradition...

Alpha Psi New Members at Presents 1957

Alpha Psi Chapter 1959

We're On a Boat... Semiformal!

For our first social event of year, our Social Chair, Dana, planned a semiformal invite on a YACHT! Girls and their dates went out to dinner all around town, then set sail for a night of dancing under the stars. As always, all of our new members wore black dresses so we could honor them for the night! Looking forward to a fun semester of social events!

New Members dining on a rooftop in Downtown LA

Ready to board the yacht!

Fire Up the Grill for a Philanthropy BBQ

For one last end of summer celebration, we invited the whole USC community over for a good old fashioned BBQ to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities! We asked everyone to donate $5 for all you can eat hamburgers and sides! We also set up games on the lawn like volleyball, badminton, bocce ball, and cornhole beanbag toss. It was great hanging out with friends while supporting an amazing cause! Up next… we’re going to the local Los Angeles Ronald McDonald for a Happy Meal, where we prepare dinner for the families! 

You're the One that ADPi Wants... BID NIGHT 2011

After a crazy, fun week of formal recruitment, we welcomed home all of our new Alphas to a 1950s, Grease-themed BID NIGHT! Our New Member Coordinator, Niki, planned a fun-filled night of dancing and hanging out with cotton candy, popcorn, root beer floats, ice cream sundaes, a photobooth, and a Ferris Wheel to show our new members “you’re the one that ADPi wants!” We paired all of our new Alphas with girls in the house as ‘Violet Buds’ to help introduce them to ADPi before they meet their Diamond Sister, or big sis. I’m still singin’ “we go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong…”