November Recap
November was a busy month, as the semester was winding down, the Alpha Omega chapter of Phi Sigma Pi was winding up! Keep reading to learn more about the great variety of events that brothers attended this month!
SOCIAL
Bro Study Hours
Assassins
Skyzone (11/14)
Brotherhood Bowling (11/20)
Social Olympics (11/21)
Assassins is a bi annual event here at the Alpha Omega chapter in which brothers are assigned a "target" (aka another brother) and are given one week to make the "kill" (aka two lines on their target's hands with a marker). Over two weeks, bros "hunt" their targets throughout Pitt's campus until only one is left standing! Congrats to this semester's winners: Kat Andrews and Caitlynn Verzino.
"Competition among the bros is always fun!"
SCHOLARSHIP
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (11/2)
Jack Phillips from the International Institute for Analytics (11/3)
Miracle Berry Taste Test (11/5)
Hot Jam - Pittsburgh Glass Center (11/6)
Polish Fest '15 (11/8)
Game Night with "The Melting Pot" (11/19)
Be the Match Guest Speaker: Reed Salmons (11/11)
Good Kids (11/11-11/22)
Diwali Tamasha (11/14)
Turkey Jam XX (11/14)
Korean Cultural Festival (11/15)
PITTrivia (11/16)
International Day (11/17)
Fernatndo de Szyszlo and the Conceptual Turn in Cultural Policy (11/17)
Remembering the Holocaust with Survivor Harry Schneider (11/19)
Golden Dragon Acrobats (11/20)
Pittsburgh Sympony Orechestra (11/20)
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (11/22)
Some of brothers' favorite scholarship events this semester were two theater productions: Good Kids and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
Good Kids is a production that brings to light the issues of sexual assault written by Namoi Iizuka, based on a true story of the Steubenville rape case and cover up. University of Pittsburgh Stages produced the show, and several of our brothers went to support the cause and our peers who performed in the moving and eye-opening play.
"I went to see "Good Kids" with a few brothers! It was an on campus stage production. It was an interesting dialogue regarding the way we perceive sexual assault in our society."
The brothers also took a trip to downtown Pittsburgh to the Benedum Center to see Tony award winning musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. Bros enjoyed the comedic musical that tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession, by any means necessary.
"It was a very witty musical! About a dozen brothers attended for a fun afternoon"
"I've never been to a play before in Pittsburgh so it was a great inexpensive way to get out there and experience something new!"
SERVICE
Kidney Walk (11/1)
Adopt a Block (11/3)
Assemble Art Opening (11/6)
Stop Hunger Now (11/7)
Family House Spaghetti Dinner (11/11)
World Kindness Day (11/13)
Adopt a Block (11/14)
Schenley Park Sweep (11/15)
Hillel Makes a Difference (11/15)
COPD Cornhole Tournament (11/21)
Global LInks (11/21)
Jubilee Soup Kitchen (11/22)
Turkey Trot (11/26)
The service calendar took brothers all over Pittsburgh to help various members of our local and global communities. Some of the favorites were: Hillel Makes a Difference, Global Links, and Jubilee Soup Kitchen!
"It was a great way to give back to the community as we built a walkway to commemorate the struggles of poverty with repair the world" - Hillel Makes a Difference
"I felt I was genuinely making a direct impact!" - Jubilee Soup Kitchen
"I love global links' mission and spending time with the brothers" - Global Links
PHILANTHROPY
PalPittations Fall Concert (11/14)
Delta Sig Dog Days (11/15)
She's the First: 62 Million Firls (11/19)
She's the First is a student organization at the University of Pittsburgh. Their event 62 million girls was a night of food, fundraising and educational films to support the 62 million girls aroudnthe world who are denied an education.
"I got to learn about things I can do to help girls around the world get an education."
Thanks so much to all of the chairs who have been working hard all semester to find exciting, new events for our brothers to attend, and to all of the student organizations who host great events throughout the semester.
