Police Appreciation Nights

Tonight, the chapter hosted its first Police Appreciation Night, where all Philadelphia, SEPTA, and Temple police officers were invited to tour the house and enjoy some donated refreshments. Over 20 officers stopped by the house in only 2 hours. Brothers had a chance to speak with officers and discuss issues that commonly come up between police officers and fraternity members. The event was an overwhelming success and definitely enhanced our relationship with the police departments that serve our area.

Below-the invitation to the event

AEPi at Super Sunday

Yesterday, 29 brothers participated at Super Sunday, which is the Jewish Federation's largest annual fundraising drive. The effort raised over $1.2 million from over 3,000 donors and had over 600 volunteers making phone calls. We went through Hillel and had the largest delegation of any university. The Jewish Federation supports Hillel, which is consistently one of our chapter's greatest friends and most supportive of partners. During the event, Senator Arlen Specter stopped by to address everyone and make a few phone calls himself. He was kind enough to speak with a few brothers about various issues.

Pictures: Above-brothers and Senator Arlen Specter. Below-Dan Lyons on the phone raising money for a great cause.

The Mansion Experience has begun

Yesterday was a day which will be long remembered in Alpha Pi. The chapter officially moved into the Mansion at 2000 North Broad. And Mansion is the correct word: the house has 14 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 massive common rooms, a large kitchen, and a huge basement. It is the largest fraternity house on campus, the nicest fraternity house on campus, and the closest fraternity house to campus. It solidifies AEPi's role as the leader of Greek organizations on campus, and gives us the opportunity to dominate all aspects of campus life. But, we are keenly aware that while a house helps, the fraternity makes the house and not the other way around. This doesn't mean we won't have to try as hard, as we will have to try harder to live up to the lofty expectations with us being in the Mansion. Thank you to our terrific landlords, Dan Grossmann (Past Master, Class of 1983) and Rabbi Joe Domosh for their diligence in preparing the house. We invite everyone, especially alumni and parents, to come visit us. We are fortunate, excited, and most of all, ready to dominate this University. AEPi has found a home at Temple University for years to come, and hundreds of brothers, current, alumni, and future, will benefit from the Mansion.

Pictures: Top-Doug Young decorates our brotherhood room with all of our composites. Middle-Pesach Kessler shows off our common rooms downstairs. Bottom-Alex Shelow is on top of the world.