April Birthdays!

-Andrew Saltzman turns 22 on the 4th

-Alex Mandel turns 22 on the 6th

-Rob Farber turns 21 on the 6th

-Corey Feldman turns 19 on the 9th

-Alex Scott Mandel turns 20 on the 11th

-Evan Krieg turns 22 on the 14th

-Jonathan Kriner turns 22 on the 15th

-Dave Paley turns 21 on the 16th

-Brandon Blum turns 19 on the 27th

-Alex Shelow turns 22 on the 29th

Happy birthday to all the bros!

Alpha Pi in Israel!!

Over the winter break, 8 brothers of the Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi traveled to the beautiful Jewish homeland for Taglit - Birthright. The brothers who took part in this trip of a lifetime had nothing but wonderful memories to bring back to the chapter. This experience was a great one, especially when spent with eight of our brothers. Younger members of the Alpha Pi chapter were educated by the brothers who took the trip and now are also looking forward to taking to voyage to Israel. With there being an Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter in Israel, this really meant a lot to the brothers who went, and to our brotherhood.

Above shows the group of brothers who went on the trip, along with the two Israeli Soldiers who also joined us.(Front)

The brothers shown above from left to right. (Mike Abrams (2011), Peter Vakarev (2012), Yosef Mcintosh (2013), Skylar Rudolph (2013), Alex Shelow (2011), Geoff Allen (2013), Scott Rosnov (2013), Nate Rosen(2013) )

Among the great experiences in Israel, this picture above may show one of the most memorable. Brother Peter Vakarev (2012) took a large step into finding his Jewish roots by becoming a Bar Mitzvah!!

LATKAH FEST AT HILLEL!!

Last night at the Edward Rosen Hillel Center at Temple University Alpha Epsilon Pi co-hosted Latkah fest!! While there, the Chanukah candles were lit and there was an intense latkah eating contest! It was a great event and was enjoyed by all!

Intramural Soccer Vs. AKL

Tonight the now 3 and 1 Alpha Pi soccer team defeated Alpha Kappa Lambda in a hard fought match. With stellar goals from Scott Rosnov, Tripp Weintraub, Alex Shelow, and Steven Brecher and wonderful defending our chapter took a 5-0 win. The shut out was led by our two goal tenders for the night Alex Shelow and in the second half Alex Mandel. The playoffs are approaching and our guys are ready to continue our dominance on the pitch.

Intramural Soccer

Last night AEPi's Intramural soccer team had their first match of the semester. In the first half our chapter came out strong with great shots and solid defense. Early in the second half senior brother Trip Weintraub took a great shot from right outside the box and scored our first goal. Matt Muchnick was credited with the assist. With great goaltending from keeper Alex Shelow, and excellent defense the Alpha Pi guys held off Alpha Tau Omega and got the victory! We are looking forward to our next match!

Another Brother Elected Student Body Vice President

Alex Shelow (2011), was elected Vice President of Temple Student Government Thursday evening on a voting slate with 2 other people. Their slate, BreakThru TU, with their unique platform ideas beat out 2 other slates running for the position. Alex follows in the footsteps of former VP, and senior brother Jon DeSantis. This is a wonderful accomplishment and we are extremely proud of our brother!

April Birthdays!!

Alexander Mandel and Robert Farber both Today celebrated their birthdays! Rob turned 20 and Alex turned 21! Happy Birthday!

Other Birthdays in April that have passed or are coming up include:

Andrew Saltzman turned 21 on April 4th

Alex Scott Mandel turns 19 on April 11th

Evan Krieg turns 21 on April 14th

Jonathan Kriner turns 21 on April 15th

David Paley turns 20 on April 16th

Paul Minkovich turns 22 on April 25th

Alex Shelow turns 21 on April 29th

Happy Birthday to all!

AEPi Runs Temple

We wanted to take this opportunity to let everyone know the various leadership positions brothers hold around campus:

• Inter-fraternity Council Webmaster Dan Lyons (2012)
• Temple University Greek Association President Alex Shelow (2011) and Vice President of Finance Dan Lyons (2012)
• Resident Assistants Brian Engle (2011), Drew Wenning (2010), and Andy Markowitz (2012)
• Student EMT Paul Minkovich (2010)
• Owl Team Orientation Leaders Joe Raffanello (2010), Mike Abrams (2011), Rob Farber (2012), and Jon DeSantis (2010)
• Hillel Vice President of Judaism Andy Markowitz (2011)
• Student Body Vice President Jon DeSantis (2010)
• Temple Student Government Director of Services Aaron Wolf (2012)
  
• Temple Students for Israel President Gabe Toran (2011)

As we tell rushes all of the time, AEPi truly are the leaders on campus.

New Executive Board Elected

Earlier today, the chapter elected its officers for next year. They will officially take over in a few weeks. Serving on our Executive Board will be:

• Master Steve Brecher (Upper Dublin, PA)
• Lieutenant Master Alex Shelow (Upper Dublin, PA)
• Exchequer Alex Mandel (Clarks Green, PA)
• Rush Chairman Alex Gionet (Teaneck, NJ)
• Pledge Master Brandon Cohen (Bensalem, PA)
• House Manager Shane Gottlieb (Bensalem, PA)
• Scribe Aaron Wolf (Green Brook, NJ)
• Brother at Large Matt Muchnick (Bensalem, PA)
• Social Chairman Neil Hollander (Clarks Summit, PA)
  

AEPis Leading TUGA

Two Alpha Pi brothers were elected to serve on the Executive Board of the Temple University Greek Association, the representative voice and programming body of Temple's 900 person strong Greek Community. Alex Shelow (2011) was elected President (the third AEPi brother in 5 years to be TUGA President), and Dan Lyons (2012) was elected Vice President of Finance (formerly known as Treasurer.) Once again, it can be safely said that AEPi is leading campus. Alex and Dan will be officially installed as President and Vice President at the Greek Awards ceremony at the end of the month.

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.

Fall 2008 Awards

Congrats to the following brothers who won awards during the fall semester:

September:

Brother of the Month-Brian Engle

Minor Board of the Month-Joe Raffanello (Philanthropy Chairman)

Executive Board of the Month-Jon Kriner (Rush Chairman)

October

Brother of the Month-Harrison Bobbins

Minor Board of the Month-Andy Markowitz (Jewish Organizational Chairman)

Executive Board of the Month-Alex Shelow (Exchequer)

November

Brother of the Month-Pesach Kessler

Minor Board of the Month-Mike Abrams (TUGA Representative)

Executive Board of the Month-Jeff Gutkin (Pledge Master)

Brother of the Semester-Brian Engle

Minor Board of the Semester-Harrison Bobbins (Sports Chair)

Executive Board of the Semester-Steve Brecher (Brother-at-Large)

Alumni Chapter hosts first event

Yesterday, Alpha Pi's new formed Alumni Chapter hosted its first event: a brunch at The Ugly American restaurant in South Philadelphia. 20 men were at the event, and it was a great launching point for what will be an incredible organization for Alpha Pi men. Brotherhood is for life and is not a merely a 4 year undergraduate experience. A particular thanks goes to the alumni who organized the event and are spearheading the alumni chapter including Jeff Silverman (Class of1986), Dan Grossmann (Past Master, Class of 1984), Marc Prine (Past Master, Class of 2008), Brad Hoffman (Class of 2008), and Matt Raisman (Class of 2007.) Also, Alumni Chairman Alex Shelow and Lieutenant Master Mike Shulman put much time into the planning and excution of the event. The next event will be a Temple men's basketball game at the Liacouras Center on campus in mid-February. If you are interested in the alumni chapter or have any questions, please contact Jeff Silverman at jeffsilverman@optononline.net.

Picture: Alumni and undergraduate brothers at the restaurant

New officers elected

This afternoon the chapter elected three positions. Our new Rush Chairman is Brian Engle; our new Pledge Master is Ben Nadell, and our new Social Chairman is Jeff Gutkin. Congratsulations!

Picture: Below: the Spring 2009 Executive Board. Top row: (L-R) Pledge Master Ben Nadell, Rush Chairman Brian Engle, Brother-at-Large Steve Brecher, House Manager Alex Mandel, Sentinel Mike Slutsky, Exchequer Alex Shelow, Master Jon DeSantis, and Scribe Brandon Cohen. Bottom row: (L-r) Lieutenant Master Mike Shulman and Social Chairman Jeff Gutkin.

A Great Past 10 Days

It has been an exciting time to be a college student at Temple lately. In the last days, the Phillies won the World Series, we celebrated Halloween, and Obama won the election (despite your personal politics, an Obama victory in North Philadelphia made for a lot of fun.) For the Phillies pennant victory, the largest celebration on campus took place outside our house at the corner of Broad & Norris Streets. In the end police blocked traffic in both directions, and hundreds of students celebrated the win.

Pictures: Above: brothers, pledges, and friends on election night after Obama's big win. Below: (L-R) Jeff Gutkin as a survivor, Joe Littman as Joe the Plumber, Mike Abrams as himself, Matt Muchnick with green hair, Joe Raffanelllo as a a survivor, Sean Rapp as ?, Alex Shelow as a Sixer (should be a great season...), and Alex Schwartz as gothic. Mike Shulman (in front) as the joker from the Batman movies. Far below: the Phillies pennant celebration outside our house.

Alpha Pi Hits the Big Apple

Last Friday night into Saturday, several brothers and pledges went up to New York city for a night on the town then spent the evening at Brother Jeff Gutkin's house in central Jersey. While regrettably having to be in New Jersey for a bit, everyone had a great time.

Picture: Brothers in the city. Top row: (L-R) Steve Zhitnitsky, Jon DeSantis (on statue), and Addison Levitt. Bottom row: (L-R) Alex Shelow (in red hat), Jeff Gutkin, Brandon Cohen, Mike Abrams, Brian Engle, Mike Shulman, Harrison Bobbins, and Joe Raffanello.

Alumni event this Saturday

The chapter is hosting an alumni event this Saturday along with Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority. The event begins at 1 PM and is at the Draught Horse located on Cecil B. Moore Ave on campus. Not only will you get to see all your brothers as well as friends from the sorority, you can also enjoy football on the restaurant's large TVs. Hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks are on the house, and there is a cash bar. This is also a great chance to meet our new pledges. RSVPs are appreciated in advance, and can be made to Alumni Chairman Alex Shelow at aepi@temple.edu. Pictures will be posted here after the event.

Labor Day party

Twenty brothers and five interested guys (it's too soon to say rushes) went to Dan Grossmann's (Class of 1984, Past Master) house today for a Labor Day party. The house was awesome with an in-ground pool/hot tub, billiards room, 60" HDTV, basketball court, and trampoline. Dan and his exquisite wife Cindy were up to the task of feeding 25 college age guys, and the food was delicious. Everyone had a great time except when it was over and the realization that the school year begins tomorrow set in.

Picture: (L-R) Cindy Grossmann (wife of Dan Grossmann), Joe Littman, Jon DeSantis, Alex Shelow, Rabbi Joe Domosh (in hat), Evan Krieg, Marshall Segel, Brian Engle, Dan Grossmann. Standing in front: Cindy (girlfriend of Rabbi Joe Domosh) and Brad Hoffman (Class of 2008.)