SigEp presents the Goonies

SigEp presents the Goonies
Originally uploaded by jdebner

This is what it felt like every time we worked on a float or display when I was in school. Things really haven't changed that much after all.

CAL Alpha SigEp wins AOPi's "Strike a Move"

SigEp's Cal Alpha Chapter at UC Berkeley won first place at AOPi's "Strike a Move" Competition, receiving 390 out of a possible 400 points. The guys created a dance routine that blew out the rest of the competition! For receiving first place, AOPi awarded Cal Alpha $200 dollars to the charity of their choice.

After winning the Greek Chapter of the Year this is yet another sign why the SigEps at UC Berkeley are the best of the best.

Alex Randolph alerted us to this win and video from UC-Berkeley.

Thanks Alex!

Winter Carnival 2007 - the winner is...

Sig Ep, of course! Even though they lost out in the individual event (month-long statue competition) the Sig Eps were able to prevail in other contests to secure the overall fraternity trophy.

“Nice, cold but nice,” is how Tom Beard of Marquette assessed the 2007 Carnival experience.

His granddaughter, Isabella Ruesing, 7, was enjoying the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity’s Babylon-themed statue contest entry. Delta Sigma Phi took first place in the fraternity division of the month-long statue competition.

With its multi-tiered tower, bridge, multiple pillars and shimmering ice embellishments, Delta Sigma Phi’s creation had become a veritable playground by 2 p.m. Saturday. It was a favorite among children, including Nicole Kivela, 9, of Marshfield, Wis., who referred to it simply as “the big one” while she warmed up in the Memorial Union Building.
[...]
Trophies were given Saturday afternoon to the winners of the statue competitions and various other Winter Carnival contests. Trophies were also given to the overall winners based on their performance in all of the competitions.

Sigma Phi Epsilon overcame an off-the-podium finish in the month-long statue competition to take first place overall in the fraternities division. In the women’s group, Delta Zeta took top overall honors.

More info and a link to the carnival website. Lots o' pics

Winter Carnival 2007

All-nighter delighter

Michigan Tech kept on with the Winter Carnival tradition. Plenty of snow and cold weather means the snow and ice sculptures will be spectacular.

“We were originally doing Easter Island but about three other halls are doing that,” Jay Meldrum said, explaining his team’s last-minute subject change.

Meldrum’s team, a group from Wadsworth Hall called “Incognito,” eventually settled on an evolution theme, crafting a series of figures from monkey to human. The Trojan Horse was another popular statue subject, rendered most imposingly by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Fraternity member Thomas Knuth was careful to point out the figure, centrally-located next to the Electrical Energy Resources Center, was “not a Scottish terrier.”

Sigma Phi Epsilon statue chair Paul Mayer said the Trojan Horse had the most potential to pose a striking figure among the statue subjects the fraternity discussed.

“We thought it was the coolest one, it had the most action of the ideas we thought of,” he said.

Mayer said the fraternity began work on their statue at 12 a.m., Jan. 15.

That was the first day work was allowed on the month-long entries. In this year’s carnival, there are 65 statues, including the over-nighter and the month-long entries.

The Carnival web site has all the pictures. (The Trojan Horse pic is really Big! click it!)

All-nighter delighter