Homecoming at Purdue!

I was just at Purdue for the past week, which was the end of homecoming week. It was so much fun. On Friday night I went to the Parade. A few of the Alpha Xi Deltas participated in the parade, dressed as the 1967 Rose Bowl Cheerleaders. They looked great. The chapter president, Alissa, was on homecoming court. She looked like she was having a lot of fun. It was cold out, but it was still a lot of fun to watch the parade.

After the parade, everyone headed to the outdoor arena for the pep rally. They marching band at Purdue is awesome, and we listened to them play a few songs before all of the big announcements were made. Alissa did not win Queen, but Alpha Xi Delta won overall! Out of all the fraternities and sororities on campus (about 60 of them), Alpha Xi Delta won the window decorating, had the most members participate in the blood drive, they were the only chapter to participate in the parade and so they won Spirit Week. It was very exciting!! I am so proud of them and for all of their hard work.

On Saturday, the chapter had Alumnae Day lunch in honor of Homecoming. After lunch, I spent the afternoon with a few of the chapter sisters painting 58 pumpkins for all of the other fraternities and sororities. We had so much fun! Then we went out to eat at Triple XXX, a famous restaurant that has been featured on the Food Network!

On Sunday, the chapter held a flag football tournament, Fuzzie Football, to raise money for a local children’s hospital. They had an awesome turn out, with close to 30 fraternities participating in the football tournament. The craziest part was that they did not have enough referees show up. They asked me to help out by keeping time and marking the line during every play. Ok, I did run the Dodge Ball and Other Ball Games Club during that first year I worked at the Y, but being the referee for a middle school flag football game is A LOT different then helping out with a college flag football game. It was intense when one of the games went into over time, 4 times, but the guys said I did a good job, and I had a lot of fun. We were at the football fields for 7 hours! Needless to say, I was a little wind burned the next day.

The rest of the week was great. I met with all the officers over the course of the week and did a program with the chapter on Values- based confrontation and effective communication. It was a very successful visit.

At the moment, I am on a plane headed to the University of Iowa. I am pretty excited for this visit. I will be there for a week and I will be assisting the chapter with their officer elections.

Everything is going pretty well. I know I keep saying this, but I cannot believe how fast time is flying by! It is almost November, and I feel like it was just last week when I was hanging out with my sister at Papio Bay trying to get a tan!
I hope you are all doing well, and that you’re staying warm! I miss you all. Have a great Halloween and I’ll see you in a few weeks!

All my love,

EK