It is Thursday. Studnets have just loaded their bodies up with donuts and orange juice and listened to a Chapel talk. Now they feel a strange urge to go to the Knowling Field House, but they do not know why. They begin walking towards the Allen Center, and find there is a line out the front door. Perplexed, yet quite sure that whatever is at the front of this line must be worth the wait, they take their place at the back, where several other Wabash students soon follow them. All of a sudden they realize that they are about to participate in Bleed for the Bell, where the scarlet liquid of Wabash students is put to the test against the wimp juice inside all Depauwians. Give heartily, Wabash.
Next week, Alpha Phi Omega (APO) is hosting the Bleed for the Bell competition, in which staff and students of Wabash and Depauw donate blood in order to find out which campus is most generous with bodily fluids. Donations will be accepted from 2 to 8 p.m., and all eligible blood donors are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served and there will be a $100 prize for the living unit with the most volunteers; APO will award $50 for the living unit with the highest percentage of donors. This is just a taste of what APO is all about.
This year, APO has many projects in which all students can become involved. In the past, it has been said that APO does not do enough. Well, the skeptics can step aside to the busy, exciting, and rewarding new APO fall schedule.
On Sunday, October 29, APO will host a Wabash and Crawfordsville community pumpkin carving and painting. Over the years, this pumpkin carving has become a sort of staple to fall at Wabash. This year children, parents, and students will be able to carve big pumpkins or gourds, paint little pumpkins, and enjoy refreshments. The event will run from 4 to 6 p.m., or when there are no more pumpkins. Wabash staff and students are encouraged to come and, for those who have children, to bring their kids.
For students eager to help out local charities, there is always a need for volunteers working in the concession stands at football games. During the last home game, an anonymous donor contributed $1200 to Tri-Kappa and their charitable efforts. Later this semester, Sphinx Club members and fraternity pledges will work together to support Co-Motion, a program with which Wabash helps support centers against domestic violence, like the Julian center in Indianapolis and the Women’s Shelter of Montgomery County.
Throughout November, students will be volunteering for the Lucious Newsom soup kitchen program in Indianapolis. The Student Senate has allotted APO travel expenses for those who wish to participate. APO is planning on having at least 3 groups of 8 help on three Saturdays in November. The first day is November 4. nterested students can come to the APO meeting on November 1 and find out more.
The other trips are tentatively scheduled for November 18 and 25. Students who want to become a part of APO should come to its meetings every Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. Next semester they will hold rush so that newcomers can officially become members.
Former actives who wish to return to APO should come to its Wednesday meetings and contact Jon Miller about the $17.50 membership dues. These dues not only ensure that APO will be able to continue its tradition of giving, but there are also APO T-shirts awaiting active members when they are printed.