Alpha Delta Gamma, Cabrini College’s first official on-campus fraternity, is promoting their 5 S’s of service, social, school spirit, scholastic and spirituality to Cabrini’s students.
“We fight the stereotypical fraternity; the ‘Animal House.’ We are very service oriented and spread what we have to other people. We love giving back and helping out people. Everyone loves going out to drink, but there’s more than that,” Mark Chila, president of ADG, said.
ADG hopes that now they are on campus they can get students involved, regardless if they are a part of ADG, with community outreach and ADG sponsored events on campus.
“We will be involved in a lot of Cabrini activities. If there’s an event we’ll be there, you will see us. For Relay for Life we plan on creating an Alpha Delta Gamma team and walking during the event,” Chila said.
Prospective students who want to be members of ADG can look forward to a strong brotherhood with ADG.
“We want guys with character that are in it for the bond of the brotherhood as opposed to other reasons,” Nick Kaminski, service chair and secretary of ADG, said.
“We look for people that aren’t trying to boost their resume. We are looking for quality guys,” Chila said.
ADG hopes to break free of the stereotypical views of other fraternities.
“I think a lot of people think of being Greek as not being involved with school. But I think we give a new definition to that because we are both geek and Greek,” Kaminski said.
Members of ADG attend mandatory study sessions with other members of ADG so that support stays strong along with academics within ADG.
“We are trying to better ourselves as students and as brothers before we have to go out into the real world,” Chila said.
As part of their community outreach agenda, members are already participating in service within areas stricken with poverty in Philadelphia.
Stella Maris Parish in Philadelphia has received much needed assistance from ADG in preparing events that give members of the community food, clothes and even shelter.
Sister Veronica of Stella Maris Parish is extremely grateful for ADG’s help within the parish’s community.
“We need people like this who can help carry the big things around and prepare for larger events,” Veronica said.
As ADG settles onto Cabrini’s campus, housing for the fraternity has become an issue. They are currently looking for off-campus housing, but have also expressed interest in living on campus.
“We’re trying to petition for the fraternity to live in House 7 since it’s vacant. This way, the fraternity would be closer to school and pledges would have an immediate place to meet,” Chila said.
Being a member of ADG has proven to be extremely beneficial to many of its brothers. For some it allows for members to meet new people and provides others with a sense of unity.
“I was searching for a kind of bond I hadn’t found at Cabrini yet. After joining this fraternity, I have many brothers that respect me and I respect them,” Joe Horton, historian for ADG, said.
“I considered myself to be a little individualistic, so I wanted to be part of a group that I can to learn to be for the group and have a group that I can lean on. That sense of brotherhood is important,” Kaminski said.
Greek life can provide many great positives to any student’s college career. Greek organizations have an impact on their member’s lives in many ways, offering them learning and life experiences through community Service, friendship, leadership, rush, scholarship, and social activities. All organizations need to be touted and promoted for the positives they bring to their members. Congratulations to both ADG & DXP
I agree a piece needs to be done about Delta Xi Phi!
I would like to offer many congratulations and well wishes to ADG and the brothers. They worked very hard to get where they are and deserve a tremendous amount of recognition. However, I was wondering why a piece has not been written about Delta Xi Phi, Cabrini’s first sorority that was established on campus last year. Many young women have expressed interest in this sorority but the majority of others do not know of the organization’s existence. Would anyone be interested in learning more or helping educate us readers on the other side of Greek Life?