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Alpha. Phi. Omega. Long ago, the three families lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when Pledge Nation attacked. Only Paul Choung, master of all three families, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A month passed Emily Neai-Proeung and Brian Lee discovered the new Paul Choung, an cop named Paul. And although his CAC skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But I believe Paul can save the world.

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IC Dance Comp - 4/26/14

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SLO Bonfire (4/19/14)

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Alpha Lambda Revelations (4/13/14) - Omega family

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Alpha Lambda Revelations (4/13/14) - Phi family

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Alpha Lambda Revelations (4/13/14) - Alpha family

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Welcome Yuna Choi Pledge Class!

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Alpha Kappa Banquet 2/2/14

Congratulations to the Alphas for being the winning family, to Jeremy Gozzip for winning the EMH award, and to Alpha Kappa class for crossing!

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[FEL] San Francisco

1. Flake-ins: Sherry Li (Me), Peter Vo, Kevin Huynh, Bowen Lu, Peter Huang, Amy Thelen, Kevin Quizon, Ann Dai (flaked in for Joanne Kung). Late: None. Flakes: Ann Dai flaked in for Joanne Kung. Chair: I signed up as chair less than 3 days before the event.  2. Pins/letters?  Everyone wore their pins/letters. 3. Event description? Since many of us are from SoCal, 10 of us decided to meet up on Tuesday and drive up to San Francisco. Abelard drove me and Emily, Harrison drove Kevin Huynh and Peter Vo, and Peter Huang drove Ann, Bryan, and Bowen. On Wednesday, everyone met up at Union Square by the Christmas tree at noon. We then decided to go ice skating at Union Square because it was free that day. Many people had trouble ice skating, as a few of us fell down and could not let go of the ledge for support. It was Peter Huang's first time ice skating and he fell immediately after entering the rink (poor Peter). However, we all tried to help each other out and most of us got the hang of it after a while. Once we were done ice skating, we decided to walk around Union Square and shop at stores such as Urban Outfitters and Uniqlo. Overall, it was a really fun and successful event since it allowed us to hang out and bond somewhere other than the LA area, but next time, it would be better if we had a solid plan to make the event run more smoothly.

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Alpha Kappa LGN: November 22

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[FEL] Pampering Night

 All in all, the event ran extremely smoothly and successfully. At the beginning, when a group of us met outside Gardenia in preparation to go to Veteran, a few people were adamant and afraid of putting on masks. Nonetheless, everyone was more than excited to pamper themselves after a long day at school, and eager to learn more about how to properly care for their skin.

After we arrived at the venue, no time was lost. We all followed the simple four-step routine - 1: Exfoliate skin with Apricot Scrub, 2: Put on a cleansing mask (we had mint cleansing mask, volcanic cleansing mask, Proactiv cleansing mask, and even a charcoal deep-cleansing mask for 15 minutes, 3: Wash mask off, and put on hydrating mask to replenish skin moisture (we had algae hydrating mask, and a Neutrogena moisture mask), 4: Wash off mask, tone face, and moisturize face.

Whilst we had our masks on, we all exchanged beauty tips, and how to care for our skin. We shared our own daily regimes, and what to avoid during breakouts. After all, we are college students who deal with regular stress, so would need the practical advice.

Candles were lit, and chicken nuggets, chocolate, Percy Pig gummies, jumbo Pocky sticks, and apple juice were served to people that came to the event, and there was free TV (Disney Channel) playing as well. Even Mariah Carey's new single, "The Art of Letting Go" was playing for a moment. The atmosphere was warm and homey, with the rose scent of candle and the delicate sound of conversations gently pervading the air.

It would not be far-fetched to say on behalf of everyone that we had a lot of fun that night, and that we were able to reach inner peace whilst finding outer beauty. Everyone needs to be pampered once in a while to reinvigorate ourselves to tackle our challenging daily lives, and that is what we did. Mariah Carey would be proud of us all!

Attendees:

Nathan Cheung

Sarah Yi

Bowen Lu

Abelard Bautista

Emily Neai-Proeung

Selena Saenz

Kevin Belleville

Michelle Wong

Jessie Hsieh

Melanie Teepronpirut

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Revelations 11/3/2013

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Credits: Michael Hung

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Alpha Phi Omega at Trick or Treat bag making!

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Alpha Phi Omega at the Green Festival LA! All of us helped sort through trash and place them into their respective compartments: compost, landfill and recyclable.

Overall it was a really fun an enjoyable time.

10/19/2013

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Earth Day Event | 4.20.13

Chair: Daniel Hanaya, Alpha Theta

On April 20th, brothers from Chi Chapter attended Earth Day Event! Earth Day Event volunteers take part in ongoing efforts to conserve and upgrade the park, including trail maintenance, invasive plant removal, slope re-grading, planting native plants and assisting with efforts to make the park more accessible to people with disabilities.

After everyone arrived, we were all split up into two groups: we were given hedge-cutters to cut weeds and overgrown plants that were blocking the trails and other volunteers were given shovels to remove dirt and debris from the driving lanes. Cutting the plants were fun and we even cut some branches off of trees that were in our faces. At the end of the trail, we were given tangerines and nutrition bars to recuperate. A speaker about sustainability gave us some eco-friendly tips at the end. We ended with the toast song, thanked the LA Works organizers, and went home.

BROTHERS:

Daniel Hanaya

Olivia Pardo

PLEDGES:

Miye Nakashima

Melissa Barcelona

Jeremy Yap

Myha Nguyen

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Festival of Books | 4.20.13

Chairs: Daniel Hanaya, Alpha Theta

I got to the volunteer center at 2pm and was assigned to a book signing area! Before my shift started, I had a short break, and the event organizers were nice enough to give us a free lunch meal. I got to eat a soft, fluffy ham sandwich, an apple, a cookie, chips, and a beverage of my choice. I met up with Maria and Priya, whom were at the "East meets West" area where they have volunteered for around six years for the Festival of Books. They didn't get any volunteer gifts though since they were volunteering for a privately-owned book merchant and not USC specifically. They went to see if they could get a volunteer shirt, and I got to chat briefly with one of their co-volunteers. Afterwards, I went to my assigned area, and I met Bibi, the event supervisor for that area. She was really cool, and she told me how she knew Tupac's mom and some famous people. I didn't believe her at first, but when I checked the people on my Itouch, she seemed pretty convincing haha. One of the other co-volunteers was Kevin Xu! He's an active from Alpha Kappa and it was cool talking to him about USC and their APhiO chapter. Most of my shift, we didn't do much because we were in charge of helping organize the books signings for when the authors arrived. However, the authors didn't stay for longer than 30 minutes, so we were just chilling and watching the booth most of the time. One of the authors though was from the movie White Chicks!! She was the worker lady from when the girls go shopping! Closer to 6pm, Maria and Priya came to see where I was volunteering and we took the picture and sang the toast song. I thanked Bibi for the fun time we had and left.

BROTHERS: 

Daniel Hanaya

Maria Valenzuela

Priya Patel