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“Oh, the Places You’ll Go with APO”

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By Marisela Martin

This semester has been really busy for me and, as the year gets closer to the end, I have found it to be very hard to stay motivated. However, through the busy times this semester, I have had the amazing opportunity to rush and join Alpha Phi Omega.

Alpha Phi Omega (APO) is one of the largest collegiate fraternities in the nation and even has chapters in Australia and the Philippines. Established in 1925 in Lafayette College by Frank Reed Horton and 13 other students, APO has dedicated its mission to service.

Now, you may be asking yourself why this girl is pledging a fraternity, but APO is co-ed, so anyone can join! Although, freshman cannot join until their spring semester, APO is the perfect organization to join if you are called to service.

With APO, not only do you get to serve the local community, but you also get the opportunity to do so with amazing people from all different walks of life. In the last month of pledging, I have served with some great men and women and will soon be proud to call myself an Alpha Phi Omega member.

So if you feel inclined to serve others and want to join a group of spontaneous and interesting people, you should definitely look into APO the next time you think about Baylor organizations!

A Change in Weather (by PJ Martinez)

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This past Saturday was by far the best way to start the weekend!  Very rarely do I wake up at 7:45 on a Saturday morning and have a productive day while doing so.  To make things even better, the weather couldn’t have been more perfect.  How great it was to step outside and have a breeze come upon you.  Truly breath taking!  So long to the 104° heat.  Hello cold front coming through.

You may wonder…why wake up at 7:45 in the morning?  I ask myself the same.  At this time, there was an event my fraternity puts on and, as a membership, we had to be there.  Afterwards, we went to Rudy’s and enjoyed their famous breakfast burritos.  Wait, breakfast burritos at Rudy’s?  Yes, they are delicious.  We sat and enjoyed our meal.

Some of the senior members in my fraternity at Rudy’s. If we look a little rough, it’s because it was still pretty early for us.

 

After Rudy’s we all separated and went back home.  I felt the need to be productive and actually worked on some homework.  Usually, I would wait till Sunday however that productive mood was clearly in favor.  I worked on Social Statistics, completed it, then of course had to take a nap!

I woke up in time to watch the Texas A&M and Florida game on TV.  It was such a good game and of course I was in favor for the gators.  Good thing they won.  Sic’ em Gators!

The day ended with an opportunity I wish I could have more often.  I live with 6 other roommates, and very rarely are we together all at the same time.  Well this night 5 of the 7 of us happened to all be at the house.  We were all hungry and debating on what fast food place we should eat at for the night.  Fast food is a specialty at the house!  We did some thinking, and realized that we could just simply each pitch in a grocery that we have and just cook one big meal for all of us.  We ended up making spaghetti with chicken/beef with salad and garlic bread.  We cooked together, sat around the table, and just enjoyed each other’s company.  This was truly a time that I wish we could do all the time.  We made a pact to at least do this once a month with all the roommates together.  Let’s hope it happens.

My roommates (minus one) on the first day of school.

I thank God for days like this, and for the friendships he’s allowed me to have during the time here at Baylor!