ADPIdol

ADPIDOL is a singing competition on the lines of American Idol. The BU sorority Alpha Delta Pi is organizing this event which proceeds go fully to the Ronald Mc Donal house charities. Teams of 1-3 people will compete in the contest, singing songs to impress the audience and the judges.
The Judge panel includes Dean Elmore,  a member of the Dear Abby's a-cappella group, the president of the Panhellenic council, a member of ADPI national sorority and the president of the Inter-fraternal council.
This was the first time ADPI had organized this event and it was a success. The Morse auditorium was packed in every order of place and the crowd was very involved and enthusiastic about the great performances like this one


The singers were great and included mostly greek life members and a few a cappella groups. A special mention goes to a solo singer of "Call me maybe" who tried his best to read the words from a sheet of paper but only managed to a laugh from the crowd.
The contest had two winners: the judges choice and the people's choice. The people's choice award saw the Chi Phi trio triumph with their special version of the song "Your beautiful" by James Blunt.
The event kicked off with a video showing what the sisters of ADPI around the US had already done for the Ronald McDonald House Charity.

When I think of McDonald i certainly do not think of charities, but this event introduced me to the great things that the McDonald group is doing for people with severe health issues. At the bottom of the page I have created a map with all the Ronald McDonald House charities in New England with contact information and location.
"ADPIdol 2012 is an event that is bound to be repeated every year" said Meghan Quinn who co-produced the event, "We raised $2,500 which was way more than we expected."
 The greek community at Boston University has recently been under a negative light because of some incidents regarding alleged hazing activities. This event like many others that occur on and off campus every semester are a positive representation of the community work and philanthropy that greeks do on a regular basis. Last month two members of the Sigma Delta Tau sorority were sent to the hospital after what appears to be an alleged case of hazing involving large quantities of alcohol. In another instance, the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity who was suspended from any activity on BU campus since 1995 was found keeping new members tied up together with welts. The police officers who entered the house after complaints from neighbors found 5 people tied up in the basement with all kinds of condiments around them. The national fraternity has indefinitely suspended the Boston University chapter and has stated that "The actions being reported at Boston University do not reflect our fraternity's values or principles of brotherhood."
ADPIdol 2012 is just one of many events that greek life puts together to raise money and awareness for good causes. Two days after that, Dancing with the Sigmas, organized by the sigma kappa sorority brought more than a thousands people around a podium to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. Their national organization is the second biggest donor to the Alzheimer's Association after the Federal Bank.
That said, my wish is that more people who are not in Greek life go to events like this to see how devote greeks are to giving back to the community.
Im also going to take this time to thank Nick Barber for a great semester of online education and preparation for the real world! This class really helped me and was eye opening in light of future job decisions. I wish him all the best!