WSU Delta Sigma Pi

The Brothers of Omicron Psi organized their third annual charity boxing event, Pullman Fight Night. On Friday March 4th Pullman Fight Night showcased 10 amateur bouts for over 300 attendees. In order to provide the audience with a complete amateur boxing experience, the chapter rented out a local gym and undertook the daunting task of organizing a fully sanctioned USA Boxing event. Over three months of hard work, brothers lined up sponsors, food vendors, raffle items, a ring, officials, a doctor, and most importantly, fighters. The event was a success and raised $650 for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We would like to thank our event sponsor: The Man Shop, and the other local individuals/businesses who contributed: The Coug, Paradise Creek Brewery, Bad Pandas, Munchy’Z, WSU Alumni Association, The Bookie, La Casa Lopez, South Fork, Stubblefields, The Black Cypress, Zeppoz, Cafe Moro, and more!

To see more photos of the event check out our photographer Derrick Strieper’s gallery: http://strieper.com/derrick/gallery/2011/03/04/index.html

Members of Delta Sigma Pi woke up bright and early on October 23rd to plant trees along the river behind the bus barn. Make a Difference Day is a national community service event created by USA Weekend to get people involved in their communities. Delta Sigma Pi chapters all over the country participate each year with the Omicron Psi chapter being no exception. Dedicated members took 5 hours out of their Saturday morning for the activity and despite the weather and being tired they managed to have a great time giving back to the community and bonding.

Our Vice President of Community Service, Jessica Curtin, and the American Red Cross put on a magnificent Blood Drive in the Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) on February 25th. There were 21 first time donors, 39 total donors, and we collected 34 units of blood which was 136% of our 25 unit goal! We would like to thank all the donors who participated in addition the American Red Cross who helped put on the event and collected the blood, thank you all very much!

Pullman Fight Night was a great success! We had 13 matches (results posted below), a beer garden put on by The Coug (The Cougar Cottage), and roughly 350-400 in attendance enabling us to donate $500.00 to St. Jude Children’s Hospital! I would like to say a big ‘THANK YOU!’ to all our sponsors and participants that helped make the event a grand success: The National Society of Minorities in Hospitality, EA Sports, Microsoft, Gambinos, Great Clips, The Coug, USA Boxing, Taco Del Mar, Rockstar, KZUU 90.7 Pullman Radio, The Evergreen, Cable 8, and KUGR who put on a webcast of the event. Again, thank you!

Here are the results for all 13 matches:

(Red vs. Blue)
Bout 1: Eli Lopez-Medina from 03G (W) vs. Taylor Sanders from Howard St Boxing
Bout 2: Julian Medina from 03G (W) vs Gage Anderson from Spokane Boxing
Bout 3: Jesse Shao from WSU vs. Austin Szott from Spokane Boxing (W)
Bout 4: Thomas Allenton from Spokane Boxing vs. Daniel Mattoon from Lewiston (W)
Bout 5: Miles Farrow-Johnson from WSU (W) vs. Anthony Nguyen from WSU
Bout 6: Blake Simpson from WSU vs. Mattew Nguyen from UW (W)
Bout 7: Isidro Nava from UI (W) vs. Derek Baer from WSU
Bout 8: Scott Pettersen from Seattle vs. Nolan Gillian from WSU (W)
Bout 9: Adrian Smith from Spokane Boxing vs. John Binscus from Howard St. Boxing (W)
Bout 10: Brian St. Clair from UI (W) vs. Alvin Hatfield from WSU
Bout 11: Reid Hazelbaker from UI (W) vs. Travis Porter
Bout 12: Matthew Leonetti from Spokane Boxing (W) vs. Anthony Jackson from Lewiston
Bout 13: Nate Serrano from Y Pal (W) vs. Brian Lively from Spokane Boxing

Finally, if you would like to view the pictures that were taken at Pullman Fight Night, you can view them here:
http://s627.photobucket.com/albums/tt353/deltasigwsu/

If you have any questions feel free to contact us at deltasigwsu@gmail.com

On October 30th the chapter (pledges included) went to Whitman Senior Living Center to help set up and run games and pass out candy for the local elementary children along side the senior residents. Good times were had by all! Most everyone was dress up in costume in celebration for Halloween. Punch, snacks, candy, and prizes were provided for the kids. This was a great community service event set up by our lovely Miss Jessica Curtin! Thanks to all who helped out at the event!

Nine brothers attended the first ever community service event with Habitat for Humanity in Spokane, WA. Members arrived on site at 12:30 p.m. and left Spokane around 5 p.m. After having lunch in downtown Spokane, members arrived at the first work site. Members worked to bring the landscaping around the homes up to code by lowering and leveling the sod placed around it.

After completing the landscaping work, Alumnus Ben Doornink joined brothers at the next site to help with the construction of window frames. The trip finished with a quick meal at Northern Lights.

Members of Deltasig spent time on Saturday afternoon hosting a Casino Social for the local residents of Bishop Place Senior Living Center. Both members and residents had a great time playing BINGO, Blackjack, and Poker. A raffle was also held in which several residents won Cougar memorabilia, which they wore right after while watching the Cougar game on television. Delta Sigma Pi hopes to continue this relationship with Bishop Place and have an even better event next time. Ideas for improvement include bigger and better prizes from local sponsors and a Texas Hold ‘em tournament.