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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE IOTA OMICRON CLASS!!


#39 Isabel Han "Caesura"
#40 Nina Lai "Andante"
#41 Alice Wu "Vitalia"
#42 Lynna Gu "Influence"
#43 Susana Ho "Ebullience"
#44 Yichen Qiu "Misaki"

You've made us proud ladies. Welcome to the syzterhood.
Rock those letters!!



Saturday, April 11, 2009
Take Back The Night

On April 9th. We cosponsored Take Back The Night with Women's Caucus as a part of their Sexual Assault Awareness Week. The event started at 6:00pm at Heavens Lounge. We first gather in a circle and shared sexual assault stories either found on TBTN web site or of our own. Hearing some girls sharing their own stories was shocking and sad to me. The discussion was followed by the candle light march through eastman quad, residential quad and back to Wilson Commons. Even though we couldn't light the candel successfully because of the wind, it was still a rewarding experience.

For that week, we also cosponsored Clothesline project, in which we encouraged students to draw their feeling about sexual assault on plain t-shirts and hung them up in Hirst Lounge. We can definitely work more with Women's Caucus in the future!

--Equinox



Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Relay for Life


Friday, April 3rd, 2009 was Relay for Life hosted by U of R. Most sisters stayed the entire 12 hours--6pm to 6am :) We had dedication bags for some sisters we were relaying for, including our alumna Wincheng Lin.

We passed the time by participating in contests like Chubby Bunny and the Frozen T-shirt contest haha.

We also played Never Have I Ever...and some Horse game LOL. We tossed around a football for a while & played poker :D I hope everyone had a lot of fun--we raised a LOT of money. Special recognition to Kerry who raised over $800!!

<3 Crisis




Alumnae Weekend


March 27-29, 2009 We had our annual alumnae weekend. Christie Hoang, Stephanie Liu, Miranda Kiang, Helen Phan, Sayaka Hanada, and Tiffany Tsui came to visit for the weekend hooray! We had a Psi Upsilon Mixer Friday night and Saturday afternoon we had pizza with the alumnae. After that, we had a belly dancing workshop. At night, we went out to have delicious meat-filled dinner at Delmononico's Steakhouse :9 Finally we capped off the night with sister jeopardy & an open house party. We miss you alumns! Come back soon :) Hope you like the gift!!

<3 Crisis



Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Greetings from Japan
This is random, but I was standing on the corner of a store in Tsudanuma today and I turned around and found this. Just made me miss you guys a bit ;)




<3 Nocturne



Thursday, March 26, 2009
Korea Night After Party

Chalking on campus

Iota Charter <3

Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority hosted Korea Night After Party @ the Drama House on Saturday March 21st, 2009! We advertised by flyering and chalking the grounds on campus, with the help of Angela Lim from Tau Chapter. We had our own DJ Relapse who spun good music all night long :) We had a pretty good turn out and we showed off our National Stroll !

Three of our sisters were actually part of the Korea night show and performed a traditional fan dance. You girls looked so beautiful :')

<3Crisis



Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tea Tasting (Spring 2009)

On March 25th 2009, we had our Tea Tasting event as a part of Wake Up In Wilson. We cosponsored with student activities office and dining service. They provided teas and hot water so we don't need to worry about food safety.=)
We made a poster board with tea-related information and introduced four kinds of teas: Houjicha, Jasmine Tea, Oolong Tea and Chinese Green Tea. Apparently, Houjicha was the most popular one^^.
Thank all sisters who helped at the event or showed up for the healthy and tasty breakfast.
Iota Chapter History
 Sigma Psi Zeta is the first and only multicultural Asian Interest Sorority on the University of Rochester campus. We emphasize leadership, scholarship, advocacy, community service and cultural awareness.

Sigma Psi Zeta works to promote awareness of the Asian/Asian American cultures and heritages amongst the students and faculty of our campus. We believe the strength of our foundation derives not just from the unity of our sisterhood, but also from the individuality of our members.

The Iota Chapter of Sigma Psi Zeta was established by Wincheng Lin and Jeanette Moy on December 1, 2000 at the University of Rochester. These women, united by their desire to affect change on their campus and the surrounding communities, create a lasting sisterhood, and promote unity among women and those of the Asian/Asian American community, set forth to bring a charter of Sigma Psi Zeta to their campus in the Spring, 1999. As friends, and later as roommates, they occasionally discussed the creation of an asian-interest sorority. They wanted an organization that would be beyond the bonds of friendship and instead hold bonds of sisterhood. Jeanette's older sister was a Sister of the Alpha Chapter of Sigma Psi Zeta, and after careful consideration, the two desired to join the organization that Sister Zoe had joined years before. It was not until Fall 2000, however, that their vision was realized. Their friendship was unparalleled, and with each other's support, no challenge was insurmountable. With much perseverance, determination and work, these ladies, known now as Trax and Fenix, became the Iota Charters.