Mom's Day at Alpha Xi

On Saturday February 19th, my mom and fifty other moms, will be joining their daughters for a throw back to the 50's. We will start dinner at the house at 6:00 p.m. with catered Olive Garden.  Activities will include a 50's trivia game, and lots of girl talk. We will then walk to The Johnny Carson Theatre for "Happy Days-A New Musical".  Alpha Xi Deltas and their moms will fill 100 of the 200 seats in the theater!! I am looking forward to spending one last special Mom's Day with my mom before I graduate! Love you mom!

Xi Love,

Allison Schultz

Fiesta Feed Next Thursday!

The ladies of Alpha Xi Delta and the men of Pi Kappa Alpha will be serving up all you can eat nachos at the Alpha Xi Delta chapter house on Thursday, February 24th from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. All proceeds will benefit Autism Speaks.

Tickets are $4 in advance or $5 at the door.

RSVP on Facebook here and find an Alpha Xi Delta for your ticket now!

Xi Love,
Alpha Xi Delta Blogger

Xi Love

Roses are red, violets are blue, and the girls in the castle wish a Happy Valentine’s Day to you!

 Last Thursday evening, the ladies of Rho kicked off the holiday weekend by organizing a sisterhood event.  Chapter members gathered in the dining room, decorated heart-shaped cookies and designed valentine cards for Phi Mu.  Every semester sororities on campus are paired with one another to do activities together and get to know each other better. Our sister sorority for the spring semester is Phi Mu.  After we were finished with the cookies and Valentine cards, we walked down Greek row and delivered the goodies.  We hope the members of Phi Mu enjoyed their sweet treats!

On Friday night, the Alpha Xi’s busted a move or two at the four-house Crush Dance.  The Jasmine Room, which is part of the Grand Manse, hosted a dance for Delta Gamma, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho and Alpha Xi Delta.  Before the dance, several Rho members and their crushes went out for a nice Valentine’s date and then danced the night away with other members of the Greek community.

Finally, tonight’s Monday night dinner will have a few different faces attending.  Tonight is our Sweetheart Dinner where sisters are able to invite a sweetheart of their choice to eat dinner at the Chapter House.  Members will be bringing their boyfriends, friends, cousins and brothers.  We are looking forward to our Sweetheart Dinner so we can show off our favorite sweethearts.

We hope everyone enjoys their Valentine’s Day and has plenty of chocolate!

Xi Love, 

The Sweethearts of Rho

Meet a New Member: Chelsey Knutzen

Hometown: Littleton, Colorado
High School: Thunderridge High School
Major: Athletic Training

What aspects of Alpha Xi Delta have you enjoyed the most so far?
I love the sisterhood and the friends that I have made.

How would you say Alpha Xi Delta has impacted your life in college?
Good by making my feel more at home

What are you most looking forward to in Alpha Xi Delta?
Being a mom next year to a pledge that feels the same way that I do now

If you could describe AXiD in three words, what would they be?
Loving, fun and exciting

Alumnae Christmas Party

Collegiate members of Rho Chapter invited the families of alumnae to the chapter house on Dec. 9 for a Christmas celebration. Children of the alumnae decorated cookies and colored holiday pictures with the girls. One of Santa's elves also made a special appearance and delivered a bag full of presents. The Christmas party was a great opportunity for alumnae and current members to get to know each other and keep in touch. This is just one of many alumnae events held at Rho Chapter each year. 

Below are some of the memories made at this year's gathering for you to enjoy.

We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays!

Xi Love, 

Alpha Xi Delta Blogger

A Castle Update!

Hello! It's been awhile!
In light of the holiday season and the passing of Halloween, I feel I should update you on all of our festive socials.

October 30th we were lucky enough to have the men of Tau Kappa Epsilon over to our house to carve pumpkins.  It was a really fun way to show off our pumpkin-carving skills, or lack there of, while dancing and chatting with the boys. Jenae succeeded!

Jenae Latimer

November 1st we had more guests at the castle! The men of Alpha Gamma Rho joined us for dinner on that Monday, while some of our girls went to dine at their house.

And now the main event.............FORMAL!

This year, winter formal is November 20th with Kappa Sigma and Pi Kappa Phi. The night will begin with a two seperate formal dinners, hosted by our wonderful Parent's Club. We will then be at the Delray Ballroom from 9pm-1am dancing the night away! I am extremely excited to have our new initiates experience formal for the first time. It is truly one of the best times of the semester. Enjoy it girls!

GO BIG RED!

Xi love, Caroline

Alpha Xi Delta Wins "Cotton. From Blue to Green." Denim Drive!

Alpha Xi Delta challenged sororities Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Mu to a denim drive in support of Cotton, Inc.'s campaign, "Cotton. From Blue to Green." From Blue to Green is an initiative that collects denim products for the purpose of recycling them into insulation for homes. Many of the donations go toward insulating homes built by Habitat for Humanity. The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) was chosen to administer the campaign on the UNL campus during the month of October. Since many Alpha Xi Deltas are leaders in PRSSA, we were able to use the competition as a way to get the Greek community involved with the campaign.

The total fundraising goal for the denim drive is 500 pairs of jeans. Alpha Xi Delta won the sorority competition and donated 105 pairs of denim jeans to Cotton, Inc.! 

Thank you for everyone who contributed to this effort!

Xi Love,

Alpha Xi Delta Blogger

Meet a New Member: Alyse Lysgaard

Meet Alyse!

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV

High School: Laurel Springs School (online homeschool)

Major: Animal Science

What aspects of Alpha Xi Delta have you enjoyed the most so far?
I love that I can be myself with the girls.

How would you say Alpha Xi Delta has impacted your life in college?
I would say that I have friends who don't care if I act like a complete fool. They still like me for who I am.

What are you most looking forward to in Alpha Xi Delta?

I'm looking forward to mom/daughter day!

If you could describe Alpha Xi Delta in three words, what would they be?

Has my back.

Meet a New Member: Mandy Rosenthal

Welcome back to the Castle!

The initiated members of Alpha Xi Delta are so proud of the new member class. The new members have recently finished gift week and learned the identity of their new "mom" in the house. We celebrated mother/daughter revealing with lunch at Valentino's, and then each "family" shared their traditions with the newest additions to their family tree with their own special activities. 

In order for everyone to become better acquainted with the new members, we are going to feature them, one at a time, on Life in the Castle. Please keep a lookout for new posts and take advantage of this opportunity to Meet a New Member!

Xi Love, 

Alpha Xi Delta Blogger

Meet Mandy Rosenthal!

Hometown: Elkhorn, NE
High school: Duchesne Academy
Major: History, Political Science, International Studies

What aspects of Alpha Xi Delta have you enjoyed the most so far?
The friendship, spontaneity, and diversity of all of the girls. 

How would you say Alpha Xi Delta has impacted your life in college?
Alpha Xi Delta has helped me to expand my social spheres and become more confident in myself.

What are you most looking forward to in Alpha Xi Delta?
Getting to know the girls even better as an initiated member.

If you could describe Alpha Xi Delta in three words, what would they be?
New life chapter.

Wednesday Night Thing

WNT in the Castle Basement

Hi! My name is Chelsea Price and I am the chaplain of Alpha Xi Delta, Rho Chapter. Here’s a little bit about what I do…..

Why did you want to become the chaplain of Alpha Xi Delta?

God and his great love are two of the most important things in my life. Being in this position means I get to share this with my sisters!

What is Wednesday Night Thing?

Wednesday Night Thing, or WNT for short, is our Alpha Xi Delta Bible Study. Every Wednesday at 9:30 we pile into the basement for a time of fun and random activities with sisters and a time of learning something new about God and his love. I like to describe it as “it’s a girl thing, it’s a God thing, it’s an AXID thing.”

Describe the success of Wednesday Night Thing.

In terms of numbers, that’s easy to do! There are usually about 35-50 girls in the basement for WNT every Wednesday! But more importantly, I think that what goes on in girls’ hearts is where the true success lies. We are learning so much about God’s unconditional love for each of us individually, as sisters and as children of God. I think that if every girl knows that God loves her so much and then she goes and lives like it, then WNT couldn’t be more successful!

Alpha Xi Delta Chaplain - Chelsea Price

How do you plan WNT?

Every thing we talk about on Wednesdays is from the Bible. I always tell the girls, I don’t make any of this up myself; this is all 100% what God is saying to you in the Bible. I’m just the one reading it! I knew since this summer that I wanted to spend 8 weeks of WNT going over love, and I decided on a theme of “a love you can’t live without.” (That love being God’s love, of course.) I guess I just figured that not only is God’s unconditional love one of his defining characteristics, but also, what college-age girl doesn’t want to hear about someone who loves them?!

As far as the activities, they’re totally random. Sometimes they have to do with the lesson and sometimes they don’t. The activities range anywhere from painting our nails, to taking prayer requests to doing review sheets on what we’ve learned in the past weeks of WNT. I also have the weekly Bible verse that corresponds with the lesson posted on second floor lounge. This is just another way for girls to know what’s going on each week at WNT.

How has increased involvement benefited the chapter?

God’s love is powerful, and I personally have seen it do so many amazing things here in Alpha Xi Delta. Our chapter was already very tight-knit, but Wednesday Night Thing has only seemed to make us more thankful, loving and thoughtful women who know what they stand for. Plus, since sisterhood is such a big part of Alpha Xi Delta, WNT has been a perfect reason for us to spend time together as sisters!

Alpha Xi's Decorating Cookies at WNT

What can collegiate members of Alpha Xi Delta look forward to about WNT this semester?

Well girls, I have three large jars of antique buttons… and I think you know what that means! (Freshmen ask your mommies) And I know you all love the random prizes that I find at the dollar aisle at Wal-mart. But more importantly, I think that we can look forward to knowing God’s great love for us individually. The Bible says in Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all of your heart.” What an amazing thing if in 50 years we look back on our time in college and say, “I found God’s love in college!” God is real and if we seek him as a chapter house, then only good things will come from it. So get excited girls! 

Xi Love, 

Chelsea Price

Chaplain