To celebrate Spring and the end of our New England hibernation, the Boston Area Regional Graduate Organization is having a Month of Games.
This April, there's a game night happening every weekend!

Sat. 4/5 1-4pm: Parlor Games (Taboo, Balderdash, Apples-to-Apples, etc.) in Arlington with Jen
Sun. 4/13 6-10pm: Under-an-hour Board Games (Clue, Carcassonne, Fluxx, etc) in Cambridge with Anna
Mon. 4/21 2-10pm: All-Afternoon Games (Settlers of Catan, Buffy the Game, etc) in Somerville with Andrea & Corey

There's a brand-new group on flickr.com for ADPS-related photos to all gather in one place - a group called Alpha Delta Phi Society. If you've been using flickr to post photos of ADPhi events or get-togethers, please join the group and include your (PG-13, non-secret) photos.

The url for the group is http://www.flickr.com/groups/alphadeltaphisociety
You do not have to be a member of the group to see the photos in the group's "pool", but you do have to be signed in to Flickr/Yahoo.

Once again, it is Awards Season for the Society!

Please read through the synopses below. Official Rules and other materials for each are attached to this post.

AT A GLANCE:
May 1, 2008: Deadline for Sword & Spear Nominations
May 19, 2008: Literary Competition Deadline
June 18, 2008: Seward Scholarship Application Deadline
July 1, 2008: Sword & Spear Award Supporting Materials Deadline for Nominated Candidates

It was an exciting weekend at the Middletown Chapter House at 185 High Street in Middletown, Connecticut. Just 16 hours after pledging twenty-three members of the Wesleyan University community, the chapter hosted the first initiation ceremony for the Granite Affiliate Chapter, based at the University of New Hampshire.

The UNH campus paper, "The New Hampshire" has an article about our new affiliate!
Here is a link to the article in the paper.
Affiliate President/Pledge Meredith Lee and Affiliate Pledge Ashley Auger are quoted in the article, as are Brother Pledgemaster Kristen Soule Brn '99 and Expansion Chair Thomas Clark Bdn '99.
The article was not written by one of our pledges, but Pledge Lee is a graphics designer for the paper.

It is my honor to welcome the Granite Affiliate at the University of New Hampshire to the Alpha Delta Phi Society.

The Society has made expansion its top priority, and I am pleased an exceptional group of students has taken this step to affiliate with the Alpha Delta Phi Society.

David Olsen (MID '01) and his contest partner Jasmine won the fourth season of Beauty and the Geek!!!!

See an interview with the winners from Buddy TV here:

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/beauty-and-the-geek/exclusive-interview-jasmine-an-14450.aspx

Earlier this month, Michael Roth, Middletown 1978, was inaugurated as Wesleyan's 16th president.

Earlier this year, the Wesleyan Argus published an article about Roth that discussed his undergraduate years, including his term as president of the Middletown Chapter during an important time in the coeducational history of the Alpha Delta Phi Society.

For a story about Roth's inauguration, please click here. You can also learn more about Roth and watch his inauguration ceremony by visiting this web page.

At our recently completed Eighth Convention and Leadership Training Conference, the Convention delegates approved a new Society policy on Electronic Media Publication. The Undergraduate Caucus took the lead in revising the proposed policy, and the policy approved was the one revised by the undergraduate caucus members.

The policy follows below:

I wanted to share with you a Convention report I wrote as part of a recent fund appeal mailing.

If you would like to make a donation to the Society, or the tax-exempt Samuel Eells Literary and Educational Foundation, please let me know at president (at) adps.org.

The Alpha Delta Phi Society just completed its Eighth Convention and Leadership Training Conference in Arlington, Virginia. I believe it was a productive and educational weekend, and so I wanted to share some of the highlights with you.

Society members in attendance discussed our organization’s top priorities and the steps we must take to implement our strategies and reach our goals.