On April 30th at the University of Maine at Orono, two teams composed of Kappa Delta Phi Fratneity, Alpha Alpha Chapter Brothers competed in the Tippman ROTC Paintball Tournament. Against 18 other teams, including one team containing another brother, the two teams were able to place 15th (Black Team) and 4th (Gold Team). The winning team, Super Squad, contained Mu Alum and Alpha Alpha Active Ryan Barnes, who's jersey never saw a drop of paint until the Alpha Alpha men smashed some on it after he took first place.

Over all the Kappa boys outlasted all competition, of the 3 teams finishing ahead of Gold Team two contained former and current Semi-Professional players and the third was a military ensemble from the Army ROTC. One player on Gold Team had never fired a Paint Ball Gun before in his life, proving again that when called upon to step up and meet a challenge, Kappa Delta Phi prevails.

The Brothers Of Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Alpha Chapter at UMaine

The men of the newly re-activated Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Alpha Chapter at University of Maine Orono just conducted their first installation of new officers at the Penobscot Valley Country Club, on Saturday April 19th.

This formal event was a shining example of the dedicated hard work of several young men striving in a common goal of fellowship.

The event was attended by the full membership of Alpha Alpha, University of Maine, Orono Associate Dean of Students, Angel Loredo, as well as Field Representative's Ken Oliver from Presque Isle's Mu chapter and Edward Webber of University of Southern Maine's Iota chapter.

Also in attendance were local alumnae from our sister sorority at University of Machias' Kappa Eta chapter, Jennifer D'Appollonio, Samm Stewart, and Victoria DeMambro. Alumni from University of Maine, Presque Isle's Mu chapter were represented by Ken Oliver, Kevin Kirkbride and Jeff Willette. Other Chapter Alumni representations were Rho chapter's Jon White, active Kappa Lambda sister Taryn Beaumont, and active Kappa Mu sister, Sam White.

SUNY New Paltz alumnus, Ken Holman from Alpha Gamma Chapter and alumna Jill Bivona of Kappa Chi chapter drove over 6 hours to attend this event.

The love and support these men and women have provided to the young men of Alpha Alpha was appreciated.

By: Taryn R. Beaumont, Vice President of Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority, Kappa Lambda Chapter at Husson College

On Sunday, April 27, 2008, two Bangor area chapters participated in the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Walk, held at the Bangor Mall. Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority, Kappa Lambda Chapter of Husson College, and Kappa Delta Phi National Fraternity, Alpha Alpha chapter of the University of Maine showed their support by raising funds and awareness, and by participating in the walk around the mall.

The MDA serves people in the community with neuromuscular diseases by providing clinics, support groups, assistance with the purchase and repair of wheelchairs, braces and communication devices, as well as summer camp for kids. MDA also funds research seeking treatments and cures for more than 40 neuromuscular diseases that affect people of all ages, right here in our community.

Over $2000 total was raised for this event. A great time was had by all, and it was a great chance for brothers and sisters to come together for a great cause.

Particapating Brothers of Alpha Alpha and Sisters of Kappa Lambda

Particapating Sisters of Kappa Lambda

Particapating Brothers of Alpha Alpha

Brother Ryan Barnes & Sister Taryn Beaumont 2008 Well Balanced Kappas.

The first two Well Balanced Kappas have been awarded to Brother Ryan Barnes and Sister Taryn Beaumont .

Ryan Barnes, an electrical engineering major at UMaine, maintains a high GPA in a demanding major at a premier university.

Barnes had an extraordinary career as an Active Brother. He pledged at Mu Chapter, UMaine Presque Isle and then transferred to UMaine Orono, the flagship of the Maine University system. Once there he re-founded the dormant Alpha Alpha chapter which is now at 13 men strong. He served as President of Alpha Alpha for the first two years of the chapters rebirth.

Ryan is a member of the UMaine Paintball club member and an IFC Member.

His contributions to campus volunteer efforts and community service are nothing short of amazing.

Tayrn Beaumont is currently a student of the graduate level Physical Therapy school at Husson College. She has been an active sister of Kappa Lambda for three years and is currently President of Kappa Lambda Chapter.

She is a member of the APTA (American Physical Therapist Association) as well as OPTS (Organization of Physical Therapist Students). Through OPTS, she helps to sponsor events such as wheelchair basketball, advertisement of physical therapy awareness month and a dance every year to raise money for a different cause or disease.

These two leaders exhibit the best of a well balanced Kappa showing exemplementary actions in academics, leadership with in kappa, leadership in the college and community and contributions in community service.

Brother Scott Moody (Xi chapter) and Sister Nicola Reis-Sedgwick (Kappa Chi Chapter)

Sisters clean up crew

Scott Moody (xi), Dave Jones (chi), Jill Bivona (Kappa Chi)

Kappa Alumni @ evening social

On March 28th 2008 Kappa Delta Phi Brothers and Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority Sisters met in Portland Maine to perform community service and for a social meeting.

Chapters represented

• Gamma Alumni
• Eta Alumni
• Iota Alumni
• Nu Alumni
• Xi Alumni
• Omicron Alumni
• Chi Alumni
• Alpha Alpha Actives
• Alpha Gamma Alumni
• Kappa Eta Alumni
• Kappa Iota Alumni
• Kappa Upsilon Alumni
• Kappa Chi Alumni

We met at couple of locations and then trekked to Chi chapter alumnus, David Jones. Dave Jones was seriously injured a year ago during a skiing accident, but due to his perseverance he has made incredible strides in recovery. This is not surprising as that he has been described as Captain America by his Chi Chapter alumni.

Kappa Chi Alumnus Sister Jill Bivona arranged the community service for Brother Dave Jones. They knew each other during their active days when Dave was an active Brother of Chi chapter and Jill was an active Sister of Kappa Chi, located at Southern New Hampshire University.

The crew of Kappa Delta Phi Alumni Brothers, Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority Alumnae Sisters and Active Brothers from our UMaine Colony helped Dave clean sweep his basement, handle some over growth in his yard, and clean swept the upstairs of his house.

While Brother Scott Moody (Xi chapter) and Sister Nicola Reis-Sedgwick (Kappa Chi Chapter) whipped up some serious grub for the hard working teams.

Brother Vinnie DeMambro (Eta Chapter) was the brother of the day, installing two sets of banisters and re-doing an exterior wall and other construction around the house, Brother DeMambro operates a construction company located in Bar Harbor, Maine.

The active brothers of Alpha Alpha colony (with a little help and supervision from alumni brothers from a couple of different chapters) were set to some serious lifting, carrying a lot of heavy weight from the basement to the pickup trucks making runs to the local dump.

Brother Scott Cranston (Nu Chapter) was the master of yard shrubbery and tackled some serious overgrowth. We are happy to report Scott still has all of his digits and did one heck of a job.

The alumna Sisters from Kappa Chi, Kappa Iota and Kappa Eta turned their critical eye to the overflowing wardrobe of Dave Jones and performed a “what not to wear” episode before our very eyes. Once the “what not to wear” episode was over they changed channels to “Flip this house” and they transformed the upstairs into an area any top notch bed and breakfast would be proud to own.

Yard work, Basement and Upstairs transformations and construction being completed we turned our attentions to the food and to wishing Alumni Sister Victoria DeMambro (Kappa Eta) a very happy birthday.

We then broke camp for the day and returned to our assorted hotel rooms to rest and get ready for the evening social.

Kappa Eta Sister Jennifer D’Appollonio secured our evening social at Foreplay Sports Bar in Portland Maine. The Owner of Foreplay Sports Bar is married to Kappa Iota Alumni Sister Chandra Palian. They were extremely gracious hosts to us closing off the upper level for our social.

Alpha Alpha Invites You!

Dear Esteemed Brothers,

I would like to invite you (and your Chapter) to the first Alpha Alpha Installation.

This event will be taking place April 19th, 2008 at the Penobscott Valley Country Club.

The dinner is set at 35 dollars per person, which includes a house salad, roasted red potatoes, green beans with almonds, and a choice of London broil, stuffed chicken, or ravioli with spinach and Portobello. For dessert we will be served New York style cheese cake.

Guest should arrive no later than 6 PM, with the welcome speech to start at 6:15PM.

There will be an installation of new officers and welcome of all Brothers since 2005 into the Fraternity.

If you (or anyone from your Chapter) is planning on attending, please RSVP by posting who will be attending, and what entrée they would like in the Alpha Alpha forum of the Kappa Talk (it will be stickied at the top) no later than April 1st, 2008.

After the Installation there will be several events available for entertainment in the local area such as bowling and possibly a semi-formal dance.

Fraternally,

Ryan Barnes
Mu, Spring 2005
President, Alpha Alpha

Congratulations to the Brothers of Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Alpha Colony at the University of Maine. They have the second highest grade point average of all fraternities. Their well earned 2.94 GPA places them higher then All-Campus GPA (2.91) All-Greek (2.72) and All Male GPA (2.80)

http://www.umaine.edu/greek/grades/fratgrades.htm

On March 1st, 1972 The Alpha Alpha chapter of Kappa Delta Phi National Fraternity at the University of Maine was founded. On December 18 2005 the Chapter was refounded by 7 men under the leadership of Ryan Barns, a Mu chapter brother who transferred to UMaine, and the supervision of National Board members, active and alumni representatives from Rho Chapter and Mu chapter.