Photos by Brianna Wright & Mackenzie Pike | The Doane Owl
(Left) The 2026 members of Alpha Pi Epsilon. (Right) Phi Sigma Tau members and alumni celebrate.
Throughout February, each Greek group on campus put in many sleepless nights, tons of steps and maybe lost their voices once or twice, to lead up to the two most important events when it comes to new member education: skit night and bridge crossing.
Freshman Felicia Deumi-Nappi, a new member of Omega Psi Theta, said that during new member education, the incoming new members not only learned everything about their Greek group, but they also learned about the active members, their alumni and sponsors, along with their philanthropy, history, etc.
Skit night happened on Thursday, Feb. 27, where each pledge class for each group performed a skit in front of all the Greek groups and their alumni.
“Skit night was honestly one of my favorite moments because the skits were so good (especially the omega and gamma skit),” Deumi-Nappi said.
The next day, all the Greek groups, alumni and new members gathered outside of Brodie, getting ready to do the infamous bridge crossing. Freshman Mikalynn Wylie, a new member of Chi Delta, said that bridge crossing was more exciting than she thought it would be.
“Oh, I loved bridge crossing,” Wylie said. “I actually did not know it was possible to feel any closer to my sorority sisters.” Wylie also discussed that the best part about bridge crossing was marching to their alumni at the end of the “bridge” and singing their sorority song together. On the other hand, Deumi-Nappi said that just being around all the different fraternities and sororities and everyone singing together also added to the fun.
