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True Gentleman's Day of Service
May 2008

The True Gentleman's Day of Service is the day where all the local SAE Chapters come together and do some community service. This year we went to painted, cleaned, and did yardwork for a local children's house. It is a great time to meet different SAE Brothers as well as help the community.

Paddy Murphy Day
April 25th, 2008

The Brothers on Paddy Murphy Day This year was the first ever Paddy Murphy Day at Occidental College. Paddy Murphy is a tradition for Sigma Alpha Epsilon around the country. Many chapters celebrate a week of Paddy Murphy but for the first year we decided to celebrate one epic Paddy Murphy Day. This year we selected Wills Mitchell to be the legendary Paddy Murphy. The legend of Paddy Murphy is conflicting among all the chapters across the country but the California Epsilon legend goes as follows:


"In 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment effectively put an end to the importing, exporting, transporting, selling, and manufacturing of liquor and alcohol. This was the beginning of bootlegging, which rapidly swept across America in the early 20th century.

Paddy Murphy, according to SAE legend, was a bootlegger who was doing deals with Al Capone, one of America's best known gangsters. During one of the arrangements, a man named Elliot Ness and his company of crime fighters stormed in on the affair to apprehend Murphy. When Ness signaled for Murphy to surrender, he instead reached for a gun, and Ness shot him down.

As Murphy fell to the ground, dying of a wound inflicted by Ness, he gave Ness the secret handshake that only the brothers of SAE know. Ness, an SAE himself, realized that he had killed a brother of his fraternity and ordered that Paddy Murphy have an honorary burial, in recognition of his fallen brother."

Brothers Carrying The Coffin On April 25th, 2008, California Epsilon dressed up in Tuxedos and marched through the Occidental Quad. The brothers placed Wills Mitchell '08 in a coffin as the honorary Paddy Murphy of the night. Carrying the coffin (with Honorary Paddy Murphy inside), the brothers marched through the quad as a memorial ceremony. After the ceremony, a wake was given and Paddy Murphy was resurrected. The celebration continue by taking a double decker English style party bus to the Horse Track where they serve dollar hot dogs and dollar beers. The celebration ended at 10:00pm and all 23 brothers and 40 guests were extremely pleased with the first annual Paddy Murphy. To see the album from the first annual Paddy Murphy Day click here.

Spring Pledge Class
February

The Spring Pledge Class is a large group of gentlemen who are determined to do their best for Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Many of the pledges did not know each other before this the pledge process began, but they are closer than ever now. The pledge class consists of 10 pledges and they are Matthew Bourne' 10, Gil Ortega '10, Drew Hanson '11, Nick Weinstein '11, Mark Hurtado '11, Mike Widdman '10, Kyle Bruin '09, Thomas Whitacre '11, and Sam Kesten '11.

 

  

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