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Location
101 Russell Blvd.
Contact
President: David Rosove, davidrosove@gmail.com
Fall Rush Chair: Alex Krasnoff, askrasnoff@gmail.com
Website
[WWW]National Site
[WWW]Davis AEPi Site

The UC Davis chapter of AEPi had a cumulative GPA of 3.2 (number 1 for all fraternities), 76 active brothers (number 1 for all fraternities), placed first in Arrowjam and raised over $7000 for Shaare Zedek children's hospital. Somehow we still found time to throw the sickest parties...and this was just last year.

Alpha Epsilon Pi or ΑΕΠ was founded at New York University in 1913 and remains the largest social fraternity in California and New York and the largest Jewish fraternity in the world. Ever since our foundation, we have been dedicated to developing college men who portray our ideals in leadership, honesty, loyalty, and brotherhood. AEPi is the only remaining Jewish fraternity in the United States.

At UC Davis, ΑΕΠ has become the largest force in the Greek system. With over 70 active brothers, the most on campus, ΑΕΠ has an extremely extensive and creative social calendar with events every week and a professional house chef who cooks home-style meals. We go on weekend retreats and overnight formals as well as summer trips to Israel and across the country. We have the strongest fraternal alumni network, and the largest fraternity house downtown located right across from the Farmers Market and next to Burgers and Brew and YoloBerry at 4th and C. The house was originally built around the turn of the (20th) century, and was the First Presbyterian Church of Davisville. They moved out in 1915, and we've all passed a lot of water since then.

Not only does ΑΕΠ host top-notch themed parties, we also hold philanthropy events every quarter to raise money for Shaare Zedek Children's Medical Hospital located in Jerusalem, which provides aid for children on both sides of the middle east conflict. This past 2010 school year ΑΕΠ is proud to announce that we raised $7000 for the hospital with our events "Dumps for Dollars" and "Mediterranean Night."

ΑΕΠ competes in nearly every intramural sport, including flag football, soccer, basketball and inner-tube water polo. ΑΕΠ also hosts pick-up basketball every Saturday afternoon at our basketball court in our front yard.

This past school year ΑΕΠ placed first out of all fraternities with a 3.2 cumulative GPA.

ΑΕΠ is active on campus, in the greek system, and in the Jewish community.

We have brothers involved in practically every aspect of campus life. There are currently 10 AEPi brothers currently working at the campus coffee house (coho). Other brothers currently work for student leadership, the inter-fraternal greek council (IFC), The California Aggie, the ARC, Hillel house, and many other on campus jobs. We have brothers on the Davis Cycling Team, the Frisbee team, and the Taekwondo team.

AEPi is proud to say that we are one of the loudest Jewish voices on campus. We often host talks on Israel at our house and our brothers proudly walk every year on campus at the "Walk to Remember" holocaust walk. We work closely with Hillel and many brothers work there as interns, Shabbat service leaders, or Kosher cooks.

Not only does AEPi hold our own philanthropies, we contribute and participate in other Greek philanthropic events. From Alpha Phi's King of Hearts to DG dodgeball, we participate and contribute money to help support fellow greeks. AEPi prides itself in maintaining good relationships with other greek organizations and often holds events with such organizations. This past spring we participated in The Clothesline Project with Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Psi Epsilon to raise awareness of sexual assault on college campuses.

This past winter AEPi participated in Pi Beta Phi's philanthropy dance competition called Arrowjam. We worked hard practicing for months and finally took home 1st place! Check out our performance. [WWW]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjyUB0sHWYc

In 2009 AEPi hosted Iration ([WWW]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTK1YbRHL2I&feature=related), and plan to host many more concerts in 2010 and 2011.

AEPi has many notable alumni ranging from the creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, to the former president of Coca-Cola, to the musicians Simon and Garfunkel, to two Nobel prize winners in medicine. Other notable alumni include Wolf Blitzer, Jerry Lewis, Gene Wilder, and Richard Lewis.

"No one could tell me where my soul might be; I searched for God, but He eluded me; I sought my brother out and found all three."

Ryan Clifford Lawsuits

Former UC Davis student Ryan Clifford initially filed a lawsuit against AEPi for hazing, which is currently pending in Yolo County Court. During this lawsuit he at one point was ordered to pay [WWW]ordered to pay $750 in attorney's fees to an opposing party. This case is set for [WWW]trial to begin on April 2, 2012.

A second suit was lodged against the university in Federal Court. In the [WWW]second suit, he made new claims that he and other pledges were forced to drink alcohol laced with unknown narcotics and undress while members touched his penis and made sexual comments. His complaint also alleges that he was hazed, and his foot was fractured in multiple places requiring two surgeries. He claims he was hazed hardest as he was the only non-Jewish applicant. He claims that the university put the fraternity on "conditional registration," but did not monitor their behavior and ignored future reports by Clifford. The reports referenced in Clifford's complaint including the sexual allegations were lodged on August 2010, 2 years after the alleged conduct. He's [WWW]suing the University for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and three other complaints related to tactics used by the fraternity. More information about the suit can be found in these articles:

[WWW]Davis Patch:Ex-UC Davis Student Sues University Over Sexual Abuse & Hazing

[WWW]Aggie:Former UC Davis Student Sues University Over Hazing

For Fall Rush Information, contact our Fall Rush Chair Alex Krasnoff - askrasnoff@gmail.com

IFC Awards
Philanthropic Awards
Past Presidents

AEPi Brothers on Campus:

Current
Aaron Rucinski: ROTC
Alex Neigher: Member, Davis Cycling Team, Forecaster for The Aggie, Meteorologist for the National Weather Service
Cory Warshaw: Curator of TEDx Davis
Daniel Brawer: Campus Tour Guide
David Turkell: President/Founder of Aggies for Israel
Ethan Sorscher: Employee, Memorial Union Post Office
Gil Mark: Unitrans Bus Driver
Kyle Prosen: Volunteer, Hillel House, Lifeguard at the Rec Pool
Leon Bernstein: Mondavi Center Ticket Agent
Max Rothman: Davis Ambassador, Monster Energy Drink
Mark Bogost: Assistant for TEDx Davis
Michael Charles: Kitchen Supervisor, ASUCD Coffee House
Michael Lipp: Assistant for TEDx Davis
Ethan Rader: Supervisor, Activities and Recreation Center; IFC President
Zachary Loebel: Hardware Support Supervisor, Computer Lab Management

Former
Zack Levine: Kitchen Supervisor, ASUCD Coffee House
Louis Sachs: Student Manager, CFC; Shabbaton Director, Congregation Bet Haverim
Justin Greenberg: Researcher, UCD Plant Genetics Lab
Julian Habdank-Kolaczkowski: Lab Assistant, UCD Center for Neuroscience
Tyler Gregory: Song Leader, Hillel House
Ari Feinstein: Coffee House Student Manager
Brian Goldberg: Davis Veechi Representative
Jake Ellis: Member, Club Frisbee Team
Tal Sraboyants: President, UCD Taekwondo Club
Daniel Storrow: Actor, various works on campus
Ethan Sorscher: Member, External Affairs Commission
Drew Lu: Researcher, UCD Plant Pathology Dept.
Geoffrey Abram: UCD Campus Tour Guide
Eric Friedman: ASUCD Senator, Jewish Student Union - Secretary & UCD Tour Guide
Aaron Winkler: JSU- Vice President of Programming
Daniel Friedman: Jewish Student Union - President
Aaron Saltzman: California Aggie - Arts Writer
Dylan Tarnoff: Jewish Student Union Treasurer
Evan Chait: IFC - Internal Vice President
Louis Sachs: IFC - Activities Vice President
Leo Landes: ASUCD Business and Finance Commission - Commissioner
Mike Shapiro: CFC- Member
Joshua Karbelnig: KDVS - DJ PBRJ, DJ NICO SQUARE
Donald Cohen-Cutler: ASUCD - Member of ASUCD Senate
Jeremy Gimbel: ASUCD - Chair of the ASUCD External Affairs Commission
Adam Gerber: ASUCD - Member of ASUCD Senate
Daniel Zussman: ASUCD - Member of ASUCD Academic Affairs Commission
Aaron Saltzman: ASUCD - Member of ASUCD Academic Affairs Commission
Greg Grinberg: ASUCD - Member of ASUCD Internal Affairs Commission
Mark Klebanov: ASUCD - Vice Chair of ASUCD Business and Finance Commission & GCB Member
Daniel Aleksander: IFC - 2004-2005 Internal Vice-President
Daniel Friedman: IFC- 2004-2005 External Vice President, 2006-2007 President
Alex Olenick: California Aggie- Cartoonist
Daniel Stone: California Aggie - Editor-In-Chief of The California Aggie
Rodney Moreh: IFC - Activities Vice President
Neuriel Shore: IFC - Secretary
Dave Rindenow: IFC - Treasurer

To learn more visit [WWW]http://www.aepidavis.com or [WWW]http://www.aepi.org

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2008-08-16 08:27:26   AEPi!!!!! Woot Woot —ljsachs

2009-02-10 11:39:54   Man this fraternity sounds awesome! —TyeGregory

2011-01-02 16:11:16   soooo down! —MaxRothman

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