On November 14th, 1999, 37 men were brought before Brothers Erin Mullally and Ryan Elliot from Headquarters, to begin the first challenge along the journey of brotherhood, The Sigma Challenge. Brothers were eager, yet anxious, to build a brotherhood worthy to join the National Fraternity of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Shortly after Brother Mullally returned to headquarters, the Brothers who were appointed
to the executive board began to develop different ideas and beliefs of what the Fraternity should be; ideas and beliefs that contradicted those of our Oath of Obligation. Tension and dissent grew within the brotherhood, creating definitively separate groups with their own agenda, each trying to gain control of the Fraternity. Accompanying this internal struggle was the challenge the brothers faced from the Inter-Fraternal Council (IFC). The IFC was not given a choice whether or not to allow a new Fraternity onto campus and had no involvement with the selection of which Fraternity it would be. Members of IFC also over-heard a conversation that took place between members of SigEp and alumni, the topic of which IFC misinterpreted, and resulted in more animosity towards SigEp by the IFC. Marred by the negative relationship within the brotherhood, the lack of support from the IFC, and lack of confidence within themselves, 27 of the new members of the Drexel Sigma Epsilon Chapter decided they didn't want to accept the struggle that lay ahead. At the next meeting following Christmas break, only the following men showed up: Mohamed Al-Khalifa Khalifa, Martin Christian, Steven Goble, Jonathan Huynh, Robert Li, Michael Maslanik, Rahul Patel, Terrence Purnell, Jamie Rosley, and Ryan Turman. These 10 brothers are the founding fathers of the Pennsylvania Beta Beta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
