Brittany Lawless / WRITER

Fraternity steps up to assist Haitian victims

Omega Psi Phi, a fraternity at Auburn, is encouraging students, professors and the Auburn - Opelika community to support victims of the Haitian earthquake by making donations to assist in the relief efforts.The fraternity developed, and is in the process of executing, a plan that could change the lives of victims in Haiti.Skylar Forney, senior in French international business trade and an active member of Omega Psi Phi, organized the operation."We have gone to 15 local businesses to try and get donations and ask if they can support our cause for the survivors in Haiti," Forney said, "and we have about 20 more businesses to go."The 17 active brothers of Omega Psi Phi are collecting money and nonperishables as well as securing local business donations for an event they are conducting, Jan.