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07-24-2003, 01:19 PM
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ATO Viking Tradition
Can anyone give me deatails about it????
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08-14-2003, 02:02 PM
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The viking tradition is used mostly at chapters in the Southeast. These chapters usually consider the viking their unofficial mascot. They also usually have a Viking Party sometime during the year. My chapter doesn't use the viking so I don't really know much else about it.
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09-16-2003, 11:45 PM
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they always hold the Viking Party here.
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03-02-2004, 06:20 AM
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We use the Gator as the mascot in Texas chapters due to the fact that you get gATOr
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06-21-2007, 03:30 PM
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Viking...yes!
I know we have a three day viking party but it never has stuck as a mascot!
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06-25-2007, 03:29 AM
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good day to all
hi is it ok if i can post here where i am not member of this fraternity? because you have the same name of fraternity here in the philippines. i am a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Philippines Inc. And the organizer of Alpha Tau Omega in philippines is a quitter or a break away in our fraternity (ASP). Because they introduce themselves international and affiliated in ATO-USA. Is it true? Just want to clarify. Thanks and have a good day to all
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08-09-2007, 05:43 PM
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No, ATO does not have any chapters in the Philippines or anywhere else outside of the US. In fact, our national Fraternity's website has a note at the bottom of the home page with notice about it.
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08-10-2007, 03:33 AM
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good day
thank you for your response. have a nice day to you. fraternity for worldpeace.
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08-18-2008, 10:15 PM
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You know this is really interesting to hear. I had never heard of this tradition until now, even though I go to a school in the southeast.
However, we DO have a big build party every year called Shipwreck. Though the party tends to have a pirate theme, thinking about it now I wouldn't be surprised if this evolved from a Viking tradition.
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08-31-2008, 08:35 PM
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i dont know where the person above is from but birmingham-southern used to hold viking or vike and they were told they couldnt anymore and switched to shipwreck, which is really just a knockoff of vike
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10-13-2008, 10:00 PM
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ATO at Texas Tech holds Viking Formal
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11-05-2008, 10:13 AM
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I've had several brothers go down to that Viking bash, but honestly, I never saw the viking as a mascot outside of maybe intramural sports. Either way, it's great to know it's a tradion in so many chapters. Unfortunately, my chapter closed down shortly after I went alum. Our campus isn't very greek friendly. From what I heard, they were doomed no matter what.
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05-15-2009, 06:49 PM
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we have a viking week here at the Alpha Sigma chapter at Oregon State University. Its a fun week, but probably nothing compared to the chapters in the south east.
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12-11-2009, 09:42 PM
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We're having our Viking Week in the Spring.
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11-06-2013, 01:30 PM
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The Viking Tradition comes from Birmingham Southern College's Beta Beta Chapter. It was started in 1963. Unfortunately, Nationals took Vike away from us in 2006 as a sanction. We replaced the party with Shipwreck.
Here is a link to the history about the Viking traditon:
http://atobetabetahistory.blogspot.c...aces-vike.html
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