Updates from Omicron Zeta
 

Hey Guys.
I am a newly initiated brother at the Omicron-Zeta chapter at the University of Hawaii.
The guy in the middle was our former GM Brother Mike Ray.
I have never seen that picture before and it is pretty cool.
Jason Bothwell who I just met just recently came back from Iraq and is out DGM.
I enjoy being part of Kappa Sigma and glad I am here. We do have another national Organization Fraternity which is the TKE's yet they have approximately 4 members to my knowledge. And we have a Local Fraternity KEO which has about 25 members. We are by far the largest Greek Organization currently on campus.
We are going through some changes our self yet see a great future for us.http://myspace-607.vo.llnwd.net/0133...39167607_l.jpg

This is photo from our last Pledge Retreat. This was taken the day before teh Earthquake in Hawaii hit us. We have about 40 active brothers in our chapter.

Pertaining to the islands. University of Hawaii at Hilo (Omicron-Zeta is at Manoa) on the Big Island is attempting to start a colony! Hopefully soon it will be set up!

They don't have Greek Life (besides the professional fraternities) at all, do they?

Good luck with that.

Hmm, that would be quite a challenge. Has the Greek system failed there previously?

From what I know of the campus, I don't think anyone's even bothered to colonize there.

Hilo's a sleepy little town on the Big Island and campus population isn't as diverse as Manoa. You can't find a good restaurant that's open past 8PM!

The majority of its students are Hawai`i residents who haven't really been exposed to Greek Life and don't know much about it. I wish Kappa Sigma the best of luck there, but if Greek Life is weak at a commuter campus like Manoa with 18,000 students, I find it hard for any social GLO to get off the ground in Hilo.

Thanks for the info. That doesn't sound like the best of circumstances for a GLO, but I hope for the sake of the guys who join up that things work out. Nothing would be more disappointing than putting in all that work for nothing to come of it.

I hope so too.

But I'm glad to know that these guys are making an attempt. They've done so much already in their short time at Manoa, and if there's a group to pull it off -- it's these guys.

Yes Hilo is a large geographically area compared to Manoa yet population size is a bit smaller. And being from Hawaii and Graduating from a Hawaiian Only High School I do have many friends who attend Hilo. They have a very large interest group there and I along with my Omicron-Zeta Brothers are excited about them starting. We will be there for their pledge ceremonies coming next semester hopefully and will be there to help them rush.

Please do not quote me on this either but I am a transfer student to Manoa and I came from a private university up the road called Chaminade. They are looking at starting a Greek System and I have been planning with our DGM in starting a Colony there also coming up.

Who's "they"? The Marianists? I assume you're from Kapaaaaaaalama? ;) I MUA!

Glad to know that y'all got the ball rolling in Hilo.

As someone who's also very familiar with Chaminade University (I took advanced classes there in HS and studied there for my post-grad work), I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that the chances of a fraternity surviving there are way better than a sorority's. I'd love to see a much more diverse Greek Life in the islands, and while I certainly don't speak for the NPC, I find it highly unlikely that another NPC will colonize here anytime soon. It's geographically and financially risky, IMO. But hopefully things can change if expansionary activity takes place with Kappa Sigma.

Is HPU next, then? ;)

Please keep me informed. All this has definitely piqued my interest.

Yes Imua Kamehameha. I am from Kapalama Campus. At Chaminade for some reason the administration has been talking about bringing Greek Life in yet the students really do not know what Greek Life is.

And the Hilo Colony seems to be doing fine. I hope that do well and now we have a reason to visit the other islands. And hopefully they will be able to come down to Manoa for Greek Olympics.

As for any other National Organization coming down we do hope so. I feel that Kappa Sigma is a corner stone of a new Greek Age in Hawaii. We were able to create a pretty strong group here in Hawaii and know that we are not the only ones that are able to do this. I was just talking with one of my cousin who I just found out is a TKE Alumni and he said when he was at Manoa Greek Life was great and that was only 10 years ago. I think we will be able to bring it back strong at Manoa.

10 years ago eh? I may know your cousin. PM me with his name, if you don't mind. We had a strong relationship with the TKEs back then!

Chaminade's always been a weird campus and that's why I passed them over when deciding on where I should do my undergrad. I don't know... they're not really known for an active and busy student involvement. Hopefully all that can change.

But who knows though? Maybe you'll generate interest with the seniors at St. Louis going off to college?

Yeah it is true that the student life inst the greatest there. That is why i left and I love it at Manoa and joining Kappa Sigma is the greatest thing I have ever done. Yet while I was at Chaminade I was the president of our paintball club and Chaminade supports the students very well with facilities and financial help.