Congratulations to your nephew AND you! I'm all smiles about the Sigma Chi ending!

Congrats to both of you. Do you plan on going to his initiation?

Congrats to him and I love the way he handled himself during the process.

My friend's son just accepted a Bid this weekend for Sigma Chi at SFA!

YAY!! Awesome story and awsomer ending.

That is great, arrowlady. Sigma Chi at SFA is a great chapter.

Come hell or high water, I will be at his initiation. I plan on finding out from the pledge trainer when it is, telling Clark that I can't make it, and then surprising him by showing up.

Aww, that is so great. Then let me amend my statement- congratulations to Clark, Sigma Chi, and YOU! it's so great when legacy or almost-legacy houses are also a fantastic personal fit. Your nephew is lucky to have you... And he'll feel that even more when he sees you at initiation!!

Congratulations to you both, LaneSig! :) I enjoyed your story. Thanks for sharing it.

That will be a great surprise for Clark! (Hope he doesn't read GC LOL)

Yay for the Titans. yay for Sigma Chi and yay for Uncle Lane!!

That's what I did for my friend that I sponsored for Alpha! I cried. :( LOL

I am SO happy for you and your nephew! And I might just have a little clue as to exactly how proud and happy you are . . .

I'll include the code. Remember, Clark thought that all of the groups had something going for them.

Justice League - Delta Chi

Justice Society - Lambda Chi Alpha

Legion of Super Heroes - Pi Kappa Alpha

Outsiders - Sigma Nu

X-men - Sigma Phi Epsilon

Avengers - Sigma Tau Gamma

Defenders - Theta Xi

The group that has colonized at the campus is Alpha Gamma Rho. Clark has spent a lot of summers on our family's farm. He really enjoys being there. He and I (and I should have known better) were under the impression that you have to be majoring or minoring in some sort of Agricultural degree, so we thought he wasn't eligible. Only after talking to the Ag teacher on my campus (an AGR alumn), did I find out that not all AGR chapters require the Ag department major.

But, that's okay, because Clark really liked Sigma Chi from the outset. Of course, hearing about it all his life from his uncle didn't hurt.

If that means what I think it means.......

LaneSig, you sound like such a cool and supportive uncle! I know you're very proud of your nephew, and I'm sure he'll love your surprising him at initiation. Congratulations to you both!

P.S. I, too, hope he doesn't read GC! :D

WELL - on the one hand, I was referencing when my brother pledged Sigma Chi (the chapter my then-husband founded and for which I received my badge replica from the Grand Praetor. )

On the other . . .

Not yet, not yet - but in time . . . (2012) I should have some good news. ;)

Congratulations to your nephew!

You tease! :p



YES! AWESOME! Congratulations to Clark, you and Sigma Chi!!

.....Kelly :)

yes!!!! do plan on going. and congratulations to clark, sigma chi and you, uncle lane!!

Aww, congrats!!! That's so exciting!

Hot Damn!
 

Soon “Clark” will be able to call you “Brother Uncle”.

"My Name Is Sigma Chi, Sir"

:D

IHSV!

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words. Clark had his pledge induction Sunday night. Also, there were a couple of open spaces in the Sigma Chi dorm, so Clark will be moving in the coming weekend.

So, that's pretty much it for this thread. I will update when initiation rolls around. And, I will be writing another fraternity recruitment thread in 3 years when Clark's brother goes through. Since there were a couple of Kid Flash fans who read this, I'll call him Wally.

Awesome. I already can't wait.

A members aunt did that during our 08 initiation. She surprised her literally AT the door. During part of it, the aunt was crying when she was speaking. It was beautiful.

That's awesome news. Congrats to Clark. :cool:

Cool.

Well, being a Pike little sister I am glad to see they were up there but so happy for you that he is joining your fraternity!! Couldn't have had a better result...knew it all along ;)

Update

Unfortunately, this semester Clark fell victim to the "I'm-in-college-on-my-own-lets-have-fun-and-I'm-sure-my-classes-and-grades-will-take-care-of-themselves" Syndrome.

He is not going to be initiated this semester, but will re-pledge next semester. I'm disappointed for him, not in him. He was worried about that, but I assured him that I understood and supported him. (GCers with kids, how difficult is it to bite back the "I told you so" sometimes?)

I think he is going to take school and the fraternity more seriously next semester. He knows he screwed up and this is a huge wake-up call. So, hopefully at the end of spring semester I will have a more successful ending.

LaneSig, it's sooooooo hard to hold it back!

Y'all hang in there!

aww, i am so sorry to hear that. here's hoping he's really got it figured out now. good luck to him.

See my sig. ;)

He's learned a very valuable lesson, and he learned it early on. I imagine you're right about next semester, and I'm glad he's getting a second chance with Sigma Chi.

Lane, I learned the same exact lesson. My first quarter GPA was a 1.5 :eek: for the same exact reasons (too much partying, and I never had to study in high school and thought it would be the same in college). After intervention from Theta, and threats from my mom ("If you're going to flunk out of college, you can do that at home at the community college!"), I pulled a 3.0 the next term and was fine after that. He'll do it!

:D Same here.

1st Semester: 2.1 GPA - Getting to explain to your father whyyou made a "D" in Art Appreciation = Priceless.

2nd Semester: 3.2 GPA - Getting to explain to your father why you couldn't have done the same thing 1st semester = Priceless.

LOL!!

Good for him for getting his grades back up! I know how it feels because I, too, fell prey to the same syndrome. But then the semester I pledged AEPhi was my best semester (as far as grades) in my undergrad years. A good fraternity/sorority will have that effect, making you want to be better than you were.

I just read this thread for the first time today, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! And I hope he is continuing to pursue Sigma Chi! My boyfriend of 3 years, the man I plan to marry, is a Sig. They're a group of great men, with an INCREDIBLE brotherhood. Every chapter I've ever encountered has displayed it.