Re: Nope...
 

Hey - I think tripod requires you leave the www out. So,

http://chithetakappa.tripod.com/

Ok - I get it now. Chi Theta Kappa is the only local service sorority and Xi Omega Pi is the only local social sorority.

Thanks for the link!

I'm part of a local frat, Phi Sigma Chi that came out of Phi Sigma Epsilon when they merged with Phi Sigma Kappa. We didn't really like how the PSK didn't do sh!t for us as well as a few other frats around the Wisconsin area. I know there are other Phi Sigma Chi's, but we are really only close to one and that is the one at UW Platville.

The one at Platteville is just called Phi Sigma.

Wow, you sure do your research, but as I said before we are a local fraternity so it should be no surprise that they have a different name. When Phi Sigma Kappa took us over they also took aver 30+ Phi Sigma Epsilon in Wisconsin. From what I know they weren’t struggling fraternities by any means, but only 13 of those still exist today. Platville is Phi Sigma, but we still are pretty close associated, and do have events with one another. One of my goals is to try to get and keep in contact with a few other former Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternities that have gone local and possibly invite them down to stay over at our house sometime.

If Phi Sigma Kappa ever wanted to work with us and actually do something for the Phi Sigs in Stevens Point I might be all for going back to Kappa's, but until they prove to us that they are willing to lift a finger I'm glad to be part of Phi Sigma Chi!

Damn Proud!!

I wouldn't say it's research as much as I lived right by them when I was living in the Gamma Phi Beta house at Platteville and we had socials and whatnot with them. And, btw, it's P-L-A-T-T-E-V-I-L-L-E.

Hey, I'm from Oakland California. To me Plattville is just a small insignificant cow town. Although I do notice I did spell it correctly in the first post, I see no reason to actually go back and edit my second post thank you very much.:p

P-L-A-T-T-E-V-I-L-L-E.

To me you are an example of why Wisconsin needs to make it harder to get into our state schools.

What would knowing how to spell Platteville have anything to do with grades?? I had a 3.7 GPA and an 1170 on the SAT's coming out of a private California HS, and I got into every school I applied to.

So your parents have money, you did mediocre on your SAT, and you go to an easy to get into state university. I was just letting you know so you didn't make an ass of yourself since they are other Platteville people on here, but you managed to do that anyway, it seems.

Their are two other Zeta Delta Phi's that I know of one at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont NC, Missouri State University (I think this one is a greek service org) and I have randomaly seen scholarships from Zeta Delta Phi Sorority Inc Bronx, NY. at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Auburn and at Dartmouth. The only thing that I know is that ZDPhi Sorority Inc is/was a predominately black sorority.

Sol you guys never joined Phi Sigma Phi, the fraternity that was formed by the ex-PSEs that didn't go PSK?

EPY
 

Has anyone seen a Sigma Rho Upsilon out there? We were created in 1976. I like being the one and only.

I'm in Alpha Lambda Epsilon a Co-Ed Society from Olivet, MI. We think we are the only ones.

There is another local sorority that has the name Alpha Psi at UC Santa Cruz that were fouded before the Alpha Psi at UofAlberta.
I think one of the older sisters might have tried to contact them...but I'm really not sure.
There is also an Alpha Psi fraternity at Sonoma state.

There are local sororities Alpha Omega Pi at SUNY Geneseo and at YSU in Ohio... I think YSU was originally a colony for Alpha Omicron Pi, whereas Geneseo's never was. Alpha Omega Pi was also used as a sorority in some movie, but I've never seen it...

I'm in a local sorority over at Elmhurst College in Illinois and we were originally the Little Sisters of Alpha Tau Omega but they're no longer on campus. Now we're Gamma Chi. I haven't heard of any real organizations with our name but people always get us confused with recruitment guides and Gamma Gamma Chi.

Gamma Chi, huh?

Sharing names with other GLO
 

My organization shares our name with a fraternity in Canada...we've tried to establish a friendship with them but they dont seem to share our values of understanding and acceptance....

I'm confused. Am I crazy or do your letters link to a UGA facebook page? Is this a joke?

And, If the fraternity doesn't want to be affiliated with you, why are they mentioned in your history as if you were an off-shoot of their org?

If the fraternity doesn't want to be affiliated with you, why are they mentioned in your history as if you were an off-shoot of their org?[/quote]


What I shouldve said is that an once important member of the organization didnot want to be affiliated with us. Other members of the organization felt that it would be a good idea for us to keep our letters, otherwise...

You're definitely not crazy. Thanks for pointing out the facebook thing. I was too lazy to figure out how to make a Gamma when doing my signature so I just copy/pasted from facebook.

I see. I think what's confusing me is not that they some of them didn't mind you using their letters, but that your org's history appears to indicate that this Canadian fraternity was actively part of the founding of Omega Phi Delta s.o.

From this, it sounds like that Canadian fraternity went co-ed in 2006. Then your site further explains:

The connection between this and the previous history is unclear, but it looks like you're associated with the Canadian fraternity in some way. But, as you've said, this is not so. They only "felt that it would be a good idea for [you] to keep [your] letters." Now, I wouldn't suggest that you share private information about your history on your public site, but I think it's important to be as clear as possible so you can set yourselves apart (particularly as a local organization).

i'll be completely honest.
we did a process into how we chose the specific letters we would like to stand for... and we based a few things surrounding the meanings and reasons why we chose them. three weeks later we stumbled upon an organization in canada that claimed to have already established the same letters. We did <i mean our vp> some reasearch and we tried to do the best we could to establish an agreement with the members of the fraternity... and just recently their site was dismembered... and we havent been able to contact them


Point is... my sisters and i werent about to change the letters... no others letter fit like these do... and while some of their brothers understood that, not all of them did...
so technically we arent really affiliated or associated with them.. it was out of respect that we acknowledge the use of the letters by another group-- which by me is okay as long as they respect the letters the same way i do

i hope this clears things up for you

Ok :cool:

ok!

but id love to actually find an organization in the states with my letters

Why?

A little sister group that's now Gamma Chi.

Let the inside jokes fly.

why not??

Because usually, members/founders of sororities (and fraternities) like to be distinct, which is why much thought is put into things like the selection of letters, colors, motto, symbol etc. Given that there is a finite number of letters, overlap often exists (most often due to a lack of research), but (speaking from my personal experience as a member of a GLO and that of my friends/family that are GLO members) I have yet to come across someone who desires to share letters with another organization.

My sorority shares our letters with a group of seventh and eighth grade girls in Texas, who are part of an organization that promotes self-esteem and community involvement. The girls had selected the letters, and then their teacher googled the name to see if there were any organizations that shared it. She contacted us for permission to use the letters (the girls were already so excited about it!), and of course we gave it. We've kept in contact with them ever since, and we're sort of acting as their big-sisters. :)

Sigma Delta Phi is also the name of a fraternity at my school, otterbein college.

I could only find a few people who were kidding with the name Pi Rho. I'm not sure if there's any serious organization other then us with those letters. Thats kinda why we like them, cause they can be a joke but we used the fire symbolism to really mean something to us.

incorporate your letters!!

I was too lazy to search through the entire thread, but I don't think any other social groups share our name. I have heard that there are a few service sororities with our name, I have heard they are in New Jersey, California and Texas but I don't think I've ever seen conformation of this!

If anyone else sees a Phi Epsilon Alpha anywhere let me know! And yes, I do realize there is an Alpha Epsilon Phi and no, we aren't in any way associated with them (I've been asked).

All I can think of is that if ANY organizations are looking to go regional and or national, you should definitely invest in the following measures. Firstly, find out if any other organizations have your same letters. If not, incorporate your organization in your state of business and then trademark your name so that no one can take it. This is expensive and time consuming, and it takes more than 6 months to do (Trademarking specifically). If another organization has your letters than this will be difficult, especially if they are incorporated, almost no shot if they have the trademark.

My fraternity apparently shares a name with a group of crossdressers from Iowa. Which is pretty awful.

Sigma Psi Alpha. To our knowledge, we're the only ones. Although, on our campus, there is a fraternity named Delta Pi which shares their letters with a local Toronto sorority.

No disrespect intended, but it saddens my heart to see organizations run with public histories like the one on your site.