Re: USD
 

My parents, sister (biological -- she is a Theta from Loyola Marymount - graduated a few years ago), and my cousin (she graduated from USD but did not go thru recruitment) -- well they all live in San Diego -- in the Tierra Santa area -- and both my sister and cousin tell me how great the Gamma Phis are at USD -- YAY!!:D Y'all rock!!

I am coming out for a visit to San Diego this weekend and one of these days I should try and swing by the Gamma Phi house at USD to check it out :D -- actually I am planning to head up to my old chapter at Southern Cal -- gotta get a new USC-logo top for the 30 August football game against Auburn (at Auburn) -- beat the War Eagles!:D

Theta announced plans to expand at Santa Clara. From what I've heard they've started the advertising and stuff. One of my friends out there was thinking of trying.

Re: Re: USD
 

Wouldn't you know it, at this very moment, I happen to be wearing my very faded USC Football t-shirt. :)

Though I went to CSULB (and most definitely have the Beach Pride), I have been declared an "Honorary Trojan" by my friends. To cement it, my friend bought me the t-shirt. :)


.....Kelly :)

Re: Re: USD
 

Don't know anything about the Greek system in the area but as a Bama alum, I have to second "Beat the War Eagles"! I pull for two teams - Bama & whoever is playing Auburn! Good luck to SC!!

university of the pacific
 

hey, i'm a Pike at UOP, here's whats going on there...
IFC:
Pike
Phi Delt
Sigma Chi
Theta Chi (colony)
Omega Phi Alpha (local)

Sororities
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Kappa Alpha Theta
Tri Delt

i think greek life makes up about 20 to 25% of the student body. All greek organizations have their own house, except for theta chi. but all houses are owned by the school, so this means RA's and all that good stuff. Sizes of fraternities range from about 90 (pike) to around 20 (theta chi) sororities are all around 80 or 90.... i think thats all i can think of for now...

I go to UCSB and while the fraternities are a little bit on the down side due to new greek policies, I can say that the sororities are probably as strong as ever. The top houses are Alpha Phi, DG, KKG, Theta, and Pi Phi. The other houses are AXO, ADPi, AEPhi, Tri-Delta, Gamma Phi, and I think Sigma Kappa might still be around.

There are 11 fraternities: Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI), ATO, Beta, Pike, Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, Sig Ep, AEPI, Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta Chi, and Phi Sigma Kappa. Membership ranges from 80-30 men.

You're right, AGD used to be at UCSB but it was definetly a while ago. Tell your cousin that the greek system at UC-Santa Barbara is definetly worth checking out.

USD and UCSB
 

Alpha Phi at USD also has around 150 sisters.

Last time I heard Sigma Kappa was doing well and was planning on participating in Formal Recruitment.

Re: USD and UCSB
 

Yep they're the second biggest, i think they have 130-140... I believe ADPi and Kappa both have somewhere between 110-120, and Theta being the newest has around 100 sisters.

You forgot about CSU Sacramento, Chico :)

At CSUS there is 7 NPC sororities and 11 IFC fraternities. Also numerous multicultural sororities and fraternities. It's a commuter school so the greek system is not large compare the number of people the school. We hae 28,000+ students and about 1000-1500 greeks. We are tolerated here. Not good support. No greek housing, maybe 5 fraternities have houses.

At CSUC, it is a strong greek system. They have greek row and stuff. It's a college town.

Here is a California Greek system no one has mentioned yet. :D

i go to chapman university, and while our greek system is a little smaller than your average ca school (we only have like...4,000 undergrad), a large percentage of the student body is involved, and its a pretty strong community :) we all get along pretty well and support each others events and stuff, and its just a really nice place to be greek :) we cant have houses though...thats the only thing that kinda stinks..

we have:

fraternities:

pi kappa alpha
phi kappa tau
delta tau delta
alpha delta phi
sigma alpha epsilon

sororities:

phi sigma sigma
alpha phi
delta gamma
alpha gamma delta
gamma phi beta

:D

My impression of a few of the CA schools you mentioned:

I attended CSU Stanislaus. The Greek Life there is very small (no greek housing) but I loved the personal attention and I felt the school really supported Greeks coming to campus, because we are such a positive influence. As small as the greeks are on the school, the school is small too, so it fits. In the quad between classes, you will always find greeks sitting together in the sun or playing volleyball. :cool: Plus its a lovely park-like campus with new dorms.

I dated a guy from CSU Fresno (and my best-friend went there). Compared the Stanislaus, they have a "real" greek system with lots of parties and houses. We always had a great time there on exchanges, though it got a bit wild at times. ;) It's really hot there.

My husband attended UC Davis and was in a fraternity but found that the school in general is very academics based, so there was more studying then partying going on. It was sometimes hard to pull people away from homework to get them to do fun stuff. But this could have just been his impression. It is a beautiful area with a great downtown and EVERYONE is into saving mother earth. :p

Those were the schools that I know about. Good luck with your decision.

<<Santa Clara: The Greek System is NOT recognized at Santa Clara. There are two sororities: Alpha Phi & Delta Gamma. I know SAE still has a chapter there but I am not certain what other fraternities are still there. Here is a link to an article about the phase out of greek life at SCU.>>


This is true...The SCU Greeks are currently not recongized by the fraternity, but most of the houses have grown two or threefold since we moved off of campus. The sororities (DG and A-Phi) are way over capacity at like 160 members each, and Kappa Alpha Theta begun a colony right at the end of the last school year. They will begin recruiting this fall. The fraternities (Sigma Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha, and a local called Cal Phi, formerly SAE) are currently around 80 members each. The Cal Phi group is significantly smaller than Sig Pi and Pike. Additionally, Sigma Lambda Beta, a latino fraternity, has begun rushing with the IFC fraternities and is growing rapidly (currently around 30 members).

Just an observation...when people say things like "there are only 2 sororities at XYZ university" even though there are NUMEROUS NPHC, LGLO, etc. organizations at that particular school, it makes it sound like you don't think that anyone who is not NPC or IFC counts. I hope you have just failed to make the distinction that you are only speaking about "traditional" organizations. I appreciate those who have taken the time to either list the non-NPC/IFC groups, or have at least acknowleged their existence throughout this thread. If you are going to talk about greeks in California, you MUST talk about ALL groups. In particular, the LGLOs founded in CA (and there are a few) have become increasingly strong over the years, and contribute greatly to the CA (and national) greek community.

wow...that's a comment I've never heard before.
:eek:

Actually... LMU is a great school my bestfriend just graduated there, and from what she tells me, thier teachers are VERY involved with their students and it's just a great school socially and academically. I went there for her graduation ceremony and the campus is BEAUTIFUL!!! Personally I think that it's one of the nicest looking campuses in CA, and I have seen quite a few. Anyhoo... at their Undergraduate graduation ceremony their speaker was Mel Gibson, and it was REALLY NICE!!! Also, their ;aw school is bretty good, not as good as UCLA or Cal, but it's up there.

PS... if anyone has a chance to go there DO, and check out the view that they have!!!!

My biological sister graduated from LMU a few years ago; THE FONZ - Henry Winkler - was the commencement speaker. My sister was in the Kappa Alpha Theta colony.

Oh, by the way, I have to respectfully disagree with Imulca -- LMU is NOT better than USC!!
:D

I'm a greek at Fresno State And I have to be totally honest, the Greek System here has totally gone to shit.

Numbers are down.
GPA's are down.
Several chapters have lost their homes.
There is no real unity amongst greeks.
Fresno P.D. break up every single party no matter how it is ran.
And it's not getting better because we have an anti-greek administration.

i cant speak 4 all da systemz but da multicultural greek system in ucsd is arrite..as far as can tell..da administration is pretty chill bout thingz..but off-campus nobody has official close 2 campus houses cuz da community is pretty anti-greek

What frats/soroties groups are there at Cal Poly Pomona?

Paleeze,

If you can spell Soroity, then you have the intelligence to Spell Fraternity!

The Men members of Greek Organizations are not member of FRATS!

This is a derogatory Name to Men Who are members of Fraternitys!

Thank you for your patience!

My understanding is that the ATOs at Cal Poly Pomona are no longer there as of this Fall.

Oops. I'll keep that in mind.

He's getting..............senile (sp? lol)......

It's spelled SORORITIES. And apparently neither of you can spell it.:rolleyes:

Yeah, huh? No offense, but Tom I understand....What's your excuse Bubbs?

I have to disagree!!

I was kidding. The post actually was supposed to knock Tom more..........

"Are you here for coping with senility?"
"No, microwave cooking.....no wait.....coping with senility"

In no way derrogatory (sp?), but if this last year's CSU Greek Summit which we hosted at CSULB, was any indication... you're dead on about Fresno. This would be considering that a moronic Alpha Phi (Personally, I have much love for the Phi's, though this one deserved a hard kick in the ass), argued, while mic'ed to the entire summit, that at Fresno State they didn't have time to try and maintain the all women's/men's average for GPA (which for the most part around CS's is roughly a 2.3), because they were too busy with parties and exchanges. I swear, I wanted to through a chair at the bitch.

As for the Greek System at the Beach (CSULB), at least from the NPC and IFC standpoints, all chapters are housed this semester for the first time in a long time. we have 8 IFC fraternities:
Delta Chi
Theta Chi
Kappa Sigma
SAE
Sigma Pi
Sig Ep
TKE
Phi Kappa Tau

The biggest being SAE and Sig Ep, though SAE has hit financial problems, and 5 out of the 8 fraternities are currently on some sort of disciplnairy probation.

The 7 NPC sororities are:
Alpha Phi
AO Pi
Gamma Phi Beta
Delta Gamma
Tri Delt
Delta Zeta
Sigma Kappa

The largest houses being Alpha Phi, G Phi B, and Delta Gamma. And currently, at least last I'd heard, AO Pi has been struggling with recruitment the last couple years, and is currently under national review/intervention because their membership is one-fifth that of the next smallest sorority.

Greek Pride is huge on campus, and all of our Greeks, not just IFC and NPC are extremely involved. However, being a commuter campus, the campus is neither really anti- or pro-greek... it's basically indifferent. Where this hurts the most is the fraternities, since the average sorority size is 50-60 women, which is equal to the size of the largest fraternity.

I go to UCSB and here's the latest:

Sigma Kappa has disbanded and will try to start up again in a few years. FIJI was kicked off campus.

Sororities:
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Phi
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi

Fraternities:
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Alpha Tau Omega
Beta Theta Pi
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Sigma Kappa
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Theta Chi

UCSB has way more greeks than that. You have numerous LGLO, NPHC, MCGLO, AGLO, etc.

Sorry, I was just referring to NPC and IFC sororities and fraternities!

This is why you need to get your information from the source and not "I heard". My chapter is not under "National Review" nor is it under an "intervention". We are going through a recolonization effort this spring. I know because I am an adviser for it. And it's not just because of the chapter that we did poorly in recruitment, it has to do with other houses on campus as well, which will remain nameless, pulling stuff during recruitment which was a HUGE NPC violation.

People, let the chapters in turmoil speak for themselves and don't just make assumptions as to what is going on there or listen to what is being said. If I could count the number of stories going around about our "redvelopement" right now and got a dollar for each one, I would have a fist full of cash and be able to go to dinner.:rolleyes:

These are the IFC and NPC GLO's listed on UCSD's Greek Life website:

IFC:
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Mu
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Tau Kappa Epsilon
FIJI

NPC:
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa Alpha Theta
Sigma Kappa
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma
Pi Beta Phi

Here's the websites for the two councils:
Panhellenic: http://acs.ucsd.edu/~panhell/
IFC: http://acs.ucsd.edu/~ifc/

What the? Where's the Delta Sig chapter? I would have heard of them closing down.