Don't you have class tomorrow? You'll be late for homeroom.

:eek:

Feet. It's obviously feet.

I never claim to know it all, but since you do. Tell me the definition, and maybe I would.

LOL

I actually do plan to get offline, just was hoping someone would define: teity. Looks like that's not happening, maybe looking at this website tomorrow someone will define it.

That would require people around to do something nice, and we've been deprived of morons, so the sharks must eat, so niceness isn't going to happen. Nice try though.

Not now chief, I'm the ****in zone.

Oh great now we went from playing song game to playing victim.

My first day on this forum, even if not meant to be was entertaining.

Mostly at your expense.

That killed me.

Older Pledge
 

Go for it - My fraternity pledged a guy turning 40 that was working on a PhD when he was able to pledge. It ended up that the guy always wanted to rush Phi Mu Alpha but never had a chapter in residence at his undergrad or grad school. The guy ended up being a really good brother.

Being that you have an interest in music I would suggest looking into Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia if your school has a chapter. Phi Mu Alpha is a Social Fraternity for men that have an interest in music. Some chapters heavily recruit around the college of music but not the case everywhere. You don't have to be a specific major to join. I have brothers that are in accounting, business, computers, law, MDs, etc. We're similiar to Farmhouse in that we focus our energy on something unique.

Here's a list of all Chapters in Alabama:

197 - Delta Beta - Alabama State University [Expelled]
Province: 34

217 - Delta Psi - Auburn University [Probation]
Province: 34
Home Page: /Secure/Chapters/save.asp

222 - Epsilon Delta - University of South Alabama [Active]
Province: 34

230 - Epsilon Nu - Jacksonville State University [Active]
Province: 34

318 - Iota Nu - Troy University [Active]
Province: 34

347 - Lambda Omicron - University of West Alabama [Inactive]
Province: 34

395 - Omicron Phi - University of Alabama [Active]

400 - Pi Sigma - Samford University [Active]
Province: 34

496 - Omicron Delta - Alabama A & M University [Expelled]
Province: 34

514 - Pi Theta - University of Alabama-Birmingham [Expelled]
Province: 34

521 - Pi Omicron - University of North Alabama [Active]
Province: 34


990 - Alabama Delta - Stillman College [Colony]
Province: 34

There is a 34 year old brother in our chapter and it's perfectly acceptable. There are some problems for him only because of a large age difference between our youngest members and our oldest members, but those are to be expected. There is much less of a gap between 25 and 18 or 19 than 34. We have other brothers who are in their mid to late 20s and it isn't a problem at all.

A personal choice to make, like most.

On my campus there is a fraternity that has several guys that are 22-28 running around. The thing is, they were rushed as freshmen or sophomores. AND, they are normally alum who just hang out at the house on the weekend. I really don't think if they came to the house now, as students they would be considered because they won't have much time to dedicate to the fraternity. I know that most of the juniors and seniors are so swamped with school, they really only make it to big date parties and band parties, but they miss the day to day things, and miss out on just "hanging out at the house" with the other actives.

Even as a 24 year old freshman, you're going to have trouble at a lot of campuses, with a lot of organizations. People who successfully pledge at that age are the exception, not the rule.

Im currently in Iraq and will be rushing at 26

Good luck to you.

However, a word of warning as far as this board: it appears from your user name that you're a legacy of a fraternity. That's fine, but I would hesitate to use the name of a group in your username (even if the description is accurate) unless you're actually a member. Some Sig Ep's may not appreciate it.

And if you're rushing SigEp at UK (http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...45#post1495745), you're gunna have a while to wait. They're on probation.

I'm going to University of Kansas (KU), not University of Kentucky (UK). KU is on probation? for what?

Gotcha.

They're on probation b/c of a mistake they made.
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...d.php?t=105881

That's not the Univ. of Kansas, but it was intersesting to read. Not to get off topic from the original post, but all that for throwing gas on a bonfire? How does that fit into hazing?

There is a mention of "personal servitude" which is what I thought that hazing charge came from.

maybe I read it wrong.

I also believe that often some act that falls in with risk management or just happens, brings attention to other things going on. I am going to make something up here as an example: Fire alarm goes off at the Phi Alpha Tau sorority house so all members go outside. It is discovered to be a false alarm (popcorn burning, system malfunction) and then it is noticed that the new members are wearing strange outfits and have sharpie markings on their bodies, are extremely drunk, have food in their hair, whatever. That brings attention to them and it is discovered that they are indeed hazing.

Or people just put photos on facebook because they are DUMB, that's an easy way to get caught.

Yeah, I saw "University of K..." and went from there. Extra random info about another school never hurts though... right?... heh..

And if it were really hazing, Nationals would have taken their charter away in a flash. I think one major the university is upset is because of the irresponsibility.. hence why they can't do anything with their house now.. the house can't be monitored by the university.. campus facilities can.

I used to work at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. I can tell you all about how taking photos of the wrong sh#t can get your ass in a sling.

Just curious on how it went for the older guys that were wanting to join a fraternity. If they decided to and how it went for them.

I cannot believe that I know exactly who you're talking about.

MC, correct?

we had a 28 year old pledge. he was our class president and we called him Blue because he was old lol

we currently have a 30 year old and a 28 year old who pleged last semester. Both guys were in the Navy and both are huge contributors to our chapter currently.

My pledge class had two 23-year-old guys, a 28-year-old, and this new spring pledge class has several older guys. With more guys coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan, I wouldn't be surprised to see more older guys pledging over the next few years.

About 6 years back we had a 32 year old pledge =) Now he is one of the most active alumis and is a great guy.

Hey man, the only thing you can do is try. If they say no just because of your age, then they probably aren't the kind of guys you'd want to hang out with anyways.

The fact that you're in a band is going to be a major plus. Be sure to push that so that it shows that you've got something to offer the fraternity. Perhaps offer to play some songs with your bands for some upcoming rush events?

For quotes like these I wish there was a "like" button on these things.

I think it varies from school to school and chapter to chapter, my Greek system is pretty small and in my chapter we had guys join at 24 and 28 in resent years. It most def. doesn't hurt to take a look into it and see what happens. Best of luck to you guys.

Just don't be the sketchy old guy at parties creeping on freshman girls.