Yes Andrew!:D

UT System Schools
 

UT Brownsville is in Brownsville. UT Pan Am is in Edinburgh, about an hour to the west (just north of McAllen).

Just thought I'd throw that bit of information out there.

Tex1889,

thanks for the update!!!!!!:cool:

Expansion News
 

In the fall of 2004, Lambda Chi Alpha will be expanding to the following campuses. Fresh off of www.lambdachi.org

Eastern Washington University
University of Idaho
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
University of Utah
Weber State University
York College of Pennsylvania

As predicted in many of my previous posts- some of these in Utah came true. The York College thing shocked me, the first new chapter in Pennsylvania in aver 13 years (Millersville being the last one)

Lenoxxx

My next set of predictions
 

UCLA (own website promotes coming back soon)
Depauw (own website promotes recolonization soon)
Franklin and Marshall (school website promoting all Greeks returning to campus)
James Madison (alumni have new website promoting chapter alumni)
U Mass (LCAP property- school promiting greeks)
Miami of Ohio (LCAP property)
SWMSU(LCAP property)

We'll see what comes true

Lenoxxx

I'd also add the following (all contigent on how well Calgary goes):

University of British Columbia - an established greek community
University of Ottawa/Carleton University - capital and student town with a growing greek community since the early 90's

Did the Calgary Expansion Happen? And did LCA go back to that College in FLorida FIU I believe that we colonized at and then shut down real fast?

Lenoxxx

Calgary happened... still a Colony though (some of the guys were at GA); they should be getting their charter around the same time Calgary hosts the CIFC (Canadian Inter Fraternal Conference) so I'm going to try arrange to be in town for that event :).

Re: My next set of predictions
 

Didn't these chapters loose their charters in the last year to two years ago? So will they be brought back so soon? Don't get me wrong i hope they are.

I suspect that these would happen around 2006.

Again just a thought based on the Cross and Crescent and the national website.

Lenoxxx

One that has not been mentioned is Gamma, Amhearst.

There were two young men who were invited by Brother Kilmek that are a Local, Delta Omega if memorie serves.

They are living in the Old LXA House there with @ 24 members.

They were approached by Alums of Gamma Zeta to pay for an Alum Gathering for either FD or Home Coming at the house.

They were given a huge yes.

Hopefuly it will transpre from there with their invitation, Introduction, and meeting a lot of Brothers at G A!

lifesaver and I sat with them for dinner one evening and are great young men who wish to affiliate with LXA. Jono also sat with them and found them great young men.

While I have mentioned to John Otten about Shorter College, Rome Ga. there seems to be a lot on his plate.

He will be looking into it in the future. I gave him a contact and they have been conversing.

Lenoxx, I had not seen that on site and thanks for posting it.:)

When I started BX a local in 1965, the Old Line Nationals were not into expansion, but LXA was and still is.

That is one very big reason LXA is and will be the best.

Tooting The Big Horn!:cool:

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Lenoxxx, where in LXA Site did you find the listings??

I think colonization at community colleges is good and bad. Its good for HQ because they get their money....but i dont like it because personally, I dont want everyone and their mom in this fraternity. I mean whats the point? Im glad we are a top 5 fraternity, and fastest growing, etc etc...but I want there to be some exclusivity. I mean one of the perks of going to a 4-year college is fraternity life...why "downgrade" it to community colleges. I wouldnt want to see any of the guys at the community college from my hometown sporting our letters. I dont get it...Lambda Chi Alpha is supposed to set the standard....now lower it. If we colonize at JCs...we should lower the GPA requirement as well. Its a hell of a lot harder to pull a 2.25 as a Bio major at say...UCLA, or some other good school..compared to...Bakersfield College, or Podunk Community College in the backwoods of Mississippi.

Community colleges?
 

I have some serious misgivings about going to the local comunity college.

1. There is no culture of greek societies at community colleges.
2. The local college administrators may not understand what we're about.
3. Some CC students will never go to the "Big U"
4. We're having a difficult time supporting chapters at four year schools.
5. Upon transfer where do the students go? Do they go to a four year with an existing Zeta? Will they want to form another chapter at the school that they transfer to if it lacks a Zeta? If so, see #4

That having been said, I could see some experimentation if a particular JC had a strong feed to a school with an existing Zeta, but the experiment would have to be regulated to see if it actually makes sense.

I just dont like it..period. JC or community college....theres a privelege for making it into a UNIVERSITY...and thats fraternity life. "Downgrading" to a community college would make us look like some mickey mouse organization. I mean we might as well change our name to LCA Club and let girls join while were at it.

I'd like to have some prestige to the name of Lambda Chi Alpha. Let TKE and Sig Ep go to community college...they will just end up being the butt of every joke in the greek world. (No offense to any sigeps or tkes.)

Well, no one has to worry about the CC thing, because the bill authorizing it didnt pass at GA this summer.

We can talk about a bunch of other things that arent going to happen too if ya would like.

Lambda Chi Colony on the Moon. Discuss.

Now, lets get back to topic.

This relates to expansion.

The guys at the UIW colony voted last night to set February 12th as chartering. They will be putting their chartering packet together in November and are going for their one year anniversary to charter (they were colonized on Feb 9th)

*Edited because TOM EARP was actually giving me crap about grammar.

Yeah, I'll have a Dos Equis draft, a few limes and a twist of IRONY.

love ya Tom. lol.

lifesaver, hope you make it home for sure!

Oh I just talked to him as He was driving!:D

First off, give My Best to All Of The Brothers at UIW Colony, especially the Two Great Young Brothers Who were at G A!

The last night we were there and you were in J and My Room and had them get up there, they probably thought we were Nutsoids but seem to enjoy themselves.

The Night at Banquet and being an Honorering TexiCan was great!:D

Please, give them our Very Best for a Job Well done!:cool:

Oh, to the High Pi Of Course!:D :) :cool:

Never ever tell me you spilled a Beer, I will throtle you!;)

http://www.lambdachifandm.com/

Franklin and Marshall College seems to be laying some big groundwork for the recolonization that is soon to follow.

Look for a huge colony at Alpha Theta.

Lenoxxx

lenoxxx good news to hear and hope!

One of My Cigar Reps is from James-Madison and thought there might be interest there but dont know for sure?

Still waiting to hear about Gamma Zeta at Amherst!

Thanks for the update!:)

JMU
 

http://www.jmulambdachi.com

Tom,

Their alumni have a website up, I suspect there is some interest there.

Jason

Jason Thanks!

Appreciate the info!:)

Thank goodness, We are trying to do a two pronged rejuvination, Colonies and Re-Charters!:D

Guess that is what makes us stonger!:cool:

Spring Colonies
 

While on the internet I discovered possible sites that Lambda Chi Alpha may be colonizing in the Spring 2005. We might be recolonizing the Gamma-Theta chapter at Duke U. Thursday, November 18, 2004 Lambda Chi Expansion Team Members John Otten, Josh Lodolo, and Jason Pearce just finished a 24-hour expansion visit to Duke University. Jason Pearce is not a member of the team, but is a native of the area who went along to help. Lambda Chi Alpha hasn't been on Duke's campus since 1969.
And I believe we may be colonizing at the University of California San Diego. If this is true we would have three chapters in the San Diego area, with USD and the SDSU colony already there.


Daniel

Daniel, could you give a link to the site you found?

IHQ seems to be a little reluctant to give out to much inforamtion, but they do not know of the tenacity of Brothers to find things out!:D

This is an area that C & C needs to cover a lot more to keep us as Actives and Alums better informed.

As has been said before, not everything is roses. Hell, we are big kids, we can handle it!:cool:

Thanks for posting this, it would be nice to have Duke back along with Gamma Zeta at Amherst, our first Chapter being # 2.

Correction on Duke
 

Lambda Chi Alpha is one of three fraternities that presented to Duke's IFC for expansion. The other two were Delta Upsilon, and Pi Kappa Phi. So the possibility is there, just not a sure thing. Hope Lambda Chi Alpha is choosen, lots of great alumni from that chapter that I have met.

Daniel

We can only hope Bro!:cool:



Jason, sent and recieved an email from Brother Bill Smith, JMU and was closed mouth about it. Wished him the Best of Luck and to keep me informed.

Re: Spring Colonies
 

I didnt even think about posting this. Josh came to the UIW colony directly from the Duke visit. I dont remember tho how he said it went. He did say it would be a good campus for us to get back on.

Yes, it would be great to be on Duke U. and a nice feather in the cap.

But, isnt it hard for any Fraternity to enter a Southern College?

I could check, but have We ever been at Duke?

Knowing a little from what I have heard about Southern Schools, it is very hard to go up against a lot of established Greeks there. Do We have any or a large amount of Alums in the area to work with a possible new Colony there?

Maybe some of the Brothers can help us out on this for an introspective point of view.

I just wonder how much time and financial costs it would entail!

Would the time and money be better spent elsewhere?

I am all for expansion, but when and where is also important.

to bring you up to date....LOL
 

TKE has come and gone and come and gone in the community
college scene. We chartered two...Miami-Dade & Broward. They
seemed promising but the two years were not enough. I surveyed all the exisiting public/state community colleges while I
was dean of one and reported back with a negative report.
Sig Pi, Sig Ep, perhaps others have gone in to the two year school
and Sig Pi is yet at Vincennes. You guys are right. We failed at both, no sense you having to re-invent the wheel again.
If you really want to whip yourselves, then go to some of the
of the rinky-dink schools in the eastern urban areas or spread a
charter over a metro area...or even better, confer the PhD and the fraternity membership at birth.
Kappa Sig has a neat saying...something like "Not every man will
wear the badge..."
Most of us are not nutso about being a rehabilitation center.

Duke
 

Tom did you not fully read my post. Duke is Gamma-Theta Zeta and was closed in 1969. We have had several prominent alumni from this chapter including the members of the GHZ. Dr. Robert E. Alexander, Grand High Rho, Duke ’62 is a current member of the GHZ and was the former chancelor of the University of South Carolina-Aiken, probably the reason we open a chapter a year ago. I also believe the former president of IBM was an alumni and a past member of the GHZ, I can;t recall his name right now.

Daniel

Re: to bring you up to date....LOL
 

AGAIN.....
Why are we discussing this? I'll quote myself from a post about 15 posts back.

"Well, no one has to worry about the (Community college) thing, because the bill authorizing it didnt pass at (General Assembly) this summer.

We can talk about a bunch of other things that arent going to happen too if ya would like.

Lambda Chi Colony on the Moon. Discuss.

Now, lets get back to topic."

:rolleyes:

Yes,

I agree lets discuss real news about LCA's expansions in the here and now, not how TKE colonized a community college in florida in the 1960's.

Real news and real posts that are on topic please.

Thanks

Lenoxxx

Daniel, thanks for reminding me, to many long working hours.

I hope Duke comes to fruitation once again. I think SDSU from whart I have heard via G C is doing a show there.

I think what Erik is trying to say, is that He has a tremendous amount of respect for LXA and likes to relate TKE screw ups so that maybe we dont.;)

I too wish that there was more info on expansion, Colony/Rechartering and even Chapters that are in trouble and an explanation as many of us dont know and may be of help if possible.

Current Colonies
 

Does anyone know how things went with the colonies that were supposed to be established this fall? Did all six of the planned expansion sites take place? Just wondering.

Daniel

One of my pals got a letter in August about the York College colonization, he later sent me a link to York COllege that LCA was listed in the IFC roster, obviously this did occur.

As to the other 5, I have no idea

Idaho, weber state, Utah, Stl College of Pharmacy & EWU...

No clue.

Lenoxxx

Actually I what I ment to ask was if we colonized at Utah and Weber State? I know that Idaho happened in October, StLCoP happened in September as well as York. I belive Eastern Washington was in October as well.

Daniel

Hey i saw on the York IFC page where it says Lambda Chi Alpha but next to it, it says, (Local Fraternity). Does that mean there is local using our name or is it saying that because they are a colony? Little confused.

http://www.ycp.edu/campus/handbook/960.htm

Lambda Chi Alpha (Local Fraternity)
Lambda Chi Alpha is an active social and service fraternity open to male students at York College. Lambda Chi Alpha takes pride in its social events, athletics, individuality, and competitive spirit. With new ideas and activities, along with improving the old, this fraternity leads, not follows.

As far as I know Utah and Weber St. never officially colonized yet. I was supposed to go help with their initiation but they could never get a date set where everyone could make it. I believe they are going to do it in January, but I'm not sure about that.


Sorry, I'm on the fiance's computer. It's EM1843.

Expansion News
 

Well LCA updated the national website again!

Expansion News
Spring 2005

Christopher Newport in Virginia (NEW)
West Chester University of Pa (lambda kappa zeta)- dormat since 1980
California San Diego


Now if the Fellow from Coastal Carolina PIKE says that Coastal Carolina of SC is going to happen this spring that makes 4. The WCU thing is a real trrend changer, we havent gone back to any state schools in PA (expect for a one year botched deal at Mansfield in 2000) ever, this is a huge trend changer for us, way to have the courage to go at it Staff at IHQ.

I expect to see F&M and Duke in the near future based on all the chatter.

in zax
Lenoxxx

San Diego
 

California San Diego

?

We already have a colony at San Diego State; I wonder if this new one is UC San Diego (University of California San Diego)?

Re: San Diego
 

It is a new one at UCSD, as mentioned in one of my ealier posts. Lambda Chi Alpha has already met with their student government to announce it. This is from their minutes:

Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter Expansion – Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity will be on campus November 17th as a part of their initial stages toward chartering at chapter at UCSD. They will be launching their Associate Member recruitment program come mid-Spring quarter to establish a Lambda Chi Colony at UCSD. Their national fraternity development consultants will be on campus as an ongoing process in the subsequent quarters and would probably like to meet with student organizations like the associated Students to gauge student climate and encourage
their recruitment.

Daniel