You spoke ahead of knowledge!

I'm not on campus this semester so I've been out of the loop but...

Phi Delt and Sigma Nu (next door neighbors) are having the Benjy Davis Project tonight, as sort of a pre-party. They're each having a big band as well on other nights (Sigma Nu: Eve 6, Phi Delt: Lil Flip).

Row Week starts tonight, with Benjy Davis project plus IFC cook out.

Tommorow the other concerts start, not sure the nights. I know Fridays probably the biggest night for concerts. Saturday, SAE and Kappa Sig have their traditional cookouts. Phi Gam is having crawfish broil Friday...I think.

Sounds like a great weekend to be on that campus. I just checked the EN house cam and looks like they are getting ready for a party tonight :)

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...869/arksn8.jpg

I'm just trying to figure where they're going to put the concert. Just doesn't look like alot of room.

University of Tennessee


Tier 1-
Phi Gam
Sigma Chi
Pike

Tier 2-
ATO
Phi Sig
Sig Ep

Tier 3-
KA (just re charted)
SAE (just re charted)
Kappa Sig (Just re charted)
PONG
Sigma NU




Other chapters that I have visited that are bad ass, SAE, KA, Phi Gam, and DKE at Alabama, Phi Gam at Auburn, SAE at Sewanee, Phi Gam at Georgia.


Frat it up

I've always heard Pike was top tier at Tenn but never could manage to believe it.

Of course they're not exactly a Sigma Pi/TKE/Beta...Pike's got a few decent chapters in the South.

What is PiKA's general reputation in the south? I have always heard good things about them at the smaller Virginia schools.

Not good.

Besides at Tenn, I can't name a solid chapter.

They're well known for dressing and acting very....

unsouthernly.

I think the 'newer' reputation could be that the majority of PiKA's early expansion was to smaller southern schools, and they did not get into many of the SEC schools until a later point in time. As far as alumni lists go, there are several prominent politicians (Karl Rove, Thad Cochran, Strom Thurmond, Charlie Crist).

SECrowdiez, you could appreciate this. I think I'm going to Tuscaloosa after my last final Thursday to check out their Islander.

PhiGam, outside your own chapter, what other chapters Islander's have you been to?

None, this is my first year.

It's official, I'm going.
Any advice for going to other chapters other than not making an ass of myself?

Take flowers and chocolates?

;)

I will take you seriously when you wash my car in a bikini

LOL.

That Phi Gam chapter is Old Row, there.

Make sure you're not a pledge.

That's all I can think of.

spiff up your sperrys, take your short shorts and pop that collar!

Don’t get belligerent drunk.
Don’t hit on members girlfriends.
Do not break stuff in their house….. Now other fraternity houses - :rolleyes:

Sperrys-check
Short shorts- check
Popped collar- Not so much- thats the guido/ gdi look now.

Breaking stuff in other houses... thats our UF chapter (gay) not us. We may occasionally egg/tp other houses though lol.

I'm not sure how the popped collar ever got associated with the Southern fraternity man.

You might wanna try to bring a date, if she's attractive. I don't know.

Flipping your collar up used to be associated with ultra preppy looks found in the Northeast. I've seen some of my uncles pictures from his fraternity days in the 80s at SMU and there is a lot of the tennis and lawn club, sweater with the flipped collar Polo underneath look going on.

Ok, define "short" shorts, please. I don't have a good visual in my mind at the moment. I'm picturing Jimmy Connor-type shortie tighty tennis shorts.

I assume (hope) you are just defining them compared to the long, baggy cargo-y type shorts, yes?

And I'm glad to read all 3 posts saying popping the collar is really not the thing (despite that LSU article). It's soooooo 80s (and sure, I did it), but I just saw a guy in the grocery store the other day with his collar flipped and thought it just looked silly. Polo shirt, flat collar, much better. Especially on grown men.

I have a pair that if I sit right, all pops out.

As others have noted, it was very popular in the 80s.

Thanks for the warning.

My kids have laughed at pictures of their dear old dad with his popped polo collar layered UNDER his RL OCBD.

Yeah, he was that cool in 1982. ;)

The guys at W&L wear shorts that are quite short compared to what the majority of men in America wear. Yes, it's partially a contrast to cargo shorts, but they're also just.... shorter. Like several inches above the knee, whereas American men in general now wear shorts at the knee or even (ugh) below the knee. Certainly not like 80s style workout shorts. Sorry I don't have a reference picture.

Probably about two inches above the knee. Maybe more, sometimes less.

Anywhere between
http://slimages.macys.com/is/image/M...0.5,0&fmt=jpeg

and


http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pGV...7jOaip4jTk0MfQ

LOL at pic 2! AGH!

YES, the popped collar polos were very big in the 80's especially in the Northeast as well as Ocean Pacific (OP) clothing, PCH clothing, the colorful jam shorts, bright neon shirts, and forgot the two-tune guess jeans.


ZBT:"Inspiring Todays College Men To Become Leaders Of Tomorrow."

Ohhhh, JAMS! I'd almost forgotten about those. And for girls, we had to match the rubber Madonna-bangle bracelets on our wrist with the colors in the shorts...

Saw another guy with a popped collar last night at a Starbucks, took everything in me not to go over and flip it down for him.

And let us not forget the black and white high-top reeboks, open of coarse.

I'm 6'2" and my shorts are usually around 6 - 7" inseams. I really can't rock the 5", just way too short for my size.

I just talked to some of my friends that are Alabama Phi Gams, their Islander went extremely well.

Ours was absolute madness, PhiGam, ill pm you some pictures... We had 3 waterfalls, a huge beach, tiki hut, and about 100 square yards of our backyard fenced in with 10 ft. high bamboo......

NAACP ULTRAFAN-

I am a huge fan of the Rocky Top song! Never heard it until I was in NC, and then wanted it played everywhere!!! We were in Pat O's and I made them play Rocky Top and had to dodge being killed by all the LSU peeps there. Great song-love it!!

Some friends and I did the same thing this past year, tipped $50 for them to play "Yellow Rose of Texas", "Eyes of Texas", and "If you're gonna play in Texas" all in a row. By the the third song everyone in the bar was ready to kill us.

YES!! Give them the right amount of $$ and they'll play anything! We had a blast-and by the end the people in the bar were ready to kill us-between Rocky Top, Yellow Rose of Texas, and the whole NCSU songs, they were donw with us!!

I wish I would have taken some pics of the setup of the Bama Islander. Their ice luges were in the shape of diamonds with a star in the middle. Touring their house was a really cool experience as well.
Definitely send me those pictures though, I can PM you my email address or my name for facebook, whatever's easier.