Do you guys have any rival fraternities or sororities?
 

Simple question. Is there any particular group that you guys are constantly competing with or that there is just tension between?

Simple answer: no one is going to answer this question.

When I was in school, our chief rivals were the Kappa Alpha chapter and the TKE chapter. TKE has since left our campus and, oddly enough, the current guys get along great with the KAs and have the most competition with the group that we were friendly with.

I don't see anything particularly wrong with the question. On many campuses, there are friendly and not-so-friendly rivalries between the fraternities. I understand that Panhellenic frowns on it, but it's not really a big deal in IFC.

I even had good friends in the 2 groups that were our biggest rivals.

Yea, I suppose it depends on how you interpret the question.


ETA: This...

.. would be ok to answer, assuming we're talking about Greek Week, or something like that. But this...

.. isn't something that anyone should (want to) answer. Just like you wouldn't advertise problems within your chapter on the internet (unless done anonymously), you shouldn't advertise problems between your fraternity and others.

IMO.

Sigma Pi and SAE do not get along on my campus. Issues happened between members two years ago or so and they havent got along since. Not exactly a friendly rivalry.

Edit: This is common knowledge on my campus /shrug

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I think with NPHC fraternities, we're always competing with each other in some way.

I have a particular thing against Krappas though.

Man, what did they do to pee in everyone's Cheerios? You and DrPhil! :p

I assume the OP was asking everyone and not just the guys.

Yeah there are always jokes and friendly jabs.

No matter what, most people who know about NPHC orgs would say that Delta and AKA are competitors. But, every wise person who is in their right mind knows that nothing can compete with Delta.

Amen, brother.

We have one major rival, we aim for the same freshmen and it does get really competitive each year. We're quite a bit bigger though and usually get the ones we want anyway :)

On our campus there isn't really tension but there is some sort of unspoken rivalry between the Kappa Sigmas and us TKE's. I do have friends that are kappa sigs though so it's not too extreme.

Never assume what people won't answer.

Most rivalries, whether friendly or not so, are for the most part public knowledge; especially amongst the NPHC.

As for our rivalries. On our campus friendly rivalry (which some knuckle head on both sides would misinterpret) it was the Alphas. Mainly because we attracted the same type of interests.

Unfriendly it was the Kappas.

We had a problem between the Gamma Eta Taus and the Sigma Eta Alpha Rho Kappas. Those guys were always ready for a rumble.

omega chi and kappa tau hate each other. i mean come on dudes grow up and get over it.

Tee hee :D

Since we were a new chapter, we didn't really have a rival. Aside for a little bit of competition during rush, I don't think there really were any sorority rivals on my campus.

Come to think of it, I don't think there was any real rivalry between the fraternities either....although my fiance's chapter used to mess with their next door neighbors allllllll the time, so the neighbors hated them, lol

I recommend editing your post.

This is why the thread was a bad idea. Someone always does something stupid like this.

Ahem.

Don't do this!

Edit your quote in hope that she edits her post?

I believe it is acceptable for me to say ROTFLOL to that. Love Greek. Still sad about it's cancellation :(

We don't have a whole lot of rivalries here, as in fraternities competing with each other. Sigma Nu and the Delts are always pulling pranks though. There's a running game where they try to "borrow" a sorority's trophies, paddles, porch furniture, flower pots, ect. They take pictures with it in their house and put it on Facebook, and then the sororities steal their stuff back and take some of the fraternity's stuff. It's actually really amusing, and all in good fun.

I didn't know Greek was cancelled. I thought it was just finished. Weird.

Well it did finish but it could have gone on. The only reason it ended was because it wasn't getting high enough ratings and they wanted to spend more resources on their more popular/newer shows. I think there was definitely more they could have done. But this is a hijack so I'll stop here. For more information, see the thread specifically on Greek.

There was always a rivalry between us and the Ques. It wasn't just a friendly joking rivalry, it was a deep seeded hatred. There was even a riot at CSU back in 86' that started between the Nupes and the Ques (I'm not sure of all the details). I'm not sure if that's everywhere between the Nupes and Ques, because even visiting Ques didn't like us. We didn't have a rivalry with the other fraternities at our school. But, the Sigmas from Wilberforce didn't like us for whatever reason. Maybe they had something against Delta chapter Nupes.

It got to the point where I stopped going to parties because of the Kappa and Que rivalry, though. Personally, I was one of those who pretty much got along with all the greeks on our campus. There were a few individual people within some of those organizations that I didn't care for, but never an entire organization. I was always okay with teasing and joking. However, I always felt that any time someone took it to another level beyond that, by hating an entire organization (on a serious level), then that, to me is kind of ignorant. It was too much ignorance and stupidity that would cause a lot of fights between us and the Ques back then. I'm not sure how it is now.

I can't speak for nationwide, but it seems to be much better than back in the day.

I remember those years growing up and part of my own greek life. It was almost Bloods and Crip-ish in nature. Don't know if some higher ups came in and knocked some heads or what, but these days its rare to see a Que/Kappa altercation.

Yeah the NPHC rivalries that I saw on yards in various states were more like thug life on the part of the fraternities and sororities. Some of the rivalries were deep seated and others were about things like Alphas wearing gold boots. Most of them were not about who has the highest GPA or does the most community service. :) But, many of them were about who runs the yard and has the most aspirants. They just expressed these rivalries in different ways. I know why they expressed their rivalries in that manner but......

I was going to type more but I will end my rant there. It is a thread in and of itself.

Link to previous thread.

You've just described the LGLO/MCGLO Greek Life experience in the northeast. :(

And the south.

I used to think the Kappas were thugs before I became a member, but I've seen the light. I'm glad I joined.

We have a bitter rivalry with Sigma Chi at my school, probably because we go after the same type of recruits. Ultimate Frisbee matches can get heated too :P

There were always tensions with particular chapters but only during rush...we'd steal some of their favorites, but lose some of our favorites to them year after year. There was also one particular house where there was just bad blood between a lot of members for various reasons, no fights or anything but there was clear tension. Overall we got along with the majority of the houses though.

There's rivalry war between Alpha Phi Gama and Sigma Kappa, i think most recently Kappa pizza bombed the leaders of phiG. Pizza bombing is when you get an address and send a lot of pizza delivery companies to it. They're also posting each others personal information online, I think both have gone too far with whatever this is. If I'm not mistaken this is taking place in sin city Las Vegas. Figures right?

QFWTF.

How do you not know where stuff is happening, how do you not know which GLOs you're even referring to.

Intention was to feed the topic but remain slightly vague Drolefille. The situation is not something I want to go into great details about because it will just open up into further issues; however, if you'd rather not debate or gripe about the topic I brought up that's fine too. I'd like to see what else members have to say about rivalries. You're welcomed to PM me Drolefille

...the fuck?

ETA: LOL @ this person wanting to keep things "in house," but revealing the names and location of the organizations involved.

Sigma Kappa doesn't go by "Kappa" anywhere. You're either a liar, or an idiot, and trying to stir shit that isn't even yours to stir. Amusing in particular following your attempt at snark in another thread. Lets see, odds are you're non-NPC, and probably an aspirant to some org or other but not a member.

Guess how I know.

Deltas fighting Deltas. Deltas fighting Deltas. AKA's fighting AKA's. LOL

That's how it is in a particular school that I gladfully don't go to.

But I'd say this. It's never that deep to me, but I do have an issue with how some fraternities carry themselves around here. That's why I patiently wait for grad chapter

Edited for you.

LOL @ mixer. It's probably going to create a thread for some new business venture. GLO-themed pizza. Each pizza has the GLO's name spelled out in any toppings of your choice. This is perfect for pizza bombing.

At my sons' school, there are definitely rivalries between the fraternities, and it is really because they tend to go for the same type pledges - so what I find ridiculous is that they disparage each other brutally, but if they looked in the mirror, they'd see the spitting image of what they're saying are "lame, meatheads, jerks, etc."

Why can't they all get along? :)

I lol'ed. They should use the GLO's colors. I mean its not too hard for AGD and Chi-O...