Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi @ Miami of Ohio
 

I was browsing through Miami of Ohio's website and there is a Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi Interest Group formed there.....
Does anyone else know any more about this? I guess I'm just really surprised that SAEPi came all the way out here to Ohio from California...

On the Sorority Life reunion special, Becca mentioned that about 15 schools had expressed interest in opening SAEPi chapters. They also said that they were looking into setting up a national advisory board to work on these expansions. Both Leslie and Leah were going to be on the advisory board, theoretically. So if that actually happened, I wouldn't be surprised that the sorority might start establishing chapters in places other than California.

i can't seem to find anything about this on the website. where did you find it? i'd love to know figuring my chapter is trying to get back on campus there.

shelley j
sigma k

hmm...I wonder how many schools are going to want to open DZO chapters...

I got into the Office of Greek Life website. I believe that I had to do a search for Greeks because Miami's student organization page is messed up. Just go under fraternities and sororities once you get in there and it lists all the chapters.

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Theres a SAEPi chapter at ASU. We had a social with them, there really cool girls.

I think that it's wonderful that SAEPi is expanding to other parts of the country.

Aside from the drama we witnessed [courtesy of MTV!], you could still see the sisterhood.

I'm glad that they're looking to spread the sisterhood to other campuses.

Good luck to SAEPi!

OOH OOH!!! MTSU MTSU!!! We want DZO here! :rolleyes:

Posted with much sarcasm...

I definately agree that besides the little drama we saw on MTV, you could totally see the sisterhood throughout the season of SAEPi. They seemed like a nice bunch!

I'm not so sure about DZO though.. I only saw their sisterhood like the last 5 minutes of the finale.

Surely this is a great big hoax!!!!!

I have never seen this show and do not care to see it and the degredation of Greeks in "The True Form"!

Like I said during last season, the SAEPi girls didn't come off too badly. Yes, they had some b*tchy girls, and some of the pledges had issues with being alcoholic or drama queens, but overall SAEPi didn't do a terrible job of representing the Greek system. As pointed out, you could see their sisterhood. They seemed like they were pretty classy women. And most importantly, in my opinion, they showed the rest of the non-Greek world that sorority girls aren't all stuck-up, anorexic, blonde bimbos who only care about sex, shopping and parties. Now we as Greeks already knew this, but most of the rest of the world didn't. I think SAEPi broadened their definition of what a sorority could be like and made some girls who didn't think they were "sorority material" think again.

DZO came off far worse to most of us, I think, and I'm a little worried about what effect they could have on rush numbers, since they were portraying the hazing, the snottiness and control freak behavior that many non-Greeks associate with the pledge period. However, I've also seen enough posts on message boards that said, "Oh, I know DZO aren't typical Greeks -- these girls are too psychotic to be typical ANYTHING!" Hopefully that's the overwhelming feeling people are getting . . . although I underestimate Americans' stupidity sometimes. :p

more power to...
 

saepi if this is all working for them. they offered a good product, if you looked beyond the bad editing. dzo, darlins, you have got some work to do.
:D

Yes they started last year on campus. Basically because they are a local they do not have to follow NPC rules on expansion and can just "pop" onto campuses. They do not participate in Formal Recruitment and claim they have no intention of doing so.

I believe the Greek Advisor told me that Leah came to campus to reveiw the interest group that had formed last Fall.

We had a chapter of SAEPi.....for a semester. They decided to leave both SAEPi and the multi cultural greek council and join Panhellenic. They changed their name to Alpha Epsilon, and are about 25 girls strong. I don't know if they still want to go national, but this is the first time in a LONG time that a local has been in IFC or Panhellenic, and I'm not sure if our constitution states you must be national after a certain period of time.

I could imagine SAEPi successfully expanding to other schools. DZO wants to expand to other campuses also. However, I don't think it will work after SL2 aired with the lack of sisterhood (oh, sure there was the finale, tltl - too little too late). no philanthopy/community service, just pure unadulterated back stabbing and other shenanigans.
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/nut.gif :eek: :confused: :o

I can also see some schools blocking the expansion of DZO because they don't want to be associated with that kind of hazing. I think DZO will have a much more difficult time expanding.

Best wishes to SAEPi expansion but I just find it sooo interesting that the one chapter that was colonized before SL aired is no longer a part of it. The SDSU chapter was colonized at the beginning of the filming of SL so I wonder if they weren't getting the support they needed at that time or if the girls were just that adamant about not being part of a large national.

Wow, I didn't know that. I'll tell you this much (and Josh can maybe back me up). They're getting a LOT more exposure and respect now that they're AE.

I'm glad they're doing better. But tell me seriously, how many people refer to them as American Eagle? ;) Bet they're big fans of that store. :p

LOL I never thought of that. No one calls them that (until now). Our intrest group used to be Alpha Chi before we went National (but this was in 1948). Imagine if we were still Alpha Chi today with all the Armani Exchange stuff.

Or the sorority that calls themselves Alpha Chi (Alpha Chi Omega).....

Yeah but do you wear just the letters AX? YOu always attach that Omega there, so theres the distinction lol ah well, kinda clever

Actually we do have stuff that just says Alpha Chi...for recruitment we had mock Armani Exchange shirts cause we're Alpha Chi....We have a million and one songs/chants about being Alpha Chi girls and such.

*bump*

On a related note, I was looking at the University of Minnesota Greek website (www.begreek.org) and noticed that they now list Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi under their sorority section. I know that while I was there (2001-02 school year), there was a group of Jewish students who wanted to create a sorority intended mainly for girls who shared their faith. AEPhi and SDT were both at the U for a while, back in the days when they were both predominantly if not entirely Jewish, but both have long since closed. They weren't able to bring in a new sorority because of Panhel expansion rules -- not all groups are at total. I'm not sure what total is at the U of M but the NPC groups range in size from 38-77, with most groups hovering between 50-65.

Here's an article on it:

http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2002/05/07/7651

The local sorority they had started sounds quite similar to SAEPi and I'm wondering if the same group of girls decided that they wanted to become an SAEPi chapter.

Any other SAEPi chapters popping up?

I wish good luck to BOTH of these sororites......I don't know how open NPC will be though to any new sororities as I think mine was one of the last ones to join in 1951 I could be wrong though....Anways I think it is greatly greek of me to not turn and do the same things to others as I do not wish others do to me.
Good luck to both SAEPi and DXO.

I love how people trash talked them and said they set such a bad example and now everyone is wishing them luck.

-Rudey
--Girls, girls, girls.

ok Rudey
but look how many other orgs(nationals like us) have been in trouble for hazing, or a bad image....Unless someone is physically harmed I will always wish the best for these groups to learn from their experiences and grow stronger....life goes on, and more knowledgable Greeks and people should help those out in constructive ways to maybe overcome their shortcomings. Just my opinion though......

Everyone's trying not to be un-Sigma-like. :p