California Greeks!
 

Hi! I always see posts from other states, but I haven't seen any for CA Greeks. I'm a Kappa at UC Santa Cruz. Our Greek system is tiny. We have 2 NPCs, and 4 NIC fraternities (+ 1 colony). We have a lot of locals.

What is Greek life like in your part of the state? I know Greeks aren't as popular in CA as in other parts of the country. Do you feel that way, too?

Kristen

YOU have officially gone insane in the membrane.

you may be my favorite poster on this site

LOL, back atcha!

No. There is a message board that was started by Cali NPHC Greeks.

Wait! Oh you mean you are a Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Yeah...my user name says "KKG". :-)

I was excited to see 5 responses, but no one answered my questions!

well, I didn't even fully read your name at first, and to a NPHCer when someone says they are a Kappa we think Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

That's okay, but in NPC, we see Kappa and think Kappa Kappa Gamma!

If I weren't a female, I would want to marry you. Now, how can we get this imbecile banned?

LOL Benz. And "Allona", SHE SAID YOU'RE AN IMBECILE AND IS WONDERING HOW TO GET YOU BANNED.


ETA: So sorry about the continued hijack, Lucy, we're just playing with the troll. I have absolutely no knowledge or experience with CA greeks, unfortunately, to actually contribute to the real purpose of the thread...

Kappa Alpha Thetas are known as "Thetas," right?

Right!

Thetas and Kappas are cool!

I kappa's are awesome

Hah I love that you guys also love Kappas. I am obviously quite smitten.

It's Allona so take it with a grain of salt.:(

I'm not Allona

Again?:)

Yea, like a boomerang. Even his denials are the same :rolleyes:
Use to be, "I'm not Sedrick"

What I'm not Allona

I was a California Greek. Greek Life where I went to school (CSU East Bay) wasn't very big. There were 2 NPCs and 2 NIC fraternities. We also had several locals, as well as Alpha Phi Omega.

If you compare California to a place like Georgia then, no Greek Life isn't as popular. but I think that Greeks have a big presence in California.

I was greek at a California school with a very popular fraternity/sorority system. There are plenty of greeks in California, but it isn't the end all/be all like it sounds to be in the south.

Yes, it is a POV issue.
For me , "Kappa" has always been short for KKG's.
As for OP's question, she might wish to post in the KKG's section to start.

And I always thought that the Greek systems in CA were OK if not good.
Do not know anything first hand however.

I too am a California Greek. In my day, there were 10 sororities on campus, they were all National Panhellenic, there were no locals, multi-nationals or any other councils. There were also 12 fraternities at the time, they were all IFC.

DaffyKD

The OP is a troll. He appeared under the name of Sedrick, then Allona and now Lemon Fresh. He always posts in the wrong section and makes rediculous statements. Also, don't expect that he will read what is going on in a post. He pulls things out of his a$$.

Merry Christmas

Benzgirl;
Did I miss or am I missing something?
I do agree with you on Sedrick, Allona, Lemon Fresh and perhaps even Jolly Green Giant.
But this OP????

Oops sorry. You are right though, Kappa Kappa Gamma = Kappa.

UCSB has plenty of sororities, but two dozen would make it the largest sorority system in the country, which it's not. ;)

Obviously not all of those are NPC or IFC.

I'm a California greek. Sonoma state has 4 npc, 1 local sorority, 3 multicultural sororities, 3 IFC fraternities, 1 local fraternity and 2 multicultural.

Greek life is definitely not as big there as it is at other places. But it's definitely growing. NPC chapters use to be at about 50 or so a few years ago and are full at 80 now.

LucyKKG, there are plenty of California Greeks on this board, you're just not looking close enough. ;)

Greek life is fairly popular in Southern California, especially at schools like USC, UCLA and SDSU.

.....Kelly :)

So if we are talking about how prevalent the greek system is in Cali, should we not include the NPHC. I ask because they certainly hold their own in our council. It fact my sister was initiated at USC years ago. And when I attended the University of Redlands, prospective members were included in the UCLA chapter. So there was even a presence there. Not to mention there is a strong alumne chapter presence with LA Alumnae being one of our largest alumnae chapter.

So I guess, it is a matter of POV.

Wow, I'm a troll? Really? Look at my other posts...duh!
And I don't think this question is KKG-specific. I also KNOW there is Greek life in CA. I'm just trying to connect with people in other parts of the state. I'm not from SoCal and I don't go to school there, so it's pretty different up here.

LucyKKG;
I believe that Benzgirl may have inadvertently confused you, as OP, with someone else also posting within this thread.

Things like that can, and do, happen in any situation that one just does not directly see the person that they are talking to.

I agree!!!! :)

I also think Kappas are cool!!! Both kinds!!!!

I have friends who are in both Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Psi so I love them both!!!!

:)

I lived in Santa Cruz back in the early 90s when my husband was getting his PhD there (grad students are not associated with colleges, but with their school - his was Astronomy and Astrophysics, NatSci II). When we were there, there were no sororities, but I think I remember either Theta Chi or Tau Kappa Epsilon being there at that time.

The campus is absolutely beautiful. In fact, the only time I would ever pick up hitchhikers was on campus, usually from NatSci II down to Bay Tree (if you've ever been to UCSC, you know what I mean).

Congratulations on going Greek at UCSC - Fiat Slug!

Kelly - I'd even add USD (Univ. of San Diego) in there - chapter size there (for sororities) is over 100 in the spring! We heard at the Order of Omega banquet a few weeks ago that about 30% of the university is Greek.

Back to Lucy's original question - there are California Greeks on here (I went to school out of state, but still consider myself a CA Greek since I live here and volunteer with my sorority), but I too feel that Greek Life isn't as prevalent as it would be if you were from the South - it's a different mind set here (at least in my experience with the girls I work with!) :)

Yeah, we have Theta Chi (my bf is a brother) and we had Gamma Phi Beta then. KKG only came onto campus last year.
Ohhh silly Santa Cruz. Btw, I read that 1% of my campus is Greek. I'm not sure how accurate of a figure that is, and I don't know if it includes locals. *Shrug* I guess that just goes back to my original point.

Take heart, LucyKKG. Even though the percentage of students seems low compared to other parts of the country, there's plenty of interest in Greek Life in California, and probably more alums from all NPC groups living in California than any other state! I think there are just so many different things for students to do in California that Greek Life is one thing you can do, but it's not the only thing to do while you're in college, so we have to provide programming that's of broader interest to attract more interest from a more diverse student population. It's nice to see that most chapters here don't fit the "stereotypes" that are often applied to Greeks, especially sorority women. It's great to see Panhellenic growing at UCSC and wishing all the best for your new KKG chapter!

Hello there Lucky KKG - I'm not a member of an NPC or an NPHC, but I'm a member of a professional fraternity - so I guess that means that I count as a California greek (I'm also from out of state but I consider California my home and I'm moving here as soon as I'm done with college)? ^_^. Anyway, I go to college at a pretty small school (not sure that you have heard of it because it's a really small school - I think that we have barely 4,000 undergrad) - it's up in Stockton, CA so Northern California. We have four NPCs on campus, 1 NPHC, four IFCs, and a few multicultural sororities and fraternities.

I have a lot of friends that are in social sororities and they are all darlings, I love them so much. Some of my brothers in Theta Alpha Phi (it's a co-ed theater fraternity so we're called brothers) are also in social sororities.

According to our website about 18% of students are in the social Greek system - they didn't include all of us that are in professional fraternities in that number (and there are a lot of professional fraternities on campus by the way).

My fiance goes to Chico - and I think that Greek life is pretty big there too. I've visited a couple of times while he was doing finals or I was on break (he doesn't live on campus, so sometimes I would drive him to class in case he was low on gas or something) and it seems like there are a lot of men and women who chose to go Greek (which is awesome!) at Chico as well. I've chatted with a couple of the ladies there and they were super nice to me - even though I don't go to Chico.

I just wish that I had the opportunity to get involved in a social sisterhood as well though, looks like a lot of fun and I want that type of sisterhood in my life (currently I'm trying to pursue membership in a community sorority).

Anyway, just thought that I'd like to say that the northern part of California is here as well!