NIC Expansion at UC Riverside
 

Well, since there are so many expansion threads going on right now, and all of them are directed toward Panhellenic, I thought I would add a thread for the guys...

The University of California, Riverside has been undergoing the expansion process. Currently, these are the chapters on campus:
Alpha Tau Omega
Delta Tau Delta
Kappa Alpha Order
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI)
Phi Delta Theta (may be closing soon)
Phi Kappa Sigma
Pi Kappa Alpha

Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Beta Theta Pi have recently closed (within the last 3 years) and will cannot be included in the formal expansion process.

We've sent out official letters to all other NIC organizations and have narrowed it down to 10 fraternities to choose from. The IFC presidents have reviewed each fraternity's materials for expansion and have scored them to see who will make it to the next "round" (if you can call it that). The 10 fraternities that are eligible for expansion interviews are (in no particular order):

Delta Chi
Delta Upsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Delta Sigma Phi
Phi Kappa Psi
Pi Kappa Phi
(I believe Zeta Psi is the 10th, but not completely sure... we don't have materials from them)

The Presidents have scored the fraternities and interviews will begin within the next month or so. By the end of June, we should have another fraternity colonizing on campus! And hopefully, Panhellenic will soon realize the need for an increase in house total and/or an option of expansion!

Strange not to see Sigma Nu in the mix. We have TONS of California chapters. I think recruitment/expansion has been focusing a lot on the midwest and now Florida though.

I don't think Sigma Nu expressed interest in our campus. There's a chapter at either Cal State San Bernardino and at Cal Poly Pomona, I believe... both schools are 30 minutes from UCR, and maybe they just didn't want to come. All three of our schools are small and the Greek system is sort of struggling, so maybe they just didn't think there would be much room to grow... Dont know though.

There are Sigma Nu chapters at both Cal Poly Pomona and at Cal State San Bernardino! The chapter at Cal Poly recently moved into a beautiful new house.

Cal Poly House
 

Boy those guys are living fine if they have a house over in Walnut area. I am an A Phi Alum and i am going ot Mt Sac and the houses in the Cal Poly area and Mt Sac Area are prettttttty nice!:)

Laura

cutiepatootie,

The Sigma Nu house is actually in Pomona (on Holt). Not quite as nice as the houses in Walnut...but still a nice, large older home!

i really hope you guys get phi kappa psi...we need more california chapters, and the most influential phi psi alumni are from california chapters...

All rihgt, I am not the only greek who went to empty sack

What do you mean by "Empty sack?" huh?

You never heard that joke? Mt. Sac.
M-T SAC
empty sack

Ah, ok... i thought it had something to do with Mt. Sac... I've never attended that school, but I think someone else on here does, or used to... you're from SoCal, Pi Kapp? Cause I notice you're a student in San Francisco... I plan on moving up to the Bay Area next year for my credential program... probably at CSU hayward.

Hey gphi. I am a /\XA at UCR and I see the news with the expansion. I also heard about the Sorority expansion too. Is that going to happen too? I hear that everyone is at house total except for DGs who are really close. Whats your thoughts?

hi there... as far as i know, the Panhellenic chapters have voted down expansion and won't be doing it for a long time now. Last I heard, the topic of increasing house total is now on the floor. Yes, every chapter was at house total (as of Fall 2002 grade reports), except for DG who was at like 54 (total is 70, other chapters are not far over total). DG took 11 or 12 ladies for the Winter as far as I know, and will most likely hit total if they recruit in Spring. ANd at that point, the other 5 chapters may not be at total anymore because of early graduation, grades issues, studying abroad and for UCDC, etc...

My thoughts are this: Panhellenic expansion would be great, but first, the existing NPC/IFC and other social GLOs need to work TOGETHER (i.e. Greek task force, starting this Spring again... tell your chapter) and get on better terms with the University, esp. Student Life and the Residence Halls. Otherwise, the bad PR we all get is going to worsen... more Greeks need to get involved in ALL areas of campus life, esp. community service work and non-Greek letter organizations... by the way, Bear Facts apps are out... TELL YOUR CHAPTER... they're due April 1.

IFC Expansion is opening the door... Alpha Gamma Rho and a few other IFC fraternities are now patiently waiting the next IFC expansion period... probably a long way off, but if they are as patient as SigEp has been, who knows... they might just get a better chance for expanding. Being on the inside track with my job in Student Life, I would say we all, as Greeks, need to be a lot more patient... it's not necessarily the "time" for our organizations yet... but it's getting there. The new Chancellor sees our orgs in a much more positive light than Chancellor Orbach did... Vice Chancellor Sandoval (student affairs) is actually much more impressed with the Greeks recently, thanks to the new IFC Exec board and how they are operating (they are so responsible this year so far!), and we know Sandoval doesn't really like our orgs. He's actually helping to head up the Greek Task Force this year, along with the Dean of Students and some other key people... if we get them on our side, things will start to look up. As for me, I'm a senior and won't be around much longer to know all this, but if you're going to be around for a while, I have a feeling things are going to get better... good luck with that. And feel free to PM or IM me if you want to talk more...

By the way, your chapter is doing great compared the past years I've been here! I can see you guys really start to come up and get more involved and my chapter was wholly impressed when your new members came to our meeting a few weeks ago! Great job and I hope the best for you!

Carol

BTW
 

By the way... Sniff, I just looked at your website and noticed you lived with one of my best friends/sisters, Candace! That girl is going to be in my wedding (given the chance that I ever get married...lol)! And you lived with Jeremy, one of my favorite guy-friends ever! It's such a small world...

gphi...

Thank your for the kind words. I see the vast improvement in your chapter and the sorority system at UCR. Yes, Jeremy and Candace were in my hall my freshman year and they were cool. Jeremy was next to me and Candace was right across. Thats when I was anti-greek. Guess not now :) Our chapter is trying to do better on campus and get our name out there more. The guys we got from Fall Rush are really crazy about the fraternity, so we are just out there. We are small now but pretty close and will hope to go up in numbers soon.