[kddani]

Perhaps they're just not ready, from a time standpoint or financially, to participate in greek week. It might not be a priority to them right now. There were a handful of (long-established, but smaller) fraternities on my campus who didn't participate in greek week because of the cost. Also, on a smaller house, it's a big pressure on the members because that's more and more work they have to do. I would think that getting the group up and running would be more important than putting together a song and dance skit.

I don't know about the socials. But I do know that most groups, when colonizing, have alumni and at least one advisor closely watching and guiding them. Maybe Sigma Pi just does things differently than Sigma Chi or concentrates on some things first. I think more time needs to be given to them before they're judged so much.