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Originally Posted by banditone
That is great news for your chapter. What happened to Sig Ep there? looks like a couple of years ago they were pretty strong.
I have to say, that Sig Ep nationals page is pretty nice. I love the pictures of the chapter house, and the rundown on manpower.
I have no idea why nationals doesn't total the manpower every now and then and list it for our chapters. It has the member list, seems like it would take 2 seconds in excel for them to give us a chapter total at least once a year (perhaps after Fall candidate classes are completed).
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Sig Ep was indeed very strong at NIU. There were a 90-100 man chapter and definately in the top three (along with Phi Sigma Kappa and Pike). They won the annual Tugs championship 3 years in a row, which is the premier event at NIU for fraternities - check out this video...
http://www.anewdynasty.com/
Sig Ep was also a big leader politically on campus - they were very well rounded. Unfortunately, all it takes are a few brothers to make some poor choices and you can find yourself in a world of hurt. Sig Ep had gotten a bit arrogant and seemed to be in trouble for something minor every semester for a few years in a row. This wears on the university judicial officers and makes them want to drop the hammer "the next time".
Unfortunately for Sig Ep, "the next time" was a racial incident in which they got into an altercation with some black folks, racial words were exchanged etc.
http://www.northernstar.info/article.php?id=358
These days, the highest crime a fraternity can commit is not drug or alcohol related. It is crossing the line of multi-culturalism. This is the sacred cow on college campuses.