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Hello! I was a charter member of the Beta Epsilon chapter of Phi Sigma Pi at Syracuse. I joined in the spring semester of my junior year, which is when the chapter was started (back in 1993). I had been a member of a social sorority (Chi Omega), that closed the year before, so I was looking for some sort of new activity to get involved with on campus. I have to admit, things were still pretty disorganized back then and the chapter hadn't really began to come together as a cohesive group. There wasn't really a rush, recruitment, or selection process of any kind other than receiving letter saying "you have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, you are eligible to join." They had an interest meeting, and tons of people went to it, and basically, everyone who showed up was initiated.
I think by the end of my senior year, things had started to get on track- the people who weren't really into it had gone, and the people who remained were the ones who wanted to be active and involved. Many of the initial members I think were just looking for something to put on their resume, and didn't want to come to meetings, do service projects, have a big or little brother, etc.
Just out of curiousity, I just found the BE chapter Facebook page and it looks like they are doing really well. They seem to have their place as a fraternity, with photos of the different lines/families, paddles, etc. Back when it inititally formed, it was more like a club than a fraternity.
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