Greek Relations

[Hootie]

Okay, I'm gonna start putting this forum to better use.
Here's my question.
How do you handle Greek Relations amoungst the fraternity and sorority life and amoungst your campus.
How do you promote sister/brotherhood between your fellow greeks.
I'm interested in all sorts of examples and stories, so please share all.
Just curious,
Hootie

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What do you get when you cross and Alpha Omicron Pi and a Sigma Phi Epsilon? A beautiful Chi Omega!!!

[AXO Alum]

At my undergrad school, we all lived on halls since we didn't have houses. Well one semester we all decided to have a big sorority get-to-know-each-other function. So we basically set it up like rush where sisters from each sorority were grouped together and went to each other's halls to visit and have snacks. We did it like a progressive thing - we had punch on one floor, appetizers on another, ice cream on another, etc...it was so much fun!

I also like the idea of having mixers with other sororities and fraternities (ie, a 4 - way mixer) -- we never had that in undergrad, but it sounds like a great idea!

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"Alpha Chi Omega - If you only had 2 wishes, what would your second one be?"

[dzrose93]

Hi! The main thing that we did to improve Greek Relations on our campus was to hold our annual Panhellenic Ball. All 3 sororities on campus attended, and it was nice to see our fellow Greek sisters.

Another thing that DZ did was hold seminars once a quarter that touched on womens' issues and invite the other sororities to join us. We usually had a speaker come in to discuss one topic each time. Things like date rape, self-defense, breast cancer, etc., were some of the most well-received issues. We had great participation from all groups for those events.

Hope this helps!
Carrie

[shadokat]

If relations are really bad, and I mean, if the sororities are always fighting, you can do a "mediation". Basically, this was done at one of the campuses I advise. The sororities hate each other, so the greek advisor had a Saturday seminar where each sorority was allowed to have 2 members go to the session. Each sorority was allowed to say whatever they wanted about the others. And it got pretty nasty, but in the end, it allowed them to see that each group is different, and that stereotyping women into this group or that is really harmful for the system. They've been doing better with getting along, but they've got a lot of work to go.

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[unforgettable]

We have an All Greek Lil Sis/Big Sis night. Each new girl from the spring semester will write down the names of 3 or 4 different girls from other affiliations that she would like to get to know better. When the girls are matched up, the all-greek big'uns will give clues throughout the week to thier all-greek lil'uns about who and what they are. At the revealing, all the sororities get together and the big'uns present thier lil'uns with a gift, like decorated baby shoes or bibs, picture frames, etc. Its a great way to get all the sororities together and improve greek relations. Me and my all-greek big sis have become great friends and we go over to each others houses to visit. It has made me much more comfortable around other greeks...and i have met alot of great girlfriends.

[queequek]

We're the seventh biggest greek community in the nation. So it would be hard for us to unite all greeks.
Anyway, we're always pairing up with other two houses for Homecoming (fall), Greek Week (spring), Varieties (spring), VEISHEA (Iowa State celebration - building floats for parade, spring). Also InterFraternity Council and Panhellenic always have their meetings to discuss some philantrophies and activites. Yeah, we're really active groups, and I always know all different people in all different houses.

For GreekWeek 2001, Theta Delta Chi pairing up with Pi Beta Phi and Delta Sigma Phi (we have 1st place Overall!!), and for VEISHEA we're having Alpha Gamma Delta. For homecoming in the fall, we're pairing up with Kappa Delta and Tau Kappa Epsilon. Oh, well, always things to do to know people and promote our own brotherhood

Hope this can help you