Did you pledge someone famous?

[xo_kathy]

Chelsea was NOT in a GLO. I was out one night with a friend who attended Satnford and his college friends were with us. Chelsea was sort of in their crowd - would go out with them occasionally. He and Chelsea have also exchanged a few emails since graduation. We got talking about sororities, I mentioned mine, then asked if she was in one and he said no. Also, like S&S said, we would have probably heard a lot about it by now.

Side note - He also told me a story about how they were out at the beach one day and someone had a cigar. A cigar discussion ensued and Chelsea said, "My dad always is smoking cigars. It drives my mom crazy!" Made for great irony when telling the story in 2002!!!

[Glitter650]

Chelsea was a year ahead of me in school and started Stanford when I was a senior in HS in Palo Alto... greek life at Stanford isn't really a big deal ... I think she really just kinda wanted to blend in as much as possible and being in a GLO woudln't have been very condusive to that... I mean sure she went out and I saw her at a few parties that I've been to... but Stanford isn't a school where social life revolves around greeks.

[IvySpice]

I got curious and went to the Yale site. Kappa is the only one listed or registered, but Theta does have a chapter there. I went to the Theta national site, and Yale was listed. On the Kappa site, they mentioned rush and Panhellenic, so I assumed there was at least one other group. I'm not sure who else is there, but at least those two are.

Yale has Theta, Kappa, and Pi Phi. As of a couple of years ago, only Theta had a house. Barbara did join the Yale Theta chapter (from what I hear, the Secret Service guys have to stand in the alley during private proceedings).

Ivy

[LXAAlum]

Originally posted by Corbin Dallas
I'm pretty sure Chris Klein from American Pie and Election is a Lambda Chi at Texas Christian. I don't know much about it though, and I don't think they have a chapter website.

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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

Corbin, there was a C&C article on him a couple of years ago.

[AlphaSigOU]

Originally posted by IvySpice
Yale has Theta, Kappa, and Pi Phi. As of a couple of years ago, only Theta had a house. Barbara did join the Yale Theta chapter (from what I hear, the Secret Service guys have to stand in the alley during private proceedings).

Ivy

Not necessarily the case; if one of the Secret Service agents is a member (qualifying that remark that the agent is a Theta) she could come in and observe.

When Harry Truman was President he made it a point to visit Masonic lodges (he was formerly the Grand Master of Masons in Missouri); much of his Secret Service detail was composed of brother Masons. Most times they stood outside the door, since Masons may not enter a lodge room carrying any offensive or defensive weapons on their person.

[Angels&Arrows]

Originally posted by IvySpice
[B]Yale has Theta, Kappa, and Pi Phi. As of a couple of years ago, only Theta had a house. /B]

This is from: Yale’s LIGHT &TRUTH’S 2000 SURVIVAL GUIDE, Vol. 7 No. 1

SORORITIES

Sorority rush at Yale is organized by the Panhellenic Council, which consists of the three campus sororities. (A fourth sorority, Jewish-oriented Alpha Epsilon Phi, has virtually folded.) Rush events are held jointly by the three sororities, and each sorority is limited to 40 members in order to ensure that none of them go under. Panhellenic rules prohibit sororities from recruiting students outside of the official process, and from badmouthing their competitors. By and large, the sororities are good about hewing to these rules, allowing the rushing process to be much more collegial than it often is elsewhere .

Kappa Alpha Theta (1985) — High S t re e t
Kappa Alpha Theta’s first chapter- in 1870, the nation’s first sorority – was formed when a group of militant feminists entered previously all-male Indiana Asbury University (now Depauw University) and were not allowed to join a fraternity. Theta was also the first sorority at Yale, and is generally considered to be the most prestigious and the most blonde. Thetas are also seen as the most social of the sororities; they are the most likely to be seen at nightclubs or throwing parties. Theta has acquired a reputation, fairly or not, for excessive friendliness; an entry in the Yale Herald’s loutish Valentine ’s Day issue thanked Theta “ from the men of Yale for being so easy. ” Kappa Alpha Theta is the only sorority with an actual house—on High Street —and is redited with the most polished
recruiting operation of the sororities.

Kappa Kappa Gamma (1987)
The members of Kappa are diverse in background and interests; this can be a strength and a weakness, for Kappa lacks the strong culture and cohesiveness which the others sororities possess. Kappa has, in past years, struggled to maintain a viable size; the Panhellenic Council’s rule restricting each sorority to 40 members has helped Kappa by limiting the growth of its rivals. Prestige-wise, however, Kappa remains in the second tier, behind Kappa Alpha Theta and Pi Beta Phi. Male Greek-watchers seem to view Kappa sisters as generally less attractive than their Theta and Pi Phi counterparts. Kappa has an apartment in the Kelly house at Crown and Temple Streets.

Pi Beta Phi (1989) — 228 College Street
Pi Beta Phi vies with Kappa Alpha Theta for the title of most attractive sorority members. Though Pi Phi is a highly social group, it is seen as less social than Theta. Like Theta, Pi Phi has a strong internal culture, and is often successful at recruiting the students it is looking for. Their apartment, though in the best location of the three (above Caffé Adulis on College Street), is not used for official parties. Pi Phi is reputed to have a higher concentration of athletes than the other sororities.


OTHER SOCIETIES
St. Anthony Hall (1869) — College Street
Elizabethan Club (1911) — College Street

[blueGBI]

I think this falls under famous alums...

The Sprint PCS guy is an alum from the Phi Who chapter at Penn State..

[decadence]

Originally posted by greek girlie I don't know if it's a big deal anywhere else but at my school it's always big when twins or sister go through rush at the same time. I guess it's kind of novel. Even though it's not about famous people I'll share this story because it's unbelievable. A set of twins went through 2 years ago. They pledged the same top house as above. After initiation they began to show their true colors: they were very wild. They were at a party and one of them was complaining about a ticket for MIP that she had gotten. She didn't want to get a job or tell her parents she was whining big time. A group of boys at the party took up a collection and said that if they would go in a back room and perform sexual acts together and let all the guys watch. And they did. Needless to say fraternity boys are not going to keep THAT a secret and eventually it got back to the other members and the girls were punished.

Consensus on campus is that this house is well on its way to losing "top house" status.

[Betarulz!]

He's not necessarily famous and we haven't pledged him yet, but I know he's being rushed by us fairly hard...John Malkovich's nephew is a rushee at this point.

Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
Amanda Schull attended IU from 96-98, but she did not pledge or initiate into a sorority.

Dang, i thought i was the only one who ever saw that movie!

Laura

[ThetaPrincess24]

This is in response to a previous posting about Betty Crocker being a Delta Zeta and to further add to the other response about it.

Betty Crocker while being a fictional personality, was created by a Theta as listed on the national website at www.kappaalphatheta.org. To add to this I'll type it as it is from the website........

"Marjorie Child Husted---Creator and Director of the Betty Crocker Homemaking Service for General Mills, beginning in 1928. Child was the voice of Betty Crocker on radio."


ThetaPrincess24
Delta Upsilon
Kappa Alpha Theta

[abaici]

Originally posted by Eclipse
I'm sure one of the members of Delta Sigma Theta can verify this, but "Little Rudy Huxtable" (Keshia Knight Pullman --hope I got her name right) from the Cosby show pledged Delta at Spelman College in Atlanta about a year or so ago.

I don't know if anyone answered, but she pledged in 99 or '00, i believe at (Spelman)

[BluAPOcalypse25]

Originally posted by dardenr
Well, since I pledged Alpha Phi Omega only in 1999, I don't know if I pledged anyone famous. . .yet.

However, yes, Bill Clinton did pledge my chapter (Mu Alpha) and I hear that as Governor of Arkansas, he was extremely supportive of the fraternity as a whole.

Georgetown being what it is, we also have pledged people who became lawyers, doctors, and diplomats. Back in the day, we also pledged people who came from old European money. . .

I heard that J. Edgar Hoover and Alexis Bledel (Rory on the Gilmore Girls) were also famous alum of Alpha Phi Omega as well as former President Eisenhower... Someone tell me if this is true or not

[xok85xo]

Originally posted by BluAPOcalypse25
Alexis Bledel (Rory on the Gilmore Girls) were also famous alum

i doubt it, shes only 20 or so and been doing Gilmore Girls since she was 17ish..i don't think shes had time to go to college yet..