Prank Ideas

[JPChop]

Im new to the forum and was wondering if anyone had any prank ideas for a rival fraternity. We are currently locked into a war with the Betas. Legends from back in the day, something you pulled off recently? anything would help.

In ZAX,
J.P.

[lambdaindenver]

I don't know what campus your chapter is located on, but pranks are being increasingly a source of problems for campuses and their disciplinary systems. As a result, pranks that result in damage or destruction of property, breaking the peace or disruption are, and should be treated by the campuses, as both violations of the appropriate code of student conduct. Additionally, any house corporation whose property is damaged, trespassed on or destroyed should report these incidents as crimes.

There is no available excuse for "boys will be boys" or "it is just a fraternity thing" when property is damaged or destroyed, or if people are injured. The escalation of these little feuds frequently can result in both chapters be subjected to campus discipline.

I would advise that you understand the potential consequences before your chapter does anything else with respect to the Betas.

[PiLambda1]

Something lame and tame...

Fork their lawn.
Oreos on the Driveway, pour milk over them.
Make a snow sculpture...everyone likes snow.



I got nuthin...

[GammaZeta]

I remember this one time the guys from the Beta house pranked us. So in return we snuck into their house at night one January and kidnapped them while we were dressed in black and wore ski masks. We threw them into a rented U-Haul truck and took them to a frozen pond. After stipping them naked and submerging them individually beneath the frozen ice, we emailed pictures of them shivering in pain while on the ice to their parents with a ransom note for $50,000.

Boy, after we got out of prison we laughed and laughed and laughed. Everytime me and my brothers report to our probation officers we always remember what a great prank it was.

...just kidding.

[GammaZeta]

Centaur, are you in Massachusetts?

[JoinerLxa]

Pranks are ever-escalating. You do something "not really bad" to them, then
they do something worse to you, then you have to get them back....it ends
up ugly.

But here's the best one I ever heard of:

At UTenn, back in the 1980's I think, LXA and PiKA houses were neighbors,
and they didn't get along. PiKA would send their pledges to urinate on the
side of the LXA house.

A mixed-up mailman made a mistake: a package for PiKA was accidentally
delivered to LXA (not all mailmen read greek!) What was the package?
Why a copy of PiKA ritual sent by their HQ.

So the next time the PiKA pledges came for their nature call, the LXAs
acted out PiKA ritual on top of the house (flat roof).

Now that's a "prank"! lol! Probably ruined the PiKA's fraternity experience
though.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by JPChop

Im new to the forum and was wondering if anyone had any prank ideas for a rival fraternity. We are currently locked into a war with the Betas. Legends from back in the day, something you pulled off recently? anything would help.

In ZAX,
J.P.

This is not a very good idea J.P. and suggest you do not do it.

It can grow into something that you cannot control.

[HONKY660]

Originally Posted by JPChop

Im new to the forum and was wondering if anyone had any prank ideas for a rival fraternity. We are currently locked into a war with the Betas. Legends from back in the day, something you pulled off recently? anything would help.

In ZAX,
J.P.

My chapter used to, and still do pull pranks on some of our several greeks on campus. We once stole one of the SAE lions and buried it at one of our former chapter houses backyard. We stole the "A's" off of the Zeta and SAE houses once. I once stole the ZTA composite from their house, my girlfriend at the time was their president. We put a dead fish in the XO house air conditioner, stunk up their house for awhile, but they're gone now on campus . We once made T-Shirts that said Kappa Sig Alum and gave them to bums close to school to wear, funny and noticed by a lot of people. We used to tippi other people's houses. Just some ideas. I have even heard of using liquid nails and glueing their front door shut. Just a few off the top of my head. Other than that we would sleep with their girlfriends, that always pisses them off. Ah, the good ole days!!

[Ottor 246]

Originally Posted by HONKY660

We once made T-Shirts that said Kappa Sig Alum and gave them to bums close to school to wear, funny and noticed by a lot of people.

Now that's got class. However, that's the only one of these I've seen that I would even remotely endorse. In the cool light of reason, I thank God that we never went to jail for some of the things we did in college. For that reason, I won't post any of them here.

Pranks like this are the kinds of things you do to your own brothers. You don't play jokes on people who don't like you. If you're really in a "war" with the Betas, the whole thing is liable to culiminate in a public brawl somewhere, with people sent to the hospital (as also happened to my chapter once upon a time.)

If you really don't get along with another fraternity, the best thing you can do is leave them alone. In know that's boring, but it's smart, too.

And whatever you decide to do, remember that anything that does actual damage to someone's property, be it house, car, CD collection, whatever, is not a joke.

[Cube TX]

Well Honky, you left out the time when a bunch of us nearly got caught by the police for blasting the Chi Omega and ZTA houses with tortillas, shaving cream, an stolen empty keg, powder from fire extinguishers (no telling where THOSE came from) and flour. I think that was in 1997, right before you joined.

We also were responsible for taking SAE's "victory banner" after they won Greek Week in 1997 (the FINAL time they ever won -- thank you!). I was notoriously disliked by the Kappa Sigmas in 1996 because I was seeing one of their girlfriends.

[john1082]

Somehow, though, the SAE lions always seemed ready for a new coat of paint. Electric pink and lime green were our favorites. The lions at Cal had been painted so many times that they barely resembled lions anymore.

[HONKY660]

Originally Posted by john1082

Somehow, though, the SAE lions always seemed ready for a new coat of paint. Electric pink and lime green were our favorites. The lions at Cal had been painted so many times that they barely resembled lions anymore.

That is so true, I believe painting the SAE lions is a tradition everywhere, cause I've seen it done on so many campuses.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by HONKY660

My chapter used to, and still do pull pranks on some of our several greeks on campus. We once stole one of the SAE lions and buried it at one of our former chapter houses backyard. We stole the "A's" off of the Zeta and SAE houses once. I once stole the ZTA composite from their house, my girlfriend at the time was their president. We put a dead fish in the XO house air conditioner, stunk up their house for awhile, but they're gone now on campus . We once made T-Shirts that said Kappa Sig Alum and gave them to bums close to school to wear, funny and noticed by a lot of people. We used to tippi other people's houses. Just some ideas. I have even heard of using liquid nails and glueing their front door shut. Just a few off the top of my head. Other than that we would sleep with their girlfriends, that always pisses them off. Ah, the good ole days!!

As pointed out in other posting, most of what "you" have done is now rather looked down apon. Just the word "stole" makes the action rather poor in the current state of RM by schools, towns and Nationals.

Yes, some parts of the "Good Old Days" were good. Some rather not.

Yes, I have tales and even photos to prove both sides.

BTB-can we have our Lion back NOW

[Cube TX]

One minor prank I should mention happened around 1998. The TKEs were new on campus and were heavily recruiting. They were rushing on the 1st floor of the Union right below a bridge on the 2nd floor that connects Unions East and West. The SAEs took this opportunity to dump buckets of water on the TKEs from the bridge and shouted "Welcome to UTEP!" afterward. I was IFC secretary at the time and the SAEs weren't punished at all by the then IFC president (a SigEp).

The sad conclusion to that story -- TKE was off campus by 2000. They rushed heavily and had over 100 members to begin with, then watched them disappear one-by-one.

SAE was removed around 1999 after two members were charged with rape at a party in Albuquerque, NM. Even though many people didn't like them, they were still a strong organization until that point. Ten years later they still aren't back despite having an incredibly strong local alumni base.

SigEp was removed a few years after that. They were on campus only around 6 or 7 years themselves. They also were huge right out of the gate, then lost a bunch of people by 2000. I still remember the bed race controversy in 2001 or so. They looked like they were going to be big after narrowly beating us in Greek Week 2000.

[Cube TX]

I hear UTEP is actually building up a larger greek system again. Apparently there are now PhiDelts on campus.

In a span of less than a decade the university lost Phi Tau, TKE, SigEp, Kappa Sig, SAE, Sigma Lambda Beta, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta Chi and had many failed attempts at starting local organizations.

It's never good to lose so many organizations, but I can't say most of the chapters that were pulld didn't deserve it.