Biggest Greek Schools?

[tunatartare]

Thank you for being a friend
Travel down the road and back again...

[AlphaFrog]

And if you threw a party
Invited everyone in town
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say
"Thank you for being a friend"

(Ok, you know it's bad when you know the extended theme song lyrics )

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

And if you threw a party
Invited everyone in town
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say
"Thank you for being a friend"

(Ok, you know it's bad when you know the extended theme song lyrics )

I love the show!

[macallan25]

At Texas, we have:

21 Fraternities (IFC)
14 Sororities (University Panhellenic)
7 African American
5 Latino
3 Asian

4 Affiliates (awaiting acceptance into one of the organizations)

[irishpipes]

TexGal - since "Panhel" isn't really a word, I have no idea if the proper spelling would be "Panhel" or "Panhell" so I agree with you!

Originally Posted by macallan25

At Texas, we have:

21 Fraternities (IFC)
14 Sororities (University Pan-Hellenic)
7 African American
5 Latino
3 Asian

4 Affiliates (awaiting acceptance into one of the organizations

The hyphen, however, does change things. Pan-Hellenic is the governing body for historically African-American sororities. Panhellenic, Panhell, Panhel (no hyphen) is for NPC sororities. Of course there aren't 14 historically African-American sororities so it was obvious what you meant anyway!

[Sister Havana]

IU has 19 of the Panhellenic sororities right now. They had 22 when I went there, but Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Sigma Kappa all closed in 1993-1994. The other chapters not at IU are Delta Phi Epsilon, Phi Sigma Sigma, Theta Phi Alpha, and Alpha Sigma Tau. Like Illinois, IU has had chapters of all of the Panhellenic groups except for AST.

IU also has 25 IFC fraternities, 8 of the Divine Nine NPHC groups (all but AKA, which must have closed recently!), two Latina sororities, a Latino fraternity, an Asian interest fraternity, an Asian interest sorority, and Theta Nu Xi.

[irishpipes]

I think that "Biggest Greek Schools" could have other meanings too. I would consider DePauw and Miami (Ohio) as MAJOR Greek campuses - not because of the number of chapters, but the historical aspects of their Greek systems and the strong influence of Greek Life. I know less about Syracuse, but possibly it would fall into that category as well.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

TexGal - since "Panhel" isn't really a word, I have no idea if the proper spelling would be "Panhel" or "Panhell" so I agree with you!



The hyphen, however, does change things. Pan-Hellenic is the governing body for historically African-American sororities. Panhellenic, Panhell, Panhel (no hyphen) is for NPC sororities. Of course there aren't 14 historically African-American sororities so it was obvious what you meant anyway!

noted, i'll fix that

[g41965]

Over at the International Website DU just announced the revival of the Syracuse Chapter. DU was founded at Syracuse in 1873 went inactive in 1996 due to risk management issues.
Two very famous DU alumni are from Syracuse, Stephen Crane who wrote the Red Badge of Courage and Jim Boheim the very sucsessful Syracuse Basketball Head Coach

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by g41965

Over at the International Website DU just announced the revival of the Syracuse Chapter. DU was founded at Syracuse in 1873 went inactive in 1996 due to risk management issues.
Two very famous DU alumni are from Syracuse, Stephen Crane who wrote the Red Badge of Courage and Jim Boheim the very sucsessful Syracuse Basketball Head Coach

This was more non-sequitur then I've ever managed. Good job.

[AlphaFrog]

My aunt went to Spamalot in Chicago and said there were about 50 old biddys that got off a bus and went into the show. They left about halfway through. I guess they're still under the impression that musicals are always family fun for all.

[tunatartare]

I loved it when I saw it on Broadway. Absolutely hysterical. We got lucky and saw it when David Hyde Pierce and Tim Curry were still in it.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

I loved it when I saw it on Broadway. Absolutely hysterical. We got lucky and saw it when David Hyde Pierce and Tim Curry were still in it.

Tim Curry is my absolute favorite character actor. He can go SOO over the top without being annoying like Jim Carrey.

[Scandia]

Tim Curry is so hysterical. And he narrates the "A series of unfortunate events" books.

Anyhow, UF's Greek System is huge. It has 16 NPC sororities, A LOT of IFC fraternities, nearly every NPHC organization, a lot of multicultural ones, various service and academic ones, and then some.