A question for Pitt Sorority Girls ;)

33girl · #1 08-08-2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by LouisaMay

I'm not surprised!! UPJ is gorgeous. I almost went there, but in a flash of brilliance, I realized that I shouldn't choose a college for its scenic view.

That didn't have anything to do with it - it was because it was closer to home.

The campus is nice and all, but I hate the way all the buildings are all the same age and look exactly alike.

honeychile · #2 08-08-2006, 02:07 PM

I'll admit it - Johnstown freaks me out! I get very claustrophobic there, but I'm sure it's psychosymatic. The only reason I see going there is to see the Slap Shot sites!

33girl · #3 08-08-2006, 02:14 PM

Well, there's downtown Johnstown, and then there's Richland Township (where UPJ is)...the two are very different...kinda like downtown Pgh & Robinson Twp.

betasigrose · #4 08-08-2006, 10:57 PM

I think everyone has been to Johnstown for something. I went there for a play when I was a junior in high school (AIM fieldtrip). I decided there and then I didn't like it there. I went to good ole SRU instead! Have you ever noticed that most Pittsburgh people tend to go to school in and around Pittsburgh? At SRU, I had 15 people from my high school there. Maybe it's just me!

Hugs
Jamie

PhoenixAzul · #5 08-08-2006, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by betasigrose

I think everyone has been to Johnstown for something. I went there for a play when I was a junior in high school (AIM fieldtrip). I decided there and then I didn't like it there. I went to good ole SRU instead! Have you ever noticed that most Pittsburgh people tend to go to school in and around Pittsburgh? At SRU, I had 15 people from my high school there. Maybe it's just me!

Hugs
Jamie

And this, my friend, is the EXACT reason I chose a school out of state! I needed to get away from here to appreciate it more. But you ARE right, quite a few people do go to school close by/ commuter distance.

honeychile · #6 08-08-2006, 11:19 PM

My plan was to go to Pitt for one year, then transfer to William & Mary, where I had a full scholarship. My parents, in their wisdom, thought that, at 16 years old, I was too young to go away to school, so that was the compromise.

I've called Pitt grades 13, 14, 15, and 16 several times.

KillarneyRose · #7 08-08-2006, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

I've called Pitt grades 13, 14, 15, and 16 several times.

I agree, Honey! Not in a malicious manner, either. It's just amazing that, in a school the size of Pitt, I'd always keep running into the same people over and over. I liked it.

petals · #8 08-08-2006, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by betasigrose

Have you ever noticed that most Pittsburgh people tend to go to school in and around Pittsburgh?

Seniors from my high school always go in alternating waves to Pitt or Penn State... one year, EVERYONE picks Pitt, the next, EVERYONE picks Penn State (This year happened to be Pitt's

).

I thought I'd hate seeing so many familiar faces at college, but some of my best friends now are kids from my high school class that ended up at PSU with me. Ahh, the irony!

LampLady · #9 08-23-2006, 11:46 AM

When I attended Pitt in the mid 70's, Delta Zeta was the only national sorority that had a chapter at both Pitt and UPJ. Due to Panhellenic rules regarding quota and total, we were not permitted to add their actives to our chapter or else we would have had to take less pledges, since our chapter was already at total (which back then = 50 + seniors). As a result, we tried to include their 5-6 sisters who were transfers in some of our events, but they were unable to affiliate as active members.
There was a fraternity at the time that was almost all UPJ transfers called Delta Sigma Chi. They were a local, but were one of the largest and most popular fraternities on campus. Their house was located on Forbes Avenue and was actually on the Carnegie Mellon campus. I was sad to hear that their chapter folded sometime in the 80's. They would have made a great group for a national fraternity to colonize, but I believe some of the members thought that they could maintain without doing that. I guess it didn't work.

LampLady

alum · #10 08-23-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by LampLady

There was a fraternity at the time that was almost all UPJ transfers called Delta Sigma Chi. They were a local, but were one of the largest and most popular fraternities on campus. Their house was located on Forbes Avenue and was actually on the Carnegie Mellon campus. I was sad to hear that their chapter folded sometime in the 80's. They would have made a great group for a national fraternity to colonize, but I believe some of the members thought that they could maintain without doing that. I guess it didn't work.
LampLady

It must have folded in the early '80s as it was not on the Carnegie Mellon campus when I arrived as a freshman in '83.

33girl · #11 08-23-2006, 01:24 PM

Delta Sigma Chi is still active at UPJ, however I don't think they're the third oldest local in the USA (where do people come up with these things??).

http://www.upj.pitt.edu/internet/Tem....aspx?pid=1004

tunatartare · #12 08-23-2006, 01:26 PM

Probably the same place that came up with an ABC/XYZ/PQR pin being on the moon.

pinkyphimu · #13 08-23-2006, 11:54 PM

ok, well, here is the phi mu info from our history book...
beta theta chapter (1920-1961)- was origionally a local sorority, alpha mu. declining interest in sororities led to suspension of chapter operations. met at first in classrooms, then rented a 6-room apartment which they ran like a chapter house. moved to various locations. in 1960 moved from bellefield dwellings apartment to dormitory accomodations set aside for sororities.