Jacksons Dream is alive in the Islands.

Originally Posted by noobishactz

Pertaining to the islands. University of Hawaii at Hilo (Omicron-Zeta is at Manoa) on the Big Island is attempting to start a colony! Hopefully soon it will be set up!

They don't have Greek Life (besides the professional fraternities) at all, do they?

Good luck with that.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by OTW

They don't have Greek Life (besides the professional fraternities) at all, do they?

Good luck with that.

Hmm, that would be quite a challenge. Has the Greek system failed there previously?

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Hmm, that would be quite a challenge. Has the Greek system failed there previously?

From what I know of the campus, I don't think anyone's even bothered to colonize there.

Hilo's a sleepy little town on the Big Island and campus population isn't as diverse as Manoa. You can't find a good restaurant that's open past 8PM!

The majority of its students are Hawai`i residents who haven't really been exposed to Greek Life and don't know much about it. I wish Kappa Sigma the best of luck there, but if Greek Life is weak at a commuter campus like Manoa with 18,000 students, I find it hard for any social GLO to get off the ground in Hilo.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by OTW

From what I know of the campus, I don't think anyone's even bothered to colonize there.

Hilo's a sleepy little town on the Big Island and campus population isn't as diverse as Manoa. You can't find a good restaurant that's open past 8PM!

The majority of its students are Hawai`i residents who haven't really been exposed to Greek Life and don't know much about it. I wish Kappa Sigma the best of luck there, but if Greek Life is weak at a commuter campus like Manoa with 18,000 students, I find it hard for any social GLO to get off the ground in Hilo.

Thanks for the info. That doesn't sound like the best of circumstances for a GLO, but I hope for the sake of the guys who join up that things work out. Nothing would be more disappointing than putting in all that work for nothing to come of it.

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Thanks for the info. That doesn't sound like the best of circumstances for a GLO, but I hope for the sake of the guys who join up that things work out. Nothing would be more disappointing than putting in all that work for nothing to come of it.

I hope so too.

But I'm glad to know that these guys are making an attempt. They've done so much already in their short time at Manoa, and if there's a group to pull it off -- it's these guys.

[noobishactz]

Yes Hilo is a large geographically area compared to Manoa yet population size is a bit smaller. And being from Hawaii and Graduating from a Hawaiian Only High School I do have many friends who attend Hilo. They have a very large interest group there and I along with my Omicron-Zeta Brothers are excited about them starting. We will be there for their pledge ceremonies coming next semester hopefully and will be there to help them rush.

Please do not quote me on this either but I am a transfer student to Manoa and I came from a private university up the road called Chaminade. They are looking at starting a Greek System and I have been planning with our DGM in starting a Colony there also coming up.

Originally Posted by noobishactz

Please do not quote me on this either but I am a transfer student to Manoa and I came from a private university up the road called Chaminade. They are looking at starting a Greek System and I have been planning with our DGM in starting a Colony there also coming up.

Who's "they"? The Marianists? I assume you're from Kapaaaaaaalama? I MUA!

Glad to know that y'all got the ball rolling in Hilo.

As someone who's also very familiar with Chaminade University (I took advanced classes there in HS and studied there for my post-grad work), I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that the chances of a fraternity surviving there are way better than a sorority's. I'd love to see a much more diverse Greek Life in the islands, and while I certainly don't speak for the NPC, I find it highly unlikely that another NPC will colonize here anytime soon. It's geographically and financially risky, IMO. But hopefully things can change if expansionary activity takes place with Kappa Sigma.

Is HPU next, then?

Please keep me informed. All this has definitely piqued my interest.