TKE at U of Alabama?

[LXA SE285]

Don't know about TKE, but I do know that Phi Sigma Kappa is coming back:

http://www.odphisig.org/cgi-bin/odph...ml?id=TVSLtV9D

[macallan25]

Wow, thats funny.........me and Shinerbock's posts were deleted. Again, who cares, its TKE........at Alabama. Unless you are an Old Row or maybe maybe Theta Chi.........you are nothing........and never will be.

[Alpha Sig Scott]

Define "old row" please

[macallan25]

The old row of fraternity and sorority houses. Older, more established, top houses. Most Old Row houses are focused more on a guy's background (i.e. family) and where they are from. They are not all necessarily legacies, though. Depending on the house, it's more about where you are from. DKE's, for example, are considered one of the top houses in terms of exclusivity, but it's not like they only bid legacies. They are basically a collection of well-to-do guys from Mobile. If you went to one of the good private schools in Mobile (and consequently know some of the brothers), come from a good family, and are a relatively solid guy, then yeah, you have a good chance of getting in. Do people slip through the cracks? Of course. But it's not as bad as you would think. There are occasional guys who are "picked up" by Old Row houses (meaning, they don't have any connections to the house and might be from a random town), but this is usually an exception not the rule. Basically, Old Row houses are extremely exclusive and made up of upscale families, mostly from Alabama. Guys from out of state do get in to them....but it is because they know somebody....

Sororities = Alpha Chi, Alpha Gam, Chi O, Tri-Delt, KD, Kappa, and Phi Mu.
Fraternities = DKE, SAE, KA, Phi Gam, Sigma NU

[Tom Earp]

Belittleing TKE is uncalled for first.

Second, I am glad I did not see LXA in your so called hot shot lising.

Just remember, what goes around will and can go around.

You do so make me proud of being a LXA but at times not a member of The Greek Community.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Belittleing TKE is uncalled for first.

Second, I am glad I did not see LXA in your so called hot shot lising.

Just remember, what goes around will and can go around.

You do so make me proud of being a LXA but at times not a member of The Greek Community.

60+ years old and still referring to yourself as a "member if the greek community" = TFM????

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by macallan25

60+ years old and still referring to yourself as a "member if the greek community" = TFM????

Sorry that You feel this way.


Yes, I have been a Member of the Greek Community for 41 years.

Am I proud of that, of course I am.

Have I been working with Greek Members, yes I have.

Now I just wonder what your problem is except a small mind and Area of knowledge?

Just a suggestin, grow up and smell the roses instead of the rear of a dandiolon.

[barbino]

Originally Posted by macallan25

60+ years old and still referring to yourself as a "member if the greek community" = TFM????

If we say that being Greek is for life when we initiate, and we are proud of that fact, then at what point does one "stop being a member of the Greek community?"
There is the saying, _ _ _ (insert your own GLO here), until I die? Maybe your interpretation is different from mine.

[zzazbama]

There are several fraternities that are not on “old row” that always have leaders on campus. To say that you have to be in an old row house or in theta chi to be someone at Alabama is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

[shinerbock]

The Machine rarely favors non-old row fraternity members.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by zzazbama

There are several fraternities that are not on “old row” that always have leaders on campus. To say that you have to be in an old row house or in theta chi to be someone at Alabama is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

I never said anything about leaders on campus.......although I am well aware of the "machine" at Alabama and how it works. The Old Row houses are absolutely the most respected and well known on campus.

[zzazbama]

I was actually not referring to the “machine”. I was making a general statement. I just don’t think that “old row” is it is as big of a deal as you make it seem in your original post, at least not anymore. But that is just my opinion.

What does any of this have to do with TKE coming back at Bama?