What GLO is the most known?

CutiePie2000 · #1 12-26-2006, 07:23 PM

My vote would go to Sigma Chi, due to the "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" catchphrase. Other orgs might be the fictitious Tri-Lambdas from the "Revenge of the Nerds" movies or of course the "Delta House" from the movie Animal House (I don't think the average person would remember their full name of Delta Tau Chi, though).

Delta Delta Delta is probably pretty well known also, if only for that unfortunate SNL skit.
In short, if a GLO made it onto TV, people will have heard of it.

eta: Rain Man, good call with the Phi Beta Kappa too. I didn't think of that!!

honeychile · #2 12-26-2006, 11:44 PM

Definitely Phi Beta Kappa!

In literature, "Kappa" is so often used, but not always for KKG, so it's a close second, IMHO.

Taualumna · #3 12-27-2006, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

My vote would go to Sigma Chi, due to the "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" catchphrase.

I agree. I knew about Sigma Chi long before I knew about GLOs. I think my first encounter with Sigma Chi must have been when I was 11 years old and reading Lou Kassim's Middle School Blues. The main character's older sister was a Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.

Firehouse · #4 12-27-2006, 12:23 AM

I'll go with the Q-Dogs, because so many professional athletes have the brand on their upper arms. People see it every Saturday, Sunday.

reverie · #5 12-27-2006, 12:29 AM

I remember the "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" on Who's The Boss!

I think a lot of times people come across them, but have no idea what the letters or symbols mean.

Texas Beta · #6 12-27-2006, 01:07 AM

I think this is a question that can not be answered. Of course I am going to say Beta Theta Pi because we are one of the largest fraternities nationally and world wide. Then I would also say Sigma Chi because they are huge nationally and almost all of their chapters are composed of gentlemen and good people who are respected by their peers at their respected campuses. I would then say any of the next largest chapters nationally are the most recognized. Beta Theta Pi has the most fortune 500 CEO's. TKE has the most members. The above fraternities you have mentioned are unheard of to me which means almost the same to the rest of the Greek community at the University of Texas.

All opinions here are biased to geographical location.

Sister Havana · #7 12-27-2006, 01:39 AM

Alpha Phi Omega is very well known to those who were/are Boy Scouts, and there are quite a few of those.

Interestingly enough, the GLOs I really knew of before college were SDT, ZBT, Sammy, and Tau Delta Phi (my dad's fraternity).

emily0325 · #8 12-27-2006, 03:23 AM

the only ones i had heard of before coming to school were AXO and TKE

PM_Mama00 · #9 12-27-2006, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Texas Beta

I think this is a question that can not be answered. Of course I am going to say Beta Theta Pi because we are one of the largest fraternities nationally and world wide. Then I would also say Sigma Chi because they are huge nationally and almost all of their chapters are composed of gentlemen and good people who are respected by their peers at their respected campuses. I would then say any of the next largest chapters nationally are the most recognized. Beta Theta Pi has the most fortune 500 CEO's. TKE has the most members. The above fraternities you have mentioned are unheard of to me which means almost the same to the rest of the Greek community at the University of Texas.

All opinions here are biased to geographical location.

I had never heard of Beta Theta Pi before Greekchat, so I can't agree.

If you mean well-known outside the Greek system, I'd say Delta Delta Delta. Not real sure fraternity wise because I'd never heard of any besides Tri-lambda before joining.

Tex1899 · #10 12-27-2006, 09:28 PM

I'm going to go with Sigma Chi or Phi Beta Kappa ..."__________ graduated Phi Beta Kappa." I'd bet a lot of non-Greeks, and especially those who did not attend college, don't know what Phi Beta Kappa is.

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Originally Posted by Firehouse

I'll go with the Q-Dogs, because so many professional athletes have the brand on their upper arms. People see it every Saturday, Sunday.

Most people probably don't realize what they're seeing...

Too bad Gerald Ford passed away. I wonder if DKE's going to do something to memorialize him?

Scandia · #11 12-27-2006, 09:33 PM

IFC Fraternity- I want to nominate SigEp. Most people don't even name all 3 letters, because it seems that everyone knows what it is.

NPC Sorority- I think Tri-Delta due to the Saturday Night Live skit. The 3 same letters in a row make it easy to remember- while at the same time it has more chapters than the other 3 identical letter one.

Divine Nine Organization- Either AKA or Delta Sigma Theta.

#12 12-27-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Scandia

NPC Sorority- I think Tri-Delta due to the Saturday Night Live skit. The 3 same letters in a row make it easy to remember- while at the same time it has more chapters than the other 3 identical letter one.

WTF? The other 3 identical letter one? Hi, bastard redheaded stepchild!

What's a matter with simply saying Tri Sigma?

AlexMack · #13 12-28-2006, 01:21 AM

I only knew tri-delta and that's because my first roommate pledged and became a sister, and if I'd stayed at UVM, I probably (emphasis on probably, I'm not presumptuous enough to believe it was definite) would have gone tri-delt too. They were my introduction to the greek system.
Before college, I knew none.
And no, I knew NOTHING about phi beta kappa. Nothing. I'll double check my new member's manual and see if there's anything in there OTW.

violetpretty · #14 12-27-2006, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex1899

I'm going to go with Sigma Chi or Phi Beta Kappa ..."__________ graduated Phi Beta Kappa." I'd bet a lot of non-Greeks, and especially those who did not attend college, don't know what Phi Beta Kappa is.

True, but there will be people who have never heard of Greeks of any sort. I would say Phi Beta Kappa is the most well known because it is known among social Greeks AND the academic community. Are there people who don't know what Phi Beta Kappa is? Of course. There is no GLO that EVERYONE knows about.

honeychile · #15 12-27-2006, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex1899

I'm going to go with Sigma Chi or Phi Beta Kappa ..."__________ graduated Phi Beta Kappa." I'd bet a lot of non-Greeks, and especially those who did not attend college, don't know what Phi Beta Kappa is.

I would beg to differ. Anybody who knows anyone who went to a school with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter knows about it. My Sabbath School teacher couldn't form a sentence without saying, "my son, the Phi Beta Kappa...."!

JessSigKap is right - there is no one GLO that everyone's going to know! I've taken abuse for not knowing about KD before college ("What, you know the other Farmville Four but not KD? What's the matter with you?" Hello, I was 15 at the time!); I'm sure others had the same experience. Just as I had heard of Pi Beta Phi, DG & ZTA, but there were none on my street.