Tri-Sigma Sorority

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

As a member of Tri Sigma, let me inform you that yes, while Kappa Sigma did assist us in our founding, we have NO "brother fraternity."

I know there is no - in Tri Delta...is it the same for Tri Sigma?

Just curious.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by OTW

I know there is no - in Tri Delta...is it the same for Tri Sigma?

Just curious.

Yes, the dash is actually one of my pet peeves.

[sweetgurl0615]

In most colleges that have both Sigma Sigma Sigma and Sigma Phi Epsilon..are they considered the ones that hang out with each other on campus?

Originally Posted by sweetgurl0615

In most colleges that have both Sigma Sigma Sigma and Sigma Phi Epsilon..are they considered the ones that hang out with each other on campus?

Why don't you go ask those chapters?

[AGDLynn]

Copied from the Sigma Sigma Sigma website:

Each initiated member receives the latest edition of Tri Sigma's story, The Years Remembered of Sigma Sigma Sigma; The Path from Farmville, which chronicles the beginning of each collegiate chapter as well as the evolution of our National Organization.

I thought this was super cool! My chapter has a bound copy of The Quarterly, (Alpha Gam's magazine) that contains articles on different chapters being colonized but I would love to have something like Tri-Sigma. I felt old that I knew some of the Gamma Tau founders, lol.

[AGDem]

Originally Posted by sweetgurl0615

In most colleges that have both Sigma Sigma Sigma and Sigma Phi Epsilon..are they considered the ones that hang out with each other on campus?

Maybe. It depends on the chapters themselves. Why do you want to know?

[sweetgurl0615]

At my college its the Sigmas and Sig Eps.at another college near us its the same thing.. sometimes I end up in conversations with my sisters or other fraterity guys that say that nationally thats what it is..but I guess it can't be if its not nationally looked at.

[polarpi]

By no means am I an expert about this situation (as I am not a member of Tri Sigma OR Sigma Phi Epsilon) -

As others have said, there is no official brother & sister fraternity. The fraternity (or sorority) that you "connect with", for lack of a better term, can change from campus to campus, or even from year to year - the fraternity that you do ALL your socials with as you're in the chapter may become the "chapter no one is seen with" by the time you graduate.

And yes, I've seen this happen.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by sweetgurl0615

At my college its the Sigmas and Sig Eps.at another college near us its the same thing.. sometimes I end up in conversations with my sisters or other fraterity guys that say that nationally thats what it is..but I guess it can't be if its not nationally looked at.

NO!!!

There is NO national bond between any NPC and NIC group. Please inform everyone who tells you differently that they are WRONG.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by 33girl

NO!!!

There is NO national bond between any NPC and NIC group. Please inform everyone who tells you differently that they are WRONG.

While in a sense, you may be right, this is not the case across the board. Unofficially, several groups with historical bonds refer to each other as "brother or sister" organizations. While this doesn't occur at the national level (most likely) and is nowhere in anyone's Constitution, it happens.

For example, Sigma Nus had a hand in getting Alpha Xi Delta started at Lombard College. Unofficially, many Alpha Xi's will refer to Sigma Nu as their "brother fraternity." Or something that effect. I'm pretty sure there's even something along those lines in the Alpha Xi pledge manual (or some historical document), but I could be wrong.

While in the sense that we don't have joint meetings and rituals and articles of governance, you're right, there's no national bond. On a historical level, I think you'd be wrong, however. Such a bond exists between several NPC/NIC groups.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by sweetgurl0615

At my college its the Sigmas and Sig Eps.at another college near us its the same thing.. sometimes I end up in conversations with my sisters or other fraterity guys that say that nationally thats what it is..but I guess it can't be if its not nationally looked at.

I don't know if my brother's university has Tri Sigma or not, but their Sig Ep chapter seems to do things with the KKG and AOPi chapters there.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SmartBlondeGPhB

Due to the fact that I've seen plenty of chapters from my own GLO say the wrong things on their chapter websites, I would NEVER take anything as correct unless it was quoted from the IH website.

And just because it does happen, doesn't mean it's right.

Of course. No one said that because it happens, it's right. And we all have seen things on chapter websites that we know are wrong. But that's beside the point. Kevin didn't say Sigma Nu is Alpha Xi Delta "brother fraternity" in any kind of official sense. He said:

Originally Posted by Kevin

Unofficially, several groups with historical bonds refer to each other as "brother or sister" organizations. While this doesn't occur at the national level (most likely) and is nowhere in anyone's Constitution, it happens.

(My emphasis). Then PM_Mama00 said:

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Maybe you should check up on NPC rules before you go acting like you know what you're talking about.

He did know what he was talking about. It does happen, as the chapter websites I linked to, however erroneous the info in them may be from an official standpoint, demonstrate. I'll also give him the benefit of the doubt that since he is a member of one of the GLOs in question, he has some personal experience to back up his claim that it happens.

You're exactly right -- just because it does happen, doesn't mean it's right. But by the same token, just because its wrong doesn't mean it doesn't happen. No one needs to be told to check up on NPC rules when all they have done is note that some members of a particular GLO, rightly or wrongly, have in fact referred to another GLO as their "brother fraternity."

[Senusret I]

How about everyone stays in their own lane? Because really, if folks weren't riding their NIC mopeds down NPC boulevard, perhaps this wouldn't be an issue.

*says the NPHC patrolman* lol

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Yes, the dash is actually one of my pet peeves.

Me too, lol. I think I ranted about it awhile ago on here.