UCF Sig Ep suspended

[TrueBlueKappa]

According to the last email I received, UCF is exercising their rights to purchase both the Sig Ep and SAE houses, so no one will be moving in any time soon.

[FSUZeta]

what a shame. i was hoping one of the unhoused sororities would get a chance to have a house.

[TPASIGEP]

I'm not sure if it's just our National's 'spin', but the article mentioned that they were able to maintain the house for our 'eventual return to campus' and that it was going to be leased to a sorority.

I just got my copy this week. Maybe things have changed.

[Faith4Keep]

Well, I've been talking a lot to the UCF Vice-Presidents (especially the one dealing with legal matters), and although it's not being said officially, they are going to try to turn Greek Row into Sorority Row of sorts. There are 3 empty houses and 4 sororities without houses (Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Alpha Epsilon Phi). There are also 2 fraternities (Kappa Sigma and Alpha Tau Omega) as well as 1 suspended fraternity (Sigma Chi) that live on the street, so I'm not totally sure how or why they would oust them to make it "Sorority Row". I think that UCF feels more comfortable leasing out the houses to sororities than fraternities, as sororities haven't caused the same sort of havoc as the frats have on our campus.

I *reallllllllllly* hope it's us though!! It is very difficult being an off-campus sorority, since a majority of sororities are on on-campus. I'm sure some of the peple on this board understand!

Apparently there was a meeting on Wednesday about the houses for recruitment (since SAE was kicked off and that's where we typically do recruitment, we are kinda SOL since the other 3 unhoused sororities usually do recruitment in fraternity houses that are still active) so that might shed some light on the whole leasing issue. I'll contact my recruitment chair and see what happened.

[SWTXBelle]

I have a question for you fraternity alumni - how involved are advisors with the chapters? It always seemed to me that one reason fraternities got into more trouble was that they had few advisors, and less supervision.
I was a witness to the debacle at Texas State when Sigma Chi was kicked out - and I mean kicked out. The University VP who had originally sponsored the local swore they would never be back. I know that some stupid stuff happened because there wasn't an alum to tell them "no". Is that common? How many advisors does a chapter usually have? Do they just attend meetings and rush, or are they more "hands on"?

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I have a question for you fraternity alumni - how involved are advisors with the chapters? It always seemed to me that one reason fraternities got into more trouble was that they had few advisors, and less supervision.
I was a witness to the debacle at Texas State when Sigma Chi was kicked out - and I mean kicked out. The University VP who had originally sponsored the local swore they would never be back. I know that some stupid stuff happened because there wasn't an alum to tell them "no". Is that common? How many advisors does a chapter usually have? Do they just attend meetings and rush, or are they more "hands on"?

Great point and usualy Chapters have one designated Adviser. LXA Advisers are requried to get training and is paid for by the IHQ if any travel is needed.

If a Chapter does not ahve one, they need one to help supervise them.

When things get out of hand, they need a figure to help 'Advise" them when the screw up! Most do not enough sense to pour water out of a boot!

[FSUZeta]

faith,

please keep us updated. i have long thought that ucf should have solved whatever environmental problem(gopher tortoise?) that was prohibiting the unhoused greeks building on the land set aside for their housing. hopefully leasing the empty fraternity houses will work out.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by Faith4Keep

Well, I've been talking a lot to the UCF Vice-Presidents (especially the one dealing with legal matters), and although it's not being said officially, they are going to try to turn Greek Row into Sorority Row of sorts. There are 3 empty houses and 4 sororities without houses (Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Alpha Epsilon Phi). There are also 2 fraternities (Kappa Sigma and Alpha Tau Omega) as well as 1 suspended fraternity (Sigma Chi) that live on the street, so I'm not totally sure how or why they would oust them to make it "Sorority Row". I think that UCF feels more comfortable leasing out the houses to sororities than fraternities, as sororities haven't caused the same sort of havoc as the frats have on our campus.

I *reallllllllllly* hope it's us though!! It is very difficult being an off-campus sorority, since a majority of sororities are on on-campus. I'm sure some of the peple on this board understand!

Apparently there was a meeting on Wednesday about the houses for recruitment (since SAE was kicked off and that's where we typically do recruitment, we are kinda SOL since the other 3 unhoused sororities usually do recruitment in fraternity houses that are still active) so that might shed some light on the whole leasing issue. I'll contact my recruitment chair and see what happened.

Hate to get into semantics: Suspended and probation are two different issues. Sigma Chi was on probation for the semester, not under suspension.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Hate to get into semantics: Suspended and probation are two different issues. Sigma Chi was on probation for the semester, not under suspension.

Thank you Brother. I was going to say the same thing.

[SWTXBelle]

So is Sigma Chi now eligible to be off probation? I see in the earlier post that it was for the spring semester.