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05-05-2007, 03:34 PM
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Um, why didn't that just charter a new chapter? This makes no sense.
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I guess it's hard to explain in full in this forum. I think you'd have to live here to see how it operates. It's really not considered "lame" at all and a lot of the more "prominent" members of the organization who live here are part of it. I should have explained as well that they are all financial with grand chapter as members-at-large and they pay dues to this group to support their own activites.
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05-05-2007, 03:41 PM
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The Vanderbilt "Nu" Society isn't going to be too thrilled that Sigma Nu is recolonizing..
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05-05-2007, 04:29 PM
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The Vanderbilt "Nu" Society isn't going to be too thrilled that Sigma Nu is recolonizing..
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How come were they not included? Past History?
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05-05-2007, 04:59 PM
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How come were they not included? Past History? 
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Your guess is as good as mine, but it's probably a pretty good guess
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05-06-2007, 12:35 AM
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The Vanderbilt "Nu" Society isn't going to be too thrilled that Sigma Nu is recolonizing..
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Yeah Kevin I actually e-mailed their Commander (The Nu Society uses our titles, creed, similiar crest, and probably ritual) to talk about their situation. At first I figured they would fold themselves up and rush Sigma Nu or something....instead he wrote back saying that Sigma Nu National betrayed them or something to that effect. He wasn't happy about Sigma Nu re-founding but Sigma Nu had been there since 1888 so The Nu Society is pretty S.O.L. since I'm sure there is strong alumni support for Sigma Nu's re-emergence
The Nu Society even goes as far as calling Sigma Nu founders their brothers and founders.
It's like Bizarro world.....
Sigma Nu Chi at SUNY-Geneso use "Love, Truth, Honor" as part of their values but they added like six others and use baby blue and white instead of black, white, and gold.
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05-06-2007, 01:21 AM
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At St. Lawrence University (northern new york state), there is an independent sorority called Kappa Delta Sigma. According to the history page on their web site, they used to be a chapter of Kappa Delta, but turned in their charter in 1969 and became local in response to the white-only membership clause that many GLOs had at the time. It seems that they wanted to rush and pledge a minority member and their HQ at the time would not allow it.
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05-06-2007, 11:37 AM
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splinter groups
This is as good a list of Delta Upsilon splinter groups as I have.
Vermont Delta Psi. DU chapter 1850-1854 closed 2004 hazing
Harvard DU Club DU Chapter 1881-1942 The Oak Club DU Chapter 1999-2005 The Oak club is very active check out their website.
Bowdoin Delta Sigma DU Chapter 1892-1952 closed 1998 when college banned greeks.
Dartmouth Foley House DU chapter 1926-1966 still exists as a coop!
Amherst Delta Upsilon Delta DU chapter 1847-1969 closed 1984 when college removed greek system from campus.
Brown Kappa Delta Upsilon DU chapter 1868-1967, 1986-1991 closed 1996 when college removed chapter for arson and vandalism.
Wesleyan Omega Phi DU chapter 1919-1952 became Kappa Alpha Society 1967 closed early 1980s.
Union DU was underground for several years after charter recalled for hazing in 1995 status not known.
Syracuse DU was underground for several years after charter was recalled for hazing mid 1990's probably inactive as DU is recolonizing in fall 2007.
Shippensburgh State .DU chapter 1995 -2003. recolonized after going local in 2007.
Ripon Lambda Delta Alpha .DU chapter 1959-1984. inactive 2005. DU may revive in next few years.
Simpson Kappa Theta Psi, DU chapter 1964-1976, still active.
Cal Poly Alpha Upsilon ,DU chapter 1970-1973, returned in 1992.
Pacific Omega Phi Alpha ,DU chapter 1959-1973, returned in 2006.
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05-07-2007, 09:25 AM
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What are the greek letter designations standing for? I recognize Vermont's as their founding societies letters, but Brown was Gamma Upsilon.
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05-07-2007, 09:44 AM
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At Iowa State, we had a splinter in the beginnings of the 1900s. My fraternity, Delta Upsilon was founded by the Colonnades Club. Before the foundation, three groups split, at different times. In 1905 the Colonnades was founded, in 1908, the first faction split to become the Colonials because they did not want to be affiliated with a National GLO. In 1910, another group broke from the Colonnades to become the Palisades. From the Palisades, five men broke of to form El Paso Club in 1911. All four groups became affiliated with National GLOs.
--The Colonnades Club became the Iowa State Chapter of Delta Upsilon in 1913.
--The Colonials became Beta Deuteron Chapter of Theta Delta Chi in 1919; even though they had split from Colonnades because they didn't want to affiliate.
--The Palisades became the Phi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi in 1920.
--El Paso became the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi.
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05-07-2007, 10:09 AM
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Some Alpha Phi Omega splinter groups
I know of 2 Alpha Phi Omega splinter groups:
Phi Rho Eta Fraternity (former members of Zeta Nu chapter - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale)
Theta Beta Phi Fraternity--no longer in existence (former members of Rho Omicron petitioning group - U. of Md. Eastern Shore; the longest lasting petitioning group--5 years until the group got tired of jumping through hoops in getting rechartered and and voted to disaffiliate; at the same time, the National Board voted to deem the group inactive; albeit independent of what the PG was doing and vice versa. So in a sense it was a mutual separation.
Theta Xi chapter (at a now-closed school in New Jersey) was merging with another school. The chapter at the closed school was all-male; the school it was merging with had a co-ed chapter. The all-male group did not want to merge with or lose it's all-male status, so it disaffiliated with APO and became a local social fraternity until it was later picked up as a chapter of.....THETA XI Fraternity.
Side note: I have a feeling with the new requirement that all chapters must be co-ed, there will be more splinter groups forming in Alpha Phi Omega very soon.
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Reason: had wrong merged org listed
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05-08-2007, 01:10 PM
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At St. Lawrence University (northern new york state), there is an independent sorority called Kappa Delta Sigma. According to the history page on their web site, they used to be a chapter of Kappa Delta, but turned in their charter in 1969 and became local in response to the white-only membership clause that many GLOs had at the time. It seems that they wanted to rush and pledge a minority member and their HQ at the time would not allow it.
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05-09-2007, 12:03 AM
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It's funny that I ran across this post since I just read an article on Wikipedia about the Dartmouth greek system. I really recommend it...they have many groups that returned their national charters and became local chapters due to the race issue and God issue. Strange campus!
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05-09-2007, 02:30 AM
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Kudos to the GLOs that split because of the race issue. I have a new founded respect--kudos. And now even the original groups, from what I have read, have changed their stance on that, so even greater kudos to them. I can't imagine what the national conventions were like in dealing with that.
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05-14-2007, 12:12 PM
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At St. Lawrence University (northern new york state), there is an independent sorority called Kappa Delta Sigma. According to the history page on their web site, they used to be a chapter of Kappa Delta, but turned in their charter in 1969 and became local in response to the white-only membership clause that many GLOs had at the time. It seems that they wanted to rush and pledge a minority member and their HQ at the time would not allow it.
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Off-topic: This wouldn't be the same Kappa Delta Sigma sorority portrayed in the 1986 movie "Night of the Creeps, would it? (j/k)
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I guess it's hard to explain in full in this forum. I think you'd have to live here to see how it operates. It's really not considered "lame" at all and a lot of the more "prominent" members of the organization who live here are part of it. I should have explained as well that they are all financial with grand chapter as members-at-large and they pay dues to this group to support their own activites.
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The prominent members part doesn't mean much. But the member-at-large part makes it better because their financial status is recognized by the grand chapter.
They are a clique that pays dues for the clique's survival. Not something I'd do or recommend unless It's presented as nothing more than "a group of likeminded folks doing stuff." The dues makes sense to the extent that unrecognized collectives need some way to fund their excursions without tapping out their personal funds.
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