"Southern" Sororities?

[susan314]

Originally Posted by macallan25

.....and that house would be?

Hmmn...well, out of the 9 chapters at Bama founded prior to 1930 that are still active on campus, 5 were not founded in the south:

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Gamma Delta
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Zeta
Kappa Kappa Gamma

I don't have the slightest clue what the "strongest" houses at Bama are, as I don't pay attention to reputations on other campuses. But the above listed sororities would seem to meet the criteria of "oldest on campus" and "not founded in the South."

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by bamagreek

even though my sorority was not founded in the south we are one of the strongest and oldest houses on campus.

congratulations

Originally Posted by susan314

Hmmn...well, out of the 9 chapters at Bama founded prior to 1930 that are still active on campus, 5 were not founded in the south:

Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Gamma Delta
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Zeta
Kappa Kappa Gamma

I don't have the slightest clue what the "strongest" houses at Bama are, as I don't pay attention to reputations on other campuses. But the above listed sororities would seem to meet the criteria of "oldest on campus" and "not founded in the South."

She was looking at a bunch of DZ threads yesterday, so my guess would be DZ.

Originally Posted by irishpipes

congratulations

LMAO.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by OTW

She was looking at a bunch of DZ threads yesterday, so my guess would be DZ.

Maybe its BamaDad's daughter - isn't she a DZ?

(Now I'm just starting rumors. But hey, its possible.)

[JWithers]

I would think U of F would qualify as a big SEC school with strong Greek presence.......

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by susan314

Maybe its BamaDad's daughter - isn't she a DZ?

(Now I'm just starting rumors. But hey, its possible.)

As I recall, BamaDad's daughter has her own ID and has posted.

[Sock Puppet2]

...waiting on BamaDad DZ to start a post with "As the father of a DZ at the University of Alabama, I'm an attorney..."

[JWithers]

Originally Posted by Sock Puppet2

...waiting on BamaDad DZ to start a post with "As the father of a DZ at the University of Alabama, I'm an attorney..."

roflmao. You funny.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by Sock Puppet2

...waiting on BamaDad DZ to start a post with "As the father of a DZ at the University of Alabama, I'm an attorney..."

Too funny.

(I should note that I didn't mean my comment to pick on BamaDad - rather point out the coincidence that we were thinking this poster might be a DZ at Bama, like his daughter. )

[bamagreek]

i am a DZ at alabama but i am not related to bama dad

[macallan25]

I would have to say Chi O is top sorority at Alabama. I know tri-delt is good, Pi Phi, and the other Old Row houses too.

Originally Posted by macallan25

I would have to say Chi O is top sorority at Alabama. I know tri-delt is good, Pi Phi, and the other Old Row houses too.

I was actually surprised that it took quite a while before someone even bothered to mention Old Row.

[JWithers]

Originally Posted by joescott

Completely agree. If I didn't go to Florida, I would have been the first to go somewhere else since 1910 and immediately disowned. I have family in Georgia and Tennessee, so they were the only worthy out of state options.

Out of our six or seven top tier fraternities, at least five can be described with your words.

UF grad here, too. And it wasn't even an option. Everyone since 1919 went there. (Except Mom). I went to a small liberal arts school for my first two years, and it was only acceptable b/c I was a girl. Then I finished up at UF. I am always surprised when we get left out of Old South college discussions. It's not like we're U of Miami or something!

[mystikchick]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Regarding the conservative tendancies I allege, here is my reasoning...At most schools, especially in the south, the top fraternities consist of the most well connected, "southern aristocracy" type students, and in turn are generally fairly elitist, whether by purpose or simply through existance. Most of these people tend to be Republicans in my experience/opinion, with the exception of New England..

see it's interesting to me that you would say that because on my campus (in ct) judging by facebook, most of the Republican men on campus can be found at DKE or Beta. The Psi U guys are very offbeat, kinda quirky, and if I had to guess I'd say they're more likely to be liberal/Dems. i've never understood why the distinction exists.

[Sock Puppet2]

Originally Posted by Sock Puppet2

...waiting on BamaDad DZ to start a post with "As the father of a DZ at the University of Alabama, I'm an attorney..."

It's deja vu all over again.