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[Katmandu]

NUBlue&Blue, THANK you for posting those pictures! What beautiful old chapter houses.

Ever since my Okla St. days, I have always believed that a "real" university should have (in addition to all of the latest scientific and liberal arts amenities) 1) an AGR chapter 2) a Farmhouse chapter and 3) a Dairy Science building with the little student store selling ice cream from the model farm dairy science cows...

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

Here are a couple of links where you can see the houses and then link to the chapter websites.

I hadn't seen the updated Sigma chapter site -- it's Wonderful!!! Delta Omicron needs to update their website, badly!!

Originally Posted by Katmandu

NUBlue&Blue, THANK you for posting those pictures! What beautiful old chapter houses.

Ever since my Okla St. days, I have always believed that a "real" university should have (in addition to all of the latest scientific and liberal arts amenities) 1) an AGR chapter 2) a Farmhouse chapter and 3) a Dairy Science building with the little student store selling ice cream from the model farm dairy science cows...

Iowa State has two of the three - with the Dairy Science club selling home made ice cream during VEISHEA (but it has to compete with nitro-freezed ice cream from the Engineering college, which is tough - that stuff is goooood!)

[NUBlue&Blue]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

I hadn't seen the updated Sigma chapter site -- it's Wonderful!!! Delta Omicron needs to update their website, badly!!


Iowa State has two of the three - with the Dairy Science club selling home made ice cream during VEISHEA (but it has to compete with nitro-freezed ice cream from the Engineering college, which is tough - that stuff is goooood!)

I hadn't seen the updated website either. It was the same for so long, I just quit checking to see if it was updated!

My brother sends us a big gift box from the Dairy Store on East Campus every year for Christmas....we can't wait until it comes. I'll have to see if I can find a link!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Katmandu

NUBlue&Blue, THANK you for posting those pictures! What beautiful old chapter houses.

Ever since my Okla St. days, I have always believed that a "real" university should have (in addition to all of the latest scientific and liberal arts amenities) 1) an AGR chapter 2) a Farmhouse chapter and 3) a Dairy Science building with the little student store selling ice cream from the model farm dairy science cows...

Washington State has all three, plus cheese in addition to ice cream. U Idaho has the first two, but instead of a dairy with ice cream we have Vandal Brand Meats. I'm a big fan of the Viking Cheese and Ferdinand's Grabbers.

[OldAOPi]

Yep, you are triggering that SAM - I wondered why I remembered them - it was because you drove right by them when you went through campus. You have got a great memory! But I wonder who was in the PhiMu/BetaSig house before them? I was at state bball in 1979 and we stayed on the floor at the Beta Sig house in someones friend of a friend's room - I think (the age in NE then WAS 19, after all!) and it was on Vine street past what is now Beedle Hall.

I don't remember ZTA being there, though!

Back to ALMOST Big 12 - at UNO, a friend of mine's dd pledged Chi O. (There are no houses at UNO - heck, they just got DORMS not too long ago! It is historically a commuter campus but has become quite popular with the dorms now that they have them)

[NUBlue&Blue]

Originally Posted by OldAOPi

Yep, you are triggering that SAM - I wondered why I remembered them - it was because you drove right by them when you went through campus. You have got a great memory! But I wonder who was in the PhiMu/BetaSig house before them? I was at state bball in 1979 and we stayed on the floor at the Beta Sig house in someones friend of a friend's room - I think (the age in NE then WAS 19, after all!) and it was on Vine street past what is now Beedle Hall.

I don't remember anybody but Beta Sig (I think I'm remembering the right fraternity). I never remember anybody else being down on Vine except Acacia, but then again, I was a little self absorbed back then! I hadn't really looked at the fraternity page very closely until today and I noticed that Kappa Sig is gone and Triangle is in their house now (next door to the ELCA Lutheran Center). I took my daughter all over last February when we went on our college visit, but I never noticed that.

I like how every house looks really different. One of my favorites is Alpha Xi Delta--it is stunning, the ceiling in the foyer was painted by the same person who painted the mural in the rotunda of the state capitol building. They just redecorated in the past couple of years and it looks gorgeous. I'm also fond of AOPi and Theta because I love the Dutch Colonial style. Kappa and Alpha Phi are painted brick. There are a few 1960's block houses as well, just to break up the monotony! And I think ChiO's French chateau is adorable (the trees are kind of big in the picture so you can't see the house very well).

And I'm sure I was at State BBall in 1979, too! I always stayed with my friend who was 2 years older and she lived in Sandoz!

[OldAOPi]

I was there with some friends from KSC - they were there to watch Axtell. And that's all I know....

And back in that day, you ordered Fraternity Sportswear about once a year. Some guy came around and took orders. I was quite the fashion AOII because I got a light blue hoodie with two tone greek letters! That was a first in about 1980. Previous to that, your choices were gold on blue, blue on white, that kind of thing. I did like my AOII sweats!

I will let you'll know when the newspaper posts the results from NE.

[NUBlue&Blue]

In case you want to get a jump on your Christmas shopping, here's a link to the Dairy Store.

http://dairystore.unl.edu/index.shtml

[bluefish81]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

In case you want to get a jump on your Christmas shopping, here's a link to the Dairy Store.

http://dairystore.unl.edu/index.shtml

I was in Lincoln for a work related meeting at Memorial Stadium back in June. Before the meeting the manager for our company who used to live in Lincoln drove myself and my boss around campus. They weren't nearly as excited as I was when I found the Theta chapter. The chapter houses are beautiful and so amazingly close to campus!

Re: the dairy store. I agree with ISUKappa that the ice cream at VEISHEA is fantastic (I had some this year, I waited for almost half an hour to get it). Michigan State has a dairy store too that had great ice cream when I lived in Michigan. They (MSU) also had chocolate cheese which I just had to try. I rationalized I love chocolate, I love cheese. I did not love chocolate cheese. I'm going to have to hit up the Nebraska Dairy Store some time though...

[Katmandu]

Originally Posted by OldAOPi

...And back in that day, you ordered Fraternity Sportswear about once a year. Some guy came around and took orders. .....Previous to that, your choices were gold on blue, blue on white, that kind of thing...

Too true! In the 70's, all sorority gear was basically the same, no matter which group you joined and no matter how much money you had. You could get a dark blue heavy shirt with sleeves to the elbows with gold sewn on letters, OR a blue snap up the front windbreaker with white sewn on letters or white silkscreened crest over the breast. We lived in those. Party t shirts were made, but we didn't wear them to class. You ordered stuff once a year, or the one store in town that carried greek gear had a few. But how many windbreakers did you need? People got one with letters as a pledge, then usually "traded up" to a crest after initiation.

Bid day gifts? looking back, they had that touching "made at home" look. A small glass jar with decal letters filled with M&M's, a small wooden plaque, hastily stained or painted in your colors, with the same decal, etc. We usually made a trip to the dime store on bid morning to get hershey's kisses, glass jars, etc. None of the houses gave out anything but pledge ribbons (to be worn to class until you were officially pledged and got your pledge pin) and Bid Day t shirts.

Re: the Dairy store web sites: MMmmmmmmm. Cheese. From the Dairy Store. Delivered..... Is there anything better than life at a Land Grant?

Did we ever hear anything about rush at KState? Is it over?

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Katmandu

Did we ever hear anything about rush at KState? Is it over?

Quota at K State was 41. The only result I have heard was Alpha Xi Delta took 43.

[OldAOPi]

[QUOTE=Katmandu;1509764]Too true! In the 70's, all sorority gear was basically the same, no matter which group you joined and no matter how much money you had. You could get a dark blue heavy shirt with sleeves to the elbows with gold sewn on letters, OR a blue snap up the front windbreaker with white sewn on letters or white silkscreened crest over the breast. We lived in those. Party t shirts were made, but we didn't wear them to class. You ordered stuff once a year, or the one store in town that carried greek gear had a few. But how many windbreakers did you need? People got one with letters as a pledge, then usually "traded up" to a crest after initiation.

My bid day gift was probably a stuffed panda, end of story. I was social chair and it was a real big deal to order the right favor for Formal. We only had favors about 4 times a year - everyone had wine glasses, etc so I did something out of the box and got us red Rose Formal nighshirts. You know, v neck to the knees?

And, I wore my blue windbreaker with a stylish gray zip up sweatshirt layered underneath. And on Bid day we all got sweatshirts to wear while we serenaded the fraternities - hot red and white sweatshirts to wear in SEPTEMBER. That's what we did- we went out to eat, changed into jeans and the sweatshirts and the picture man followed us around to sing our songs we just learned as the sororities showed off their pledges to all the boys.

[PenguinTrax]

Originally Posted by OldAOPi

Back to ALMOST Big 12 - at UNO, a friend of mine's dd pledged Chi O. (There are no houses at UNO - heck, they just got DORMS not too long ago! It is historically a commuter campus but has become quite popular with the dorms now that they have them)

For years, ChiO members rented a townhouse and called it the 'Chi Omega House', but it was out near 90th and Dodge, nowhere near campus. SigEps had a house for ages, near 30-something and Farnam. What a pit. It actually burned down, lol. Lambda Chi got a house, too. It was quite nice and they really took care of it.

There's been talk, ever since the dorms were first built, about GLO housing on campus, or at the very least, assigned dorm floors. Back in my day, we rushed in portable classrooms, until they built the parking garage. Then rush was moved to the student center. We had our meetings there, too. Each chapter had meetings on Monday night and we all had door hanger thingys to block the windows so noone would 'spy' on you during chapter.

[NUBlue&Blue]

Greek housing at UNO might be the next logical step. At Georgia State in downtown Atlanta, they opened new dorms this year and plan to open greek housing next year. They are trying to make it less of a commuter campus...and heaven knows, downtown Atlanta could use some life. Hope it works.

UNO is in a pretty part of Omaha, too. Greek houses would fit right in. We always played Brownell-Talbot when I was in HS, so it was our most exciting "Road Trip", driving around trolling by all the mansions in Happy Hollow.

[PenguinTrax]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

Greek housing at UNO might be the next logical step. At Georgia State in downtown Atlanta, they opened new dorms this year and plan to open greek housing next year. They are trying to make it less of a commuter campus...and heaven knows, downtown Atlanta could use some life. Hope it works.

UNO is in a pretty part of Omaha, too. Greek houses would fit right in. We always played Brownell-Talbot when I was in HS, so it was our most exciting "Road Trip", driving around trolling by all the mansions in Happy Hollow.

Gorgeous, arent' they? That's always been the stumbling block with expansion at UNO, the prime residential real-estate in the surrounding blocks.

I would think that if they did GLO housing, it would be over in the old Ak-Sar-Ben area where the dorms are located.