Regionals

[AGDAlum]

"SUNY Oswego became the Beta Tau chapter of ASA and did not go back to Clio, but turned into a local called Alpha Sigma Chi.

I clicked on the Alpha Sigma Chi link -- it gives the history of the chapter and ends with a creed that's taken word-for-word from ASA's. Isn't that infringing on copyright? (Or, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"?) And the coat of arms/crest looks very similar.

[sopranology]

Originally Posted by AGDAlum

"SUNY Oswego became the Beta Tau chapter of ASA and did not go back to Clio, but turned into a local called Alpha Sigma Chi.

Before my chapter became Alpha Xi Delta, we were a local called Alpha Sigma Chi as well! ASC for "Always Sisters in Charity" ...

[est1923]

what does the symbol for clio look like?

[ClioGirl06]

what do you mean by symbol?

[est1923]

Hi, I'm a sister of Alpha Sigma Chi at SUNY Oswego, I just pledged in F'08, and was hoping maybe someone could better explain the clio thing. I dont understand how it was broken up?

[est1923]

Originally Posted by ClioGirl06

what do you mean by symbol?

oh and by symbol i meant letter lol... someone tried to explain it once, but it just confused me

[ClioGirl06]

The Clio Sorority was founded at Geneseo in 1872 and at one point had ten chapters throughout New York/ Pennsylvania. Yours at Oswego was at one point the Iota chapter. In the early part of the century Alpha Sigma Alpha began petitioning Clio chapters to become Alpha Sigma Alpha. Our Chapter specifically was asked in 1943, but declined although a few chapters did join like yours. In 1953 the Chancellor of the SUNY system made the decision to disolve all nationally affiliated Greek organizations because of the racist policies of some. So at that point all of the remaining Clio chapters ended thier afilliation with each other as did Alpha Sigma Alpha chapters at SUNY. Some of the ASA chapters went back to being Clio, some created their own locals, etc. I think the national ban was lifted sometime in the 1980's, but most of the Clio chapters had closed by that time, so the only remaining ones are Alpha Clio, SUNY Geneseo, and Kappa Clio, SUNY Potsdam. So I guess our sororities are distantly related, lol.

Anyway there is no letter for Clio, we go by the letters Phi Kappa Pi. Hope that helps!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AGDAlum

"SUNY Oswego became the Beta Tau chapter of ASA and did not go back to Clio, but turned into a local called Alpha Sigma Chi.

I clicked on the Alpha Sigma Chi link -- it gives the history of the chapter and ends with a creed that's taken word-for-word from ASA's. Isn't that infringing on copyright? (Or, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"?) And the coat of arms/crest looks very similar.

It's been that way for a long long time (and that site has been around for a long time). They even use the ASA nickname. If Alpha Sigma Alpha wanted to sue them, it would have happened by now. Why they haven't reaffiliated, is for someone more knowledgeable than me to answer.

[PhoenixAttain]

I know this thread is like super old but I have an interesting story about locals gone national and then local again similar to the Alpha Sigma Chi story. In undergrad, I was in a local sorority Theta Kappa. In the early 1970’s until 1989 they were a chapter of Kappa Delta. While some things were changed, our secret motto, songs, and some of the ritual came straight from the ΚΔ playbook. Theta Kappa was briefly a colony of ΑΣΤ in the mid 90’s and went back to ΘΚ until 2010 when the sorority died out. Ironically, I ended up becoming an AI to ΑΣΑ in 2014.