Anyone know of any other current Kappa Sigma expansionary activity?

[stufield]

That would be terrific. Another northern California chapter would be a very welcome addition to the chapter roll.

Theta Chi has had a chapter at UCSC for years, and Sigma Pi just chartered there in January. There may be one or two other fraternities there as well ... LucyKKG do you know what fraternities presently have active chapters at UCSC?

Hopefully there are still enough unaffiliated men on the UCSC campus who would be willing to join a new fraternity that a Kappa Sigma colony/chapter there would prosper. Or perhaps there is a strong local fraternity that is looking to 'go national'.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by stufield

That would be terrific. Another northern California chapter would be a very welcome addition to the chapter roll.

Theta Chi has had a chapter at UCSC for years, and Sigma Pi just chartered there in January. There may be one or two other fraternities there as well ... LucyKKG do you know what fraternities presently have active chapters at UCSC?

Hopefully there are still enough unaffiliated men on the UCSC campus who would be willing to join a new fraternity that a Kappa Sigma colony/chapter there would prosper. Or perhaps there is a strong local fraternity that is looking to 'go national'.

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

I heard whispers of a Kappa Sigma colony starting at UC Santa Cruz. We'll see!

Pardon me for crashing but..
The Academy of Art University in San Francisco has an active colony. I met some of the guys the other night and they are really pumped about being the 1st national fraternity at the school but also being the first Kappa Sigma chapter in San Francisco. They don't' have a website yet but here is the link on the school website: http://my.academyart.edu/case/clubs.html
and a link on the national Kappa Sigma website: http://www.kappasigma.org/chaptersByState.php?state=CA

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Pardon me for crashing but..
The Academy of Art University in San Francisco has an active colony. I met some of the guys the other night and they are really pumped about being the 1st national fraternity at the school but also being the first Kappa Sigma chapter in San Francisco. They don't' have a website yet but here is the link on the school website: http://my.academyart.edu/case/clubs.html
and a link on the national Kappa Sigma website: http://www.kappasigma.org/chaptersByState.php?state=CA

Have you heard whether the school is welcoming of a fraternity on campus? I with the guys luck, hopefully the school is willing to work with them (rather than treat them as an unwanted group).

Good luck to the Santa Cruz colony as well - coming from a campus that wasn't very welcoming to Greek Life (at least until I was a senior), I know how much of a struggle it can be to get momentum.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Have you heard whether the school is welcoming of a fraternity on campus? I with the guys luck, hopefully the school is willing to work with them (rather than treat them as an unwanted group).

Good luck to the Santa Cruz colony as well - coming from a campus that wasn't very welcoming to Greek Life (at least until I was a senior), I know how much of a struggle it can be to get momentum.

So far so good.

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by stufield

That would be terrific. Another northern California chapter would be a very welcome addition to the chapter roll.

Theta Chi has had a chapter at UCSC for years, and Sigma Pi just chartered there in January. There may be one or two other fraternities there as well ... LucyKKG do you know what fraternities presently have active chapters at UCSC?

Hopefully there are still enough unaffiliated men on the UCSC campus who would be willing to join a new fraternity that a Kappa Sigma colony/chapter there would prosper. Or perhaps there is a strong local fraternity that is looking to 'go national'.

Oh woah, that's crazy that you know that. I mean, not that crazy. Anyway, Theta Chi is still very active (60+ members) and Sigma Pi is thriving and brand spanking new. I went to their reception after their chartering. We have an AEPi chapter, but they're not very active. The other NIC members here are cultural orgs (Lambda Phi Epsilon, Phi Iota Alpha, and Sigma Lambda Beta) + local orgs.

ETA: I saw flyers for someone trying to start a SAM colony last quarter, but they're not registered with the school, so I don't know what happened to them.

As far as having enough unaffiliated men here...I don't know! I'm sure they'll pop up. Santa Cruz is generally not very friendly towards Greeks, but my chapter and Sigma Pi have managed to start up and thrive, so I'm expecting good things.

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Oh woah, that's crazy that you know that. I mean, not that crazy. Anyway, Theta Chi is still very active (60+ members) and Sigma Pi is thriving and brand spanking new. I went to their reception after their chartering. We have an AEPi chapter, but they're not very active. The other NIC members here are cultural orgs (Lambda Phi Epsilon, Phi Iota Alpha, and Sigma Lambda Beta) + local orgs.

ETA: I saw flyers for someone trying to start a SAM colony last quarter, but they're not registered with the school, so I don't know what happened to them.

As far as having enough unaffiliated men here...I don't know! I'm sure they'll pop up. Santa Cruz is generally not very friendly towards Greeks, but my chapter and Sigma Pi have managed to start up and thrive, so I'm expecting good things.

If we're over here following Sig Pi and Theta Chi around, I think we're in the wrong business.