Article from THE Frat-party in San Francisco - But WHERE? - Page 2

AOtke1110 · #1 03-01-2004, 05:13 PM

just wandering if 120 is just considered HUGE for san franciso or what. Because this past weekend we threw a huge party talking 600+ people and this is in a pretty small college town. Of course it was mardi gras and pretty fun and crazy. Luckily cops didn't shut us down till 1 am.

josh

greeklawgirl · #2 03-01-2004, 05:24 PM

Unfortunately, we don't have many Greeks in San Francisco. 120 for us at San Francisco State was quite a lot at the time. Counting IFC, NPC, NPHC, multi-cultural and local organizations, I highly doubt there are more than 250 greeks on the entire campus (and I personally think that 250 is stretching it).

AlphaPhiBubbles · #3 03-01-2004, 05:25 PM

San Francisco isn't a college town. It's a large international city...so if you live downtown there really is no way (or need) to have a large house party because there isn't much residential space. Also there are all the world famous clubs and bars to go to. Now, if you live near SFSU, all there is is residential space, in which many families live who call the cops on any kind of activity. In a small college town (like Chico, where I go to school now) it is SUPER easy to throw 600+ parties because the people that live near the college are college students. College students generally don't call the police for noise complaints.

I think Presents would be the only qualifying "party" but in recent years it seems the only people who come to that any more is Pi Kappa Phi, Alpha Phi, AGD and Phi Sig...

When was there a Sig Ep chapter at SFSU and where was their house? I thought there was a city ordinance or whatever that didn't allow sorority/fraternity housing.

Glitter650 · #4 03-01-2004, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by greeklawgirl
Once upon a time when Sig Ep had the house at SF State, they used to throw HUGE (120+) house parties twice a year--right after CPC Bid Day. Oh my gosh, those were fun!

Nowadays, the only parties that I would imagine going over 80 people would be Presents--and I doubt that counts.

Either way, Glitter650 is right. I've never seen ANY of our girls get up and dance half-naked on a table, so I think that "thejournalist" is just plain old SOOL.

Yeah presents doesn't really count as a "party" since it's at a venue out side of school and while some umm.. shall we say interesting things have happened at presents.. there was still no dancing on tables

YEEAAAHHH PARK MERCED PARTIES let me tell you just too wild and crazy !

greeklawgirl · #5 03-01-2004, 05:40 PM

Sigma Phi Epsilon was on campus from 1981 to (I believe) 1997. My husband is an alumnus of that chapter. It was such a crying shame when they closed, as they were the largest chapter on campus. I know the alumni are hoping to reopen the chapter eventually.

The house was located on (I think, its been a while) Randolph Street. It was walking distance from State. I heard that some kind of religious order purchased the house and the house next door and somehow connected the two.

AlphaPhiBubbles · #6 03-01-2004, 05:55 PM

Interesting...i wish so many chapters hadn't closed down at SFSU then maybe the greek system wouldn't suck so bad.

glitter650 - i have definatley been witness to things very close to topless table dancing at presents. And at formals...but it's definatley not the norm.

decadence · #7 03-01-2004, 05:57 PM

Nevetheless AlphaPhiBubbles, I respectfully request and require an open invititation to all your sorority formals from now on.

greeklawgirl · #8 03-01-2004, 06:24 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaPhiBubbles
Interesting...i wish so many chapters hadn't closed down at SFSU then maybe the greek system wouldn't suck so bad.

Ouch! I know you meant to say you wished there were more chapters on campus, but it came off kinda harsh. To tell the truth, I'm thankful that SF State's greek system was small and non-traditional. I had the opportunity to join a larger system before I transferred to SFSU, and I didn't want to do it because it looked too superficial from the outside. At SFSU, I knew *everyone* in *all* the groups and I continue to have many friends from other chapters to this day!

The SF State greek experience may not be the *ideal* experience, but I'm thankful to be a member of that community. I'm a proud alumna of the SF State greek system, and I hope you are too!

PhiPsiRuss · #9 03-01-2004, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by greeklawgirl
The SF State greek experience may not be the *ideal* experience, but I'm thankful to be a member of that community. I'm a proud alumna of the SF State greek system, and I hope you are too!

If it was the best possible experience for you, then it was your ideal experience, and that's all that matters.

phamason2003 · #10 03-01-2004, 09:44 PM

"SFSU greek system sucks">Could be worse there could be no greek system at all...e.g. University of Wisconsin Superior. "No official frat.house">If one would be alittle more social they would know Phi Kappa Tau has a frat.house. Active brothers pay for this house via. their frat.dues, part of the house dues go towards the active house and the future house. By ALL active brothers paying house dues via. frat.dues this would make the house a legit FRAT.HOUSE.

thejournalist · #11 03-02-2004, 01:19 AM

The UNPROFESSIONAL and IDIOTIC "journalist" is back

Thank you so much for the help - but I need a little more specific directions.

You know, I don't demand halfnaked girls dancing on the table(though it would be nice) - just a good frat-party! With lots of nice girls of course!

The magazine is for males 20-35 and my aim of the article is to get a closer look at this frat-house party-tradition, with some good pictures to it.

So if I won't find a good frat-party IN San Francisco - where would it then be in the SURROUNDINGS? I am ready drive some way for it.

It would be nice with phonenumbers or specific names of the houses.

You can still mail me at hebsgaard@mail.djh.dk

Søren Hebsgaard

ladyj39 · #12 03-02-2004, 02:28 AM

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Originally posted by greeklawgirl
Sigma Phi Epsilon was on campus from 1981 to (I believe) 1997. My husband is an alumnus of that chapter. It was such a crying shame when they closed, as they were the largest chapter on campus. I know the alumni are hoping to reopen the chapter eventually.

The house was located on (I think, its been a while) Randolph Street. It was walking distance from State. I heard that some kind of religious order purchased the house and the house next door and somehow connected the two.

My pledge semester was the last year the Sig Eps were on campus and they did throw some wild parties! My first Fraternity party was there on my Bid Day. It was a cool place just to hang out at too.

Rudey · #13 03-02-2004, 02:53 AM

Head over to Palo Alto.

-Rudey

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Originally posted by thejournalist
The UNPROFESSIONAL and IDIOTIC "journalist" is back

Thank you so much for the help - but I need a little more specific directions.

You know, I don't demand halfnaked girls dancing on the table(though it would be nice) - just a good frat-party! With lots of nice girls of course!

The magazine is for males 20-35 and my aim of the article is to get a closer look at this frat-house party-tradition, with some good pictures to it.

So if I won't find a good frat-party IN San Francisco - where would it then be in the SURROUNDINGS? I am ready drive some way for it.

It would be nice with phonenumbers or specific names of the houses.

You can still mail me at hebsgaard@mail.djh.dk

Søren Hebsgaard

Glitter650 · #14 03-02-2004, 02:54 AM

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Originally posted by phamason2003
"SFSU greek system sucks">Could be worse there could be no greek system at all...e.g. University of Wisconsin Superior. "No official frat.house">If one would be alittle more social they would know Phi Kappa Tau has a frat.house. Active brothers pay for this house via. their frat.dues, part of the house dues go towards the active house and the future house. By ALL active brothers paying house dues via. frat.dues this would make the house a legit FRAT.HOUSE.

Yeah Phi Tau has a house... but it only houses what like 7 brothers or something and still it's in residential area... even though I must say parties don't get broken up there too oftern... NE WAY...

Alpha Phi bubbles... I agree with my fellow Alum GreekLawgirl... I may not be able to brag about my beautiful house with 100 sisters standing in front of the circular drive (and I have openly admitted to being slightly jealous of those who have had the chance to experience that on the house pics thread etc...) HOWEVER... I have about 30+ homes where I can stay anytime... I know ALL of my sisters... and have hung out with them one on one... I know a *majority* of the A-phis and AGDs by name and I'm friends with a lot of them... I get to have my formal in a world class city with the best hotels... I can see the Golden Gate bridge when I drive home everyday... it may be a pain to rent a storage locker rather for our composites and supplies rather than hang them in our beautiful chapter room or office... and we may not have parties with 600 people at them every weekend... but... I truly believe that I have found sisterhood and life long friends,and that we still do good things for the community... even now that I've graduated... I find it hard to take a step back and not "act like a collegiate" if you didn't feel that at SFSU and have found it in Chico that's GREAT I'm glad that you did... but that doesn't mean that greek life at SFSU sucks if it is providing women an experience that they can get something out of .

AlphaPhiBubbles · #15 03-02-2004, 06:24 AM

Ok everyone took that way comment too seriously and personally. Obviously i saw some value in the greek system at SFSU otherwise I wouldn't have joined it. And by "sucking" i didn't mean the school needed 18 chapters and 200+ members in each - i guess I meant that maybe with more groups more diversity would be created. There isn't a well established IFC, and I was disappointed with the way NPC was being run by the time I left.

Not to mention the fact that despite the small NATIONAL greek system at SFSU, we rarely interacted with the local and BGLO groups who were the majority on campus, and that made me very sad. FSC is a joke at SFSU as greeklaw, glitter and jess (ladyj) should know. If FSC actually came together then i think great things could happen to the greek system there and the school and surrounding communities would benefit greatly from it.

I will always hold a very large and special place in my heart for the people I met and experiences I had at SFSU..i mean jeez those were my pledge sisters and a place i lived at for 2 years..........so everyone needs to relax and not take me so seriously, especially since no one ever takes me seriously