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[BSUPhiSig'92]

University: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Location: suburban St. Louis
Year Founded: 1957
First Greek Chapter: Sigma Gamma Rho 1965, Alpha Kappa Alpha 1969, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Tau 1972
More commuter or more residential: just under 30% residential, but our Chancellor wants to bring that up to nearer 50%
Total Enrollment: 13,500
% Greeks: 4%
# of NIC Fraternities 4
# of NPC Sororities 3
# of Locals 0
# of NPHC groups 8
+ a chapter of Delta Lambda Phi
Wet or Dry Campus?
Res Halls are dry, campus apartments allow alcohol only if everyone who lives in the apartment is over 21.

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.)

Alpha Phi Alpha has a house on campus; Sig Ep did have a house in town, but House Corp. is forced to sell. No one else has any housing to speak of.

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon?

There is supposed to be some inclusion (still very preliminary stages of planning) for organization housing in a new building with some wings designed for group living.

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.?

N/A

Parties thrown in the fraternity houses?

Sig Eps used to. Now everyone throws parties at the American Legion Hall in town.


Your city easy on underage drinking?

Not especially, though the city is easier than the county sheriff.

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in?

Most of them seem to be, depending on the night.

Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other)

Pretty open, there is a "Rush Week" each semester, but it's more for exposure/publicity. There isn't much restriction on recruitment.

When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system:

Third or fourth week of Fall semester.

Do Greeks run things at your school?

Not entirely, but actively involved.

Last Time Greek was Student Body President?

Three years ago.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King?
2004 (Alpha Phi Alpha)

Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen?
2003 (Alpha Phi)


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible)

Most chapters hold 1-2 parties a semester at the Legion, IFC/NPC have mixers, sometimes with Pre/Post gathering at someone's apartment. All IFC/NPC have Informal and Formal, NPHC all have Neophytes and Legion Parties. Some chapters will have functions with their counterparts in St. Louis.

Good relationship with the University Administration?

Pretty good compared with many places. It could be stronger, but it isn't adversarial.

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life?

I sure hope so! (since I am the Greek Advisor) I have a good relationship with my students (some have offered to Alumni initiate me, but of course I can't since I'm already Greek!) It's also really easy to know just about everyone by name by the time they graduate from here.

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus?

Phi Sigma Kappa. Undergrad from Ball State, but Grad at SIUE (was friends with lots of Greeks from here in Grad school)

Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls?

Dues: Approx $200-250 per semester. The only group with campus housing pays considerably more for it than the Halls.

Hazing, common or uncommon?

Look at the GreekChat Archives!


Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do?

Blood drives, food & clothing drives, Greek Goddess, Phi-esta Bowl (football tournament), Bucket Brigade (painting houses for the elderly/disabled) , Cardboard Boat Regatta, Pig Roast, free concerts, World Youth Day, Adopt A Highway, Habitat for Humanity, Glen-Ed Food Pantry,
Big Bros/Sis, and a bunch I can't think of right now

Any notable traditions for the Greek System?

Marchdown (NPHC Stepshow), Ebony & Ivory Stepshow,
Phi-Esta Bowl, Powder Puff & Sig Ep/Sig Pi Toilet Bowl (annual football game where the trophy is a toilet),
Painting "The Rock" on the Quad

[irishpipes]

University: University of Illinois (back in the late 1980s!)
Location: Champaign-Urbana, IL
Year Founded: 1867?
First Greek Chapter: Sigma Chi 1881. Pi Beta Phi 1895.
More commuter or more residential: Almost totally residential
Total Enrollment: 35,000-40,000
% Greeks: A whole lot
# of NIC Fraternities: 53 as far as I can figure
# of NPC Sororities 19
# of Locals 3 plus 4-H is housed as a sorority
# of NPHC groups 9 + 2 that may be locals?
# of Multi cultural groups ?
Wet or Dry Campus? Wet

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.)
As far as I know, all NIC and NPC groups are housed in traditional Greek mansions. Many use warm dorms and cold dorms, but not all. 4-H also has a house, so does Evans Scholars.

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon? I don't know

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.? Some, not all


Parties thrown in the fraternity houses? Yes, but never in sorority houses

Your city easy on underage drinking? Pretty much.

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in? The legal drinking age is 21, but the age to get into bars is 19. Once you are in, you are never carded. So, the drinking age may as well be 19. (This may have changed since I was there.)


Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other) There are a zillion fraternities at U of I, and when I was there, they didn't all follow the same rush. Most had a structured rush in the Fall, and another rush later as well.

When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system: Fall. When I was there, it was the week before classes, and I had never heard of COB. Now, formal is a few weeks after classes start, and some chapters do COB.


Do Greeks run things at your school? Most definitely

Last Time Greek was Student Body President? Last time one wasn't would be a better question.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King? Always
Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? Always


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible)

We had 4 exchanges with fraternities each semester. We also had football block with a fraternity in Fall, and Atius with a fraternity in Spring. Homecoming was also a match up with a sorority and a few fraternities.

ETA: Back in the day, sorority Bid Night was also a social function with a fraternity. The fraternity would roll out the red carpet for the sorority members and pledges. For many people, this is their single best memory of Greek life. Of course it is gone now because there is no "Bid Night" to speak of, but rather a sisterhood night at the sorority house.

Good relationship with the University Administration? Don't know, but my guess is yes

Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls? About the same when I was there, and chances are you would live WAY closer to your classes, because the Greek houses are older than most of the dorms, and therefore closer to the quad.

Hazing, common or uncommon? Uncommon for girls, not uncommon in some chapters for guys.



Any notable traditions for the Greek System? Football block, Greek Week, Atius (mom's day sing show) is huge. Also, Halloween at U of I is huge. It wasn't necessarily Greek though. I am sure that this has changed. It was way too fun to have survived. A block party with 50,000 drunk people wearing costumes was too good to last. The notable tradition at U of I is being Greek. It is a Greek school. Period.

[ISUKappa]

University: Iowa State University
Location: Ames, Iowa
Year Founded: 1858
First Greek Chapter: Fraternity: Delta Tau Delta - 1875; Sorority: Pi Beta Phi (then still I.C. Sorosis) - 1877
More commuter or more residential: Residential
Total Enrollment: around 22,000
% Greeks: 11%
# of NIC Fraternities: 27
# of NPC Sororities: 13
# of Locals: 2 (Adelante Fraternity-est. 1907, Phi Beta Chi (which I know is not technically a local, but it's not NPC, either)
# of NPHC groups: 5 (4 fraternities, 1 sorority)
# of Multi cultural groups: 2
Wet or Dry Campus? Wet

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.)
All NIC/NPC chapters have houses that hold 40-70 members. Most houses were built in the 1910s-1940s, with additions in the 70s-80s. A few (AOII, Alpha Chi, Lambda Chi, Pi Kapp) have newer houses built within the last 30-40 years. With the exception of AKL, Pi Kapp and Triangle, the majority of the houses are in "Greekland"-- 5 or so streets a few blocks from campus.

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon?
No.

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.?
Chapters either have cold airs or members sleep in their rooms. A few have a mix of both.

Parties thrown in the fraternity houses?
Yes. Weekly parties are usually in the chapter houses. Date parties and formals are held at third-party vendors. Usually it's only freshman/sophomore girls who attend the weekly fraternity parties.

Your city easy on underage drinking?
Somewhat.

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in?
If you have a good fake or know the bouncer/bartender it's not too hard.

Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other):
Most of them do summer rush though there is a formal recruitment option the week before classes begin.

When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system:
The week before classes begin. It's fairly structred and attempts to be no-frills.

Do Greeks run things at your school?
For the most part--Homecoming, Family Weekend, SALC, VEISHEA, Varieties all usually have at least one Greek as a co-chair.

Last Time Greek was Student Body President?
I know the previous President was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, I belive the current one is as well, but I'm not positive on that.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King?
Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen?
We haven't had Homecoming King/Queen for many years.

Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible)
Each chapter usually has some sort of date party and/or formal at a third-party vendor. Sororities may also have a crush party or similar party at a local bar on a weeknight. When I was in school we'd have an exchange/event with a fraternity maybe 1-2x/month. This could be a non-alc event such as a dinner exchange, bowling or movie night or a theme party at the fraternity where drinking was involved. Fraternities sometimes co-hosted weekly parties (especially if one chapter was dry), sororities occasionally co-hosted crush parties. All events must be registered with CPC/IFC in advance.

Good relationship with the University Administration?
Somewhat. I would say the administration is more pro Greek life, but unless you get the right strings pulled, it can be difficult to meet with some of the higher-ups. Both our previous and current University Presidents were/are fraternity men, but that doesn't seem to have an effect on their dealings with GLOs (neither good nor bad).

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life?
I think yes. I know they've had some issues with Greek Advisers not really understanding campus atmosphere, but I think the one that's in place now is good.

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus?
Yes, Pi Beta Phi

Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls?
$2800 average/semester. Depends on the individual chapter, but generally less expensive than residence halls and/or apartments.

Hazing, common or uncommon?
I never experienced it, but I know it happens. To what degree, I couldn't say.

Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do?
Most have a philanthropy each semester. Many are food (pancakes, tacos, spaghetti) and many are sports events (softball, kickball, powder-puff football, mud volleyball, etc...) Derby Days and Dolphin Days (held by Tri-Delta) used to be really big, I don't know how big they are any more.

Any notable traditions for the Greek System?
Lawn displays for Homecoming and floats for VEISHEA; Greek Week; Varieites (which is open to all campus organizations, but usually only GLOs participate). Serenading is big at Iowa State as well.

This is all from my experience as an undergrad from 1997-2001.

[Drolefille]

University: Saint Louis University
Location: St. Louis, MO
Year Founded: 1818
First Greek Chapter:
More commuter or more residential: There are a lot of commuters, but a lot of residential, and many of the commuters are near-campus (as in across the street) however I can’t find the numbers anywhere
Total Enrollment: 11,145 (This includes our Madrid, Spain campus; most students are only there for a semester or two before returning to St. Louis)
% Greeks: Not sure, can’t find the numbers for this either.
# of NIC Fraternities 13
# of NPC Sororities 5
# of Locals 0
# of NPHC groups Unsure: SLU doesn’t recognize them, but citywide chapters exist. I’ve seen on campus, AKA, SGRho for women, and perhaps APhiA for men, Another SLU student may know, I’m basing this off of the totebags/jackets I’ve seen and any posters for events in the area.
# of Multi cultural groups- Greek? None, but we do have ASIA and HALO and several other multicultural “chartered student organizations”
Wet or Dry Campus? Wet

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.) One Greek dorm (Demattias Hall) with a chapter room for each fraternity/sorority and the GLOs share the floors(except Sigma Chi they have their own house that is off campus property and owned by the alumni) for example, ADPi, SK, and DG on one floor, Pikes, TKEs, Betas, and Delta Sigs on another.

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon? Nope

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.? Sigma Chis have a patio and fenced in “yard”

Parties thrown in the fraternity houses? Yes, and for the non-Sigma Chi guys they often have at least one apartment where they’re all brothers, that becomes their “party apartment”

Your city easy on underage drinking? No. St. Louis is really cracking down on it. Especially in the bars around campus

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in? Not really, especially around campus, although a good fake may make it for a while.

Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other) Open I believe. The only rule is no drinking with the rushees and no summer parties when the incoming freshmen have orientation. It gave the Sigma Chi house an unfair advantage because they have a house.


When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system: Fall, about the second week of school


Do Greeks run things at your school? Run things, no. Very active, yes

Last Time Greek was Student Body President? Current President and at least the past few have been greek.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King? Current king is Greek
Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? Current queen is Greek


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible) Several switches-fraternity and a sorority a semester, guys usually have their overnight formal once or twice a year, girls typically have a semiformal and a formal each semester, as well as a date dash (only find out a short time ahead of time, can invite up to 4 guys) and the crush party (invitations sent to guys that “someone” has a crush on them so come to our party, can still invite up to 4 guys) All social events for sororities must be approved. The guys tend to have more informal parties at their apartments and such, as well as their bid day parties each semester.


Good relationship with the University Administration? Yes, now that one of the more anti-greek VPs is gone.

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life? I think so.

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus? Actually, not certain. The woman in charge of the Greek dorm is a KKG from elsewhere (we don’t have KKG on campus)


Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls?
My dues chapter’s active dues are $700 this year. I think this about average for sororities, though perhaps another SLU student could comment on this. Unsure about guys dues, I would assume they vary quite a bit, and we have one fraternity that is in quite a bit of debt to do failure to actually collect their dues last year. Oops!

Hazing, common or uncommon? In the sororities, if it even happens, it is extremely rare. I’ve never seen it, nor heard anything substantiated about it. For fraternities, probably about half of them do something that would be considered hazing.


Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do? Each chapter has a “week” where they run various philanthropies. Sigma Kappa will have start off with a homerun derby, sell lollypops all week, and have a pageant for the guys followed by an event. The pageant winner, whose fraternity must support him by raising money or doing favors for the sisters, will get free drinks at the event afterwards. Some chapters have one main event. For example. Pikes have Pike Spike, a day of volleyball competition where the money for the T-shirts and entrance to the “wet” event goes to their national philanthropy. The charities range quite a bit, though many of us have donated our money to Hurricane Katrina instead of the normal charity. Not sure if I’m for or against that.


Any notable traditions for the Greek System? Greek week is big, but not much else that I can think of. You’ll notice that Greeks are usually SGA president and Homecoming Queen/King. It seems that the most active people on campus are always, also, Greek. But I don’t think they win because they are Greek. (Though having that group of 100 people who’ll vote for you is nice, there’s always at least one other Greek candidate, so you’re really only guaranteed your chapter’s votes)


Hope that was enough to sate your curiosity.

[HoosierPhiSig]

Originally posted by ZZ-kai-
That's kinda what I was thinking too....just wondering if anyone from IU (Indiana U.) know any of what is going on with them - I know they're back on campus and strong again, so a house can't be too far away.

hey, sorry i looked for pics on Kappa Sigs website but it's down right now. It's HUGE. AOPi's house is right next to it and is one of the largest greek houses on campus. Kappa Sigs new house absolutely dwarfs it. It's costing them close to 6 million dollars. Alot of the funding is coming from Todd Wagner, a Kappa Sig alum and a business partner of Mark Cubans.

as for Beta, their president told me the other day they "exchanged" houses. Their old house is now owned by the university and the university gave them a different one. They will be starting major renovations on it soon. Their president said they probably wont be moving into it untill Fall 2007. So they have a while until it's done.

[WVU alpha phi]

University: West Virginia University
Location: Morgantown, WV
Year Founded:
First Greek Chapter: I'm prettysure Phi Kappa Psi in the 1870s.
More commuter or more residential: Residential
Total Enrollment: 24,000
% Greeks: Not big- I'm going to guess only about 3%
# of NIC Fraternities: I'm pretty sure it's 16
# of NPC Sororities: 8
# of Locals: 1
Wet or Dry Campus? Wet

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - every Greek chapter has a house. The larger fraternity houses hold around 50 guys, the smallest one holds maybe 15. AOPi has the largest sorority house, which I think sleeps 40 girls. Not sure which chapter has the smallest sorority house.


Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.? Sleeping dorms.. after reading about Ole Miss I realized what these were! Sisters and brothers live in our houses!

Parties thrown in the fraternity houses? Yes, each fraternity is allowed to have three "open" parties a semester at their houses. They must be approved by the administration first, but I've never heard of anyone being turned down.

Your city easy on underage drinking? Extremely.

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in? Extremely.

Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other) Open rush. Occurs a week before sorority rush, usually third week of school. The fraternities invite the most "popular" sororities up to their houses to attract guys going through rush. No alcohol is served, rush usually lasts 4-5 days. Fall rush is more popular than spring.


When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system: Formal recruitment is the third of fourth week of school. Some chapters COB in the spring if they are not at total (5 chapters did this last year).


Do Greeks run things at your school? They're present in a lot of activities, but I don't know if I'd go as far to say we "run things"

Last Time Greek was Student Body President? Current President is a Pike, VP is in Zeta Delta Phi (local- but has about 60 members), last year's President was a Phi Sigma Kappa. Almost everyone on our student government is Greek.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King? Current king is a FIJI
Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? Current queen is an Alpha Phi (yay!!)


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible) My chapter calls them parties, but I've heard them be called mixers too. Several sororities on campus have a "third party vendor" rule so often parties are held at the bar, and the fraternity usually foots the bill. The more "popular" sororties have parties with fraternities once a week, the girls that are considered more studious have them maybe twice a month. I don't think parties with other houses are common, but we are having an "Alpha" party the end of this month- Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Kappa Alpha.


Good relationship with the University Administration? Not really.

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life? Yes, there are some troublesome chapters, but overall there is a good relationship.

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus? Yes, he was a Phi Sigma Kappa here.


Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls?
New member dues first semester for a sorority are usually around $600-700, it drops to about $450 second semester. I'm a junior and I think my parents pay $360 a semester, but I live in the house so dues are cheaper. Including dues, it costs $6200 a year to live in the sorority house. I think the fraternities may pay a little less than that, but not much. Living in the residence hall (may be wrong- haven't lived there for 2 years) was about $5000, living in my apartment last year was $400 monthly not including utilities.

Hazing, common or uncommon? Extremely common for fraternities, common for several sororities.


Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do? I'm not sure about everyone's chapters, I'll list what I know..
ALPHA PHI- King of Hearts (male beauty pageant)
ALPHA XI DELTA- Ultimate Frisbee
DELTA GAMMA- Anchor Bowl (football game)
PI BETA PHI- Not sure of the official name, but it includes a scavenger hunt
..not sure about AOPi, Sigma Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Chi Omega.
PHI SIGMA KAPPA- Phantasia (basketball, scavenger hunt, other things)
PIKE- Dream Girl (beauty pageant)
DELTA TAU DELTA- Delt Bowl (sororities playing football)
PHI KAPPA PSI- beach volleyball
BETA THETA PI- bull riding (mechanical bull at a bar)
TAU KAPPA EPSILON- Family Feud
KA- Karoake
PHI DELTA THETA- wiffleball
..not sure about any of the other fraternities, sorry!


Any notable traditions for the Greek System? Homecoming and Greek Week are always pretty big. Homecoming royalty are usually Greek. That's pretty much all I can think of.

*edited to change response about sleeping dorms

[OleMissGlitter]

University: The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Location: Oxford, MS
Year Founded: 1848
First Greek Chapter: Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon in 1850, Tau Chapter of Chi Omega in 1899.
More commuter or more residential: residential
Total Enrollment: 16,900
% Greeks: 27% (Just a guess)
# of NIC Fraternities:15
# of NPC Sororities: 9
# of Locals: None
# of NPHC groups: 7
# of Multi cultural groups: None
Wet or Dry Campus? Dry and you can only buy hot beer in Lafayette county (they do not sell cold beer in Oxford!)

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.): On Campus owned houses by the chapters

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon? n/a

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.? Yes all houses have rooms for sleeping ranging from 3 to sleep in the house to 68 to sleep in the house.


Parties thrown in the fraternity houses? Yes but they are suppose to not have alcohol. Although, Phi Delta Theta and a few other fraternities do not have parties anymore in their houses, they bus their guests and brothers off-campus to a bar.

Your city easy on underage drinking? They do not tolerate drinking and driving and therefore many students find themselves in the slammer because of a DUI.

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in? It just depends on the bar. Some are easier than others.


Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other): Formal Recruitment deferred about 6 weeks into the fall semesters (Same time as sorority recruitment) with Bid Day on a Sunday now. The fraternity men have to pick up their bids in a coat and tie and the actives have to be dressed up as well and no alcohol or parties at all.

When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system: Deferred about 6 weeks into the fall semester

Do Greeks run things at your school? Pretty much except for the school newspaper but everything else Greeks are all over!

Last Time Greek was Student Body President? Currently, she is a member of my sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi. The past ASB President was a Sigma Nu.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King? We do not have a Homecoming King but rather a Col. Reb and last year he was Greek and this year he is Greek.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? Yes this year’s is a member of Chi Omega, just about every year the HCQ is in a sorority.


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible) A typical social semester is having “swaps” with fraternities, a date party, a formal or semi-formal, a crush party in February, a crawfish party, and a parent’s weekend social. They are closed to the member of the sorority only and they do not have to register with Greek Life. The fraternities do have to register I’m pretty sure though.

Good relationship with the University Administration? Yes very good.

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life? Yes, excellent relations.

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus? Our Dean of Greek Life is from LSU and he was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity which Ole Miss does not have a chapter of anymore here.

Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls? It is more than living in the dorm.

Hazing, common or uncommon? Uncommon with NPC groups and they can be common with NIC groups.

Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do? Sigma Nu Charity Bowl which raises at least $50,000 a year, KD Shamrock Golf Tournament which raises about $40,000 a year, food sales which raise a good amount of money, Sigma Chi Derby Day which raises about $60,000 a year…lots of big philanthropic events at Ole Miss, that is very important on this campus.

Any notable traditions for the Greek System? Well, I don’t know if it is a tradition but the girls literally running to their new sorority house on Bid Day, it is quite a site to see all of these girls running! I guess also being dropped (lavaliered or pinned) is a big deal here as well.

[RACooper]

University: University of Toronto
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Year Founded: King George IV grants royal charter back in 1827
First Greek Chapter: Men’s – Zeta Psi 1879; Women’s – Kappa Alpha Theta 1887 (inactive after 1941)/ still active chapter Alpha Phi 1906
More commuter or more residential: commuter (85%+)
Total Enrollment: 68,000
% Greeks: roughly 1%
# of NIC Fraternities 15
# of NPC Sororities 7
# of Locals 1 Canadian National Fraternity – Phi Kappa Pi
# of NPHC groups 1 (Alpha Phi Alpha back after a 90 year absence)
# of Multi cultural groups 0 (as far as I know, there have been a couple Asian societies that have been started but folded of a year or two)
Wet or Dry Campus? Wet

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.)
Most GLOs have houses, more specifically those GLOs that survived the 60s. Old Victorian homes owned either by alumni or by housing corps. that house a dozen to twenty members. Other GLOs without “houses” normally designated one member(s) rented house or apartment as their un-official house for the year.

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon? Nope, nor in the foreseeable future as the school doesn’t recognize the GLOs.

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.? Well I guess that all depends either on if the heater is working or not There aren’t any real common sleeping rooms, just couches or floor space to grab on a need driven basis.


Parties thrown in the fraternity houses? Some. It all depends on the property and housing rules of the different GLOs – property wise some can’t afford to host a party (no space really); rule wise some are dry houses.

Your city easy on underage drinking? Depends if it’s your night or not… and where and when the underager is nabbed – but it’s really not that much of an issue for GLOs here given the drink age and all.

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in? Some yes, most no… so if you know were to go (or how much skin to flash for some) it can be done.


Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other) Open – except of course for the sororities and some particular requirements for individual GLOs

When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system: In September, usually the second week back to school.


Do Greeks run things at your school? Not really – but then again I don’t think anyone runs things at the school.

Last Time Greek was Student Body President? the Student Body - a DKE in 2003; other colleges have their own student government and usually have 1 or 2 Greeks in the government.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King?
Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? What is this homecoming you speak of? But seriously UofT barely has a Homecoming (about 95% of students couldn’t even tell you when it is) and as far as I know hasn’t had a King or Queen since the 60s.


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible) Mixers/Socials are the primary social events between houses, with Sororities visiting either the Fraternity house or meeting at another location for specific events (bowling, skating, billiards, sporting event, etc). As for parties with another house… well any Fraternity throwing a party always invites the others (and in some cases keeps it closed to non-greeks) and the odd co-hosting events aren’t unheard of.


Good relationship with the University Administration? The term “acceptance but not recognition” pretty much sums it up – they have nothing to do with us, we have nothing to do with them… ie. You stay out of our business and we’ll stay out of yours. This has been the case since about 1960 when the school withdrew recognition of all GLOs.

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life? N/A as there is no Greek Affairs.

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus? see the previous


Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls? Dues average anywhere between 200 – 1000 per semester, with rent of course being on top of that if you live in the house.

Hazing, common or uncommon? Harmful/Stupid Hazing - Pretty much non-existent… or so far from the light of day that it exists only in rumours and conjecture. I’ll admit that I have seen some stuff still around here and there that IHQs would label hazing… but I can’t say I’ve heard of anything hurtful/harmful taking place in years.


Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do? Mainly just the standard fundraisers/collections for each GLO’s specific philanthropic endeavour – other ones include participating in community/city charity events like marathons and such.


Any notable traditions for the Greek System? You mean besides a high proportion of members that take an extra year? I think the only real surviving one has been going to the Madison Avenue Pub after Monday night meetings/socials – the place is pretty much reserved only for Greeks and more business gets done there than at any formal meeting between GLOs… with such a small/select Greek community it is easy for everyone to really mingle there.

[bluefish81]

Originally posted by ISUKappa




Last Time Greek was Student Body President?
I know the previous President was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, I belive the current one is as well, but I'm not positive on that.

You're right, she is Greek. The current president of the GSB is also a Alpha Gamma Delta. She's also one of Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women to Watch (in their Oct. 2005 issue).

[IluvSirFidel]

University: Mississippi State University

Location: Starkville, MS

Year Founded: The University? 1858? As Mississippi A&M

First Greek Chapter: SAE and Chi Omega (I have no idea on dates, though)

More commuter or more residential: Residential

Total Enrollment: 16,000

% Greeks: 18%

# of NIC Fraternities: 13 (Kappa Sig, KA, Pike, SAE, Sigma Chi, Lambda Chi Alpha, FIJI, ATO, AGR, Sig Ep, Farmhouse, Phi Delt, and Delta Chi)

# of NPC Sororities: 6 (DG, KD, Chi-O, ZTA, Tri-Delta, Phi Mu)

# of Locals: Ladies' Social Circle....originally started as an interest group after A O Pi decided not to colonize...I think they're still around.

# of NPHC groups: 9 (All the "Divine 9")

# of Multi cultural groups: 1 (Delta Xi Phi)

Wet or Dry Campus? It's WET now!! (After I graduate, of course)

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.)

Houses...all on campus except for Delta Chi (a few blocks away). Really large houses situated into a fraternity row and sorority row (although Phi Delt, Sig Ep, and Farmhouse are on "sorority row"). Several chapters also arrange to have floors in one of the upperclass dorms because they don't have as many rooms in their houses, and they have 2-year housing commitments.

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon? Um...I don't think so...

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.? No. Most houses have double, some 3-man, some 4-man rooms.

Parties thrown in the fraternity houses? Yes

Your city easy on underage drinking? Fairly...you always hear of people getting MIP's, but most people still manange to get away with it. STARKVILLE HAS COLD BEER NOW. TAKE THAT OLE MISS!!!

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in? Some bars, yes, very easy. Others...No way. There's one bar that I swear I saw a 12-year-old drinking at the other night.


Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other): Structured, about three weeks after class starts. Summer rush parties are held, though, and I think most guys know what they're gonna go before rush starts.

When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system: The week before classes start


Do Greeks run things at your school? (Looks around and says quietly..."Yes")

Last Time Greek was Student Body President? Right now a Phi Delt is President, Just about the rest of the Executive Cabinet is Greek, too.

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King? (Mr. MSU, not HC King)-Every year

Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? (Queen-Every year, NPC or NPHC); (Miss MSU-Every year)


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible) Sororites: I will use my chapter as an example...it is pretty standard. Each semester: 2-3 parties. usually each sorority has a semi-formal or formal, and another party and maybe a grab-a-date. Usually 2-3 swaps, one of which would be a "super-swap" with two fraternities and two sororities. In the spring, every chapter has a crawfish boil, usually with another chapter. Fraternities: parties after home football games, each has a christmas semi-formal, a formal, swaps, and on Super Bulldog Weekend, a huge party. (more below)


Good relationship with the University Administration? Yes, groups get in trouble now and then, but I would say generally they are pretty well liked.

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life? Sororites-wonderful, fraternities have a few more problems...

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus?
Yes, she's a DG, but not from State.

Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls? A lot....most chapters have kitchens and chapter meal plans, though. Once you pay everything, it is the same cost as living in the cheap dorm, buying a campus meal plan, and then adding dues.

Hazing, common or uncommon? Sororities: VERY uncommon; fraternities: I think its "kinda" common. Most are very mum about it.


Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do? Geesh...it seems like every weekend there is a philanthropy event. Every chapter has a signature event, and all the other chapters are very supportive!

Any notable traditions for the Greek System? On Super Bulldog Weekend, every fraternity has their "theme weekend" like Pike has Pike's Peak, Kappa Sigma South Seas, KA Old South, ATO Gator Bash, FIJI Island, and such. It's a really huge time! Also, sororities are notoriously competitive at Derby Days, Kappa Sigma Charity Bowl, and Lambda Chi Watermelon Fest. It's kinda tradition. Guys Bid Day is also traditionally a HUGE party, with lots of mud fights, drinking, and general hullaballoo.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

University: Denison
Location: Granville, Ohio
Year Founded: 1831
First Greek Chapter: Beta Theta Pi
More commuter or more residential: 99% Residential
Total Enrollment: 2,300
% Greeks: 30%
# of NIC Fraternities- 6
# of NPC Sororities - 5
# of Locals- 0
# of NPHC groups - 5
# of Multi cultural groups - 0
Wet or Dry Campus? Wet

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.)

ALL dorms on campus, no residential chapter houses

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon?
nope, or anytime soon


Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.?
lodges and some have basketball courts

Parties thrown in the fraternity houses?
nope, none

Your city easy on underage drinking?
nope

Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in?
nope


Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other)
Defferred- Spring Rush, rather open, NPC is very structured

When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system:
Spring

Do Greeks run things at your school?
not really

Last Time Greek was Student Body President?
This year- LXA

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King? no King
Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? no Queen


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible)
Bar parties, dorm theme parties

Good relationship with the University Administration?
nope, they dont like us, and for no good reason except what happen 10 years ago

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life?
Def.

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus?
Nope, dont know where, but not here... grad school from miami

Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls?
300-400 semester

Hazing, common or uncommon?
common, but not in my chapter

Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do?
Anchor Splash, Derby Days, alot of tourneys, and bake sales

Any notable traditions for the Greek System?
NOPE, none, its sad

[wanderersarah]

University: Case Western Reserve University
Location: Cleveland, OH
Year Founded: 1826
First Greek Chapter: Delta Upsilon (1851)
More commuter or more residential: Residential
Total Enrollment: Undergrad - 3600
% Greeks: 30%
# of NIC Fraternities: 16, plus 1 colony
# of NPC Sororities: 4
# of Locals: 1 (Sigma Psi)
# of Non-Local/Non-NPC Sororities: 1 (Phi Sigma Rho)
# of NPHC groups: 4 (I think)
# of Multi cultural groups: 0
Wet or Dry Campus? Wet


What type of housing arrangements does your system have?
Housing varies widely on campus. There are chapters which own their houses and the land on which they are built, houses that are own by the chapter but not the land, houses owned and run by the university, houses that are owned by the university and leased to chapter housing corps, and well as dorm floors.

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon?

There are plans for a Greek Village. In theory they are breaking ground in the spring . . . But I have doubts.

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.? Nope.

Parties thrown in the fraternity houses? That’s a big YES.

Your city easy on underage drinking? Typically, if a party is broken up everyone just gets let go.


Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in? Depends on the bar really. Generally, no.


Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other) - Open in Fall and Spring

When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system: Deferred Formal Recruitment and COB


Do Greeks run things at your school? More or less, more more than anything. Here are some stats.

79% of Student Turning Point
75% of Orientation Leaders
80% of Undergraduate Student Government
67% of Class Officers
41% of Student Leadership Award Winners
57% of Academic Integrity Board
41% of Mortar Board


Last Time Greek was Student Body President? Greek currently serving

Last Time Greek was Homecoming King? 2004

Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? 2004 The Homecoming Queen is *always* Greek.


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?

As long a mixer is not wet, it does not have to be registered. If there is alcohol at the event, an alcohol permit has to be obtained from Greek Life. My chapter has 3 mixers a semester with fraternities and at least 2 with other sororities. My chapter tries to throw a party with a fraternity once a semester, co-programming is fairly common.

Good relationship with the University Administration?

Greeks have definitely ingratiated themselves ….

Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life?

Depends on the chapter. There are a few chapters who like to push the envelope (intentionally). Most fraternities have an ambivalent attitude towards Greek life (in my experience), Sororities have a closer connection to the Greek Life Office.

Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus? The director of Greek life is Greek, but not from our campus.


Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls?

Greek Housing is generally cheaper than living in the Res Halls, but with dues it averages out.

[B]Hazing, common or uncommon? I would say it is uncommon, but I do not know the inner workings of all of the chapters. But to my knowledge, it is not a problem on campus.


Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do?
There are food/clothing drives, umpteen -thons (flag football, dodge ball, softball), Jello Wrestling, pageants (male & female), parties to raise money, 5K Runs, sponsoring Girl Scout troops, Domestic Violence Awareness Week, Carnation Sales, and so on and so forth.

[flirt5721]

University: New Mexico State University
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Year Founded: 1888
First Greek Chapter: TKE
More commuter or more residential: half/half
Total Enrollment: 20,000 or so
% Greeks: 9%
# of NIC Fraternities 13
# of NPC Sororities 6
# of Locals 0
# of NPHC groups 2
# of Multi cultural groups 2
Wet or Dry Campus? Dry

What type of housing arrangements does your system have (BE SPECIFIC - none, dorm floors, chapter houses close to/on campus owned by chapters, chapter houses far off campus owned by chapters, normal houses rented by chapters off campus, etc.)

At NMSU the housing varies. We have 3 sororities that own their house on campus, 3 sororities that are renting from housing on campus, 5 fraternities are renting on campus, 1 is buying it from the college on campus, 4 fraternities own a house offcampus, 1 is renting on campus and others are unhoused.

Are there plans for construction of Greek housing soon?
Yeah there has been but the likelyhood of that happening is slim to none. They've been planning it since the 60s

Do those with chapter houses have sleeping dorms, open airs, cold airs, porches, etc.?
they have rooms either single or double

Parties thrown in the fraternity houses?
Yes
Your city easy on underage drinking?
NO
Are bars in your city easy to drink underage in?
NO

Type of Fraternity Rush (Open, structured, summer, other)
Open
When Sorority recruitment takes place for your system:
Structured Formal Recruitment

Do Greeks run things at your school?
Yes
Last Time Greek was Student Body President?
Right now
Last Time Greek was Homecoming King? dont know
Last Time Greek was Homecoming Queen? dont know


Describe your typical Greek social Semester?(Are they called mixers/parties/exchanges, must they be registered, how many do you have a semester, any other "greek" sponsored social outlets, is having a party with another house a common thing or a rare thing, describe as much as possible)
They are called socials, we have to register them with the Campus Activies office, it is common for parties with other houses. It depend on the group how many socials we have. We usally have around 3 or 4 each semester

Good relationship with the University Administration?
Somewhat
Good relationship with Greek Affairs/Greek Life?
Yes
Is your director of Greek Affairs Greek? From your Campus?
Yes, Alpha Chi Rho not sure from where.

Average dues associated with being in a chapter? More or less than living in Residence Halls? Active out of house - 400, Active out of house - 1800, New Member - 600, New Member in house - 2000

Hazing, common or uncommon?
Very uncommon with sororities
Fraternities somewhat common

Describe the types of philanthropies chapters do?
Lambda Chi Watermelon Bust
Pike Powderpuff Football
DZ Turtle Tug
AXiD Xi League (Home Run Derby)
PiKapp Couch a Thon

Any notable traditions for the Greek System?
Homecoming - Greek are the biggest participants