UC Davis

[ZK761]

I don't think they have been pinned yet, because I believe the Zeta Kappa chapter (Fresno St.) is going to be performing their pinning ceremony soon.

[chicostateksig]

hmm sorry for the misinformation. i thought they were pinned from what i was told the IK chapter went to DAvis but yeah you should know more if your a SigNu so yeah.

How many actives do you guys have in Fresno?

and is Kappa Sigma there strong or weak? idc if you dont like them i just want an honest answer.

[ZK761]

Hey no problem, Yeah here at Fresno we have about 54 actives. As for Kappa Sig, I believe they have around 35-40 actives if I'm not mistaken. I hardly talk to any of them, so I'm not certain on those numbers but I'm pretty sure I'm close. I have nothing against them, the guys I have met and talked to have all seemed chill and nice guys.

[chicostateksig]

Thanks for the information.

[chicostateksig]

how is colonization going?

[ZK761]

I believe it's going strong from what I hear. I talked to Healy yesterday and he said that the expansion team was packing their stuff and ready to move on and let the Davis chapter succeed on their own. I have complete faith that these guys will have their charter within a year or two. When we did their pinning ceremony they seemed really excited and ready to bring back Sigma Nu to Davis.

[Kedzman]

If Chris Healy got 22 candidates going at Davis - that's great. We got 18 at Theta Eta (Northern Illinois), two dropped, and we carried on with 16. Over the next 3 semesters, we recruited another 15, 9 and 11 for a total of 51 when we chartered.

If Davis is 50+ at their chartering - that strong!

By the time they plateau, they will hopefully be at 60+ each fall and taking 25-man pledge classes each fall and 10 in the spring. That is kind of the vision with our chapter at NIU.

[banditone]

25 fall + 10 spring = 35/year = 140 man chapter right before you graduate your seniors. That is great vision on what you guys should strive for.

[Kedzman]

Originally Posted by banditone

25 fall + 10 spring = 35/year = 140 man chapter right before you graduate your seniors. That is great vision on what you guys should strive for.

That is not entirely realistic. Not all candidates will be freshmen - some will be older. Some transfer. Some must drop out for financial reasons. Thankfully, we don't lose any to academics because we carry about a 2.9 cummulative GPA.

Theta Eta will return with 47 this fall. 25 fall + 10 spring gets us up to 82 less those we graduate in the next year which will be perhaps a dozen. We'll return with 70 in the fall 2009. At that point I think we will be graduating as many as we are pledging. If we bounce around between 70 and 100 we will be a top 3 fraternity at NIU - Phi Sigma Kappa and Pike being the other two. We are going to leap-frog SAE and TKE this year.