2018/2019 Colonies/Expansions/Charters/Closures

[LaneSig]

Congratulations to the following groups on being chartered this past weekend:

Alpha Sigma Phi- Boston University(MA)

Kappa Alpha- Emory University(GA)

Kappa Sigma- Northern Arizona University

Sigma Alpha Mu- University of Rhode Island

Theta Chi- Point Loma University(CA)

[LaneSig]

Congratulations to the following groups on receiving their charters:

Alpha Sigma Phi- Western Carolina University(NC), University of Toronto(Ontario,CN)

FarmHouse- Wilmington College(OH)

[ForeverRoses]

Sigma Pi (Epsilon Chapter) at Ohio University has been expelled due to hazing and other violations of the student code of conduct.

[GoldBows]

Phi Sigma Sigma closed its Delta Epsilon chapter at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada this winter.

[LaneSig]

Delta Upsilon has closed at Swarthmore College.

[LaneSig]

Sigma Chi has closed the chapter at the University of Texas-Arlington. Closure is due to failure to comply with the organizational pledge program and alcohol violations.

[Sororitysock]

The Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter at UC Berkeley has ceased operations after a reported sexual assault in the house. https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/04...ma-phi-epsilon

[dukedg]

Originally Posted by Sororitysock

The Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter at UC Berkeley has ceased operations after a reported sexual assault in the house. https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/04...ma-phi-epsilon

I read this to be a temporary measure while an investigation is conducted based on: The UC Berkeley chapter of the fraternity has “ceased operations,” Kirk said, meaning “all facets of chapter programs or events” will cease while headquarters “staff and volunteers work with the chapter to investigate the situation.”

[Sororitysock]

Originally Posted by dukedg

I read this to be a temporary measure while an investigation is conducted based on: The UC Berkeley chapter of the fraternity has “ceased operations,” Kirk said, meaning “all facets of chapter programs or events” will cease while headquarters “staff and volunteers work with the chapter to investigate the situation.”

My sources on the ground there say this is a formality and they will not reopen in the fall.

[LaneSig]

Sigma Tau Gamma has announced that they will be colonizing in Fall '19 at the University of Kansas.

[LaneSig]

Congratulations to Sigma Alpha Mu at Brooklyn College(NY) on receiving their charter.

[LaneSig]

A weekend full of charters! Congratulations to the following groups on receiving their charters:

Alpha Chi Omega- Rutgers University(NJ)

Phi Mu - Pace University(NY)

Beta Theta Pi- Worcester Polytechnic Institute(MA)

Kappa Sigma- California State University-Channel Islands

Sigma Alpha Mu- Illinois State University

Sigma Chi- Texas Tech University

[LaneSig]

Congratulations to Pi Kappa Phi at Temple University(PA) on receiving their charter.

The University of Texas-Tyler has invited Alpha Tau Omega to colonize in Fall '19, and FarmHouse Fraternity to colonize in Fall '20.

Delta Chi has announced that they will be colonizing at Towson University(MD) and the University of Nevada-Reno in Fall '19.

[LaneSig]

Kappa Sigma has been given a three year suspension by Temple University(PA). No word on if the national organization will suspend the charter.

[JayhawkAOII]

Tri- Sigma's extension to Lindenwood University-Belleville may now not happen. In the Post-Dispatch today, Lindenwood is eliminating most undergraduate programs at the Belleville campus starting in Fall 2020. Undergraduate students, per the article, may transfer to the main campus in St. Charles, MO or finish their degrees on line.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...me-top-story-1