Duquesne University Fraternities (Kappa Sigma Phi and Beta Pi Sigma) - Page 3

honeychile · #1 04-23-2007, 02:13 PM

Just found out that a "kinda-cousin" of mine will be entering Duquesne this fall. If anyone has any information to offer, let me know. She's my uncle's step-granddaughter, and he REALLY wanted her to go to a school with ADPi, as he has two nieces who are ADPis, and so we're "officially involved" with her recruitment!

I did know an Alpha Phi there years and years ago - she was the daughter of one of my favorite teachers, and went on a school trip with us to NYC.

Markasm70 · #2 05-08-2007, 03:40 PM

Mark the Kap here...

Father Ed's real name is Ed Walsh. He is from NY. Big guy, about 6'5" and played street hockey with us on occasion. He was the closest thing we had to an honorary brother when I was there.

As for the Alpha Phi mention, was it Courtney Rethwisch? Her dad was an instructor in the business school at the time. (Affectionately known as Dr. Death Wish)

Also, random comment, but my real big brother (not fraternity big brother) was an APD from 82-86 at Duquesne.

All the best,
Mark (Harry, Fozzie, whatever...)

tjones3100 · #3 08-03-2007, 03:49 AM

Was part of the frat life 89-94. Vice- President Beta Pi Sigma local. We had such a great time. Had the best looking little sisters and the best parties. We were on probation with Father Hogan for 1 year. We had a house which I lived in on Locust that had a blow out party in 1992. $30,000 worth of damage because prior to the party the landlord would not re-new the lease, AND it wasnt Schwartz!!! Garrett Jordan and his crew took over from there. The stories are long and great. Loafers, fights, intramurales, the Goon Squad. Also, I remeber the demise of the Zebes was cause they where the first to go "no hazing" frat. The locals and sheiks remained faithful to hazing in a sense. Zebes were thought of as "weak" frat. I remember the night everyone left Loafers and went up to Towers to confront the Zebes. It was ugly. The locals all got along, sheiks were on and off. APD's were good guys also. Lambs and Zetas were the "hot" sororities. Beta's were a small group but very tight. Never had more than 25 members active. But were all very close. Names like Nino, Scott "mope" Airey, Gary, Paul Healey, Beerman, Garret Jordan, Jay Wytiaz, Tim Stefanick, Greg Wa-Wa, Little Man, Jason Briscoe, Jamie Williamson, Cory Smetak, Mario Caffario, more than I can remember. Also John Levetis, owner of Loafers at the time, treated us real well. Any Betas or goon squad members out there????

Tim Jones

perdido88 · #4 01-04-2006, 02:52 PM

Okay, I will next time. I don't know those guys that you mentioned... I was from an earlier time at Duquesne.. you want me to post the list here on this forum? or send it to an e-mail?

later,

perdido88

duqlamb · #5 11-04-2006, 10:07 AM

I dont know how I got to this website but I'm glad I did. I am a former lamb and I lost touch after I graduated in 1990. I am in Shock with the fact that there is no more LAMBS. No wonder its been a while since i received fund-raising calls. Does anyone know specs of what happened?

perdido88 · #6 11-04-2006, 04:50 PM

Well, apparently Duquesne started cracking down on the local fraternities and sororities. Then, the Lambs had an unfortunate incident where a girl named Meredith died at one of their activities. It was a party, not a pledging function as originally believed by some, and there was alcohol involved. This put the Lambs in a bind. The Lambs lost their charter... then the university got a replacement with the Sigma Kappa sorority.

Despite everything, I don't think the sorority Sigma Lambda Phi should disappear just like that. Its a big part of Duquesne history. Local fraternities and sororities are what make a university stand out from the rest. But I guess the administration does not agree.

That is just my opinion.

later,

perdido88

DuqKAP · #7 02-21-2007, 01:44 AM

Perdido88, your knowledge of KAP is astounding, and your kind words are great appreciated. I am a KAP (85 -90) and had the honor of pledging most of the brothers you mentioned. All of them are great guys, and I still keep in touch with many of them.

Most everything posted is accurate. The KAPS have been suspended from all campus activity. The current KAPS posted pictures on a non related website that showed under age drinking, and that’s what the administration, and Hogan, used to suspend the KAPS. The KAPS, much like the Lambs, had been targeted by administration for many years. And it is a great injustice to remove both groups who have such a history on campus. Most of my female friends are Lambs, and we are all still very close. As recently as November ‘06, we all met up in Pittsburgh for a sort of reunion.

The KAP alumni have been very involved in trying to keep the KAPS on campus, and overturn the administration’s decision. For a brief period, there were talks with Phi Kaps to merge the remaining brothers, but it was voted down by both actives and alumni. It was nothing against the Phi Kaps, it just wasn’t the right road to take for KAPS. At this point, the future of KAP at DU is unclear.

There is a KAP alumni group on Yahoo, DuqKAPS. I believe the member count is 70+ currently.

perdido88 · #8 02-21-2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DuqKAP

Perdido88, your knowledge of KAP is astounding, and your kind words are great appreciated. I am a KAP (85 -90) and had the honor of pledging most of the brothers you mentioned. All of them are great guys, and I still keep in touch with many of them.
awesome! give them my regards....

Most everything posted is accurate. The KAPS have been suspended from all campus activity. The current KAPS posted pictures on a non related website that showed under age drinking, and that’s what the administration, and Hogan, used to suspend the KAPS. The KAPS, much like the Lambs, had been targeted by administration for many years. And it is a great injustice to remove both groups who have such a history on campus. Most of my female friends are Lambs, and we are all still very close. As recently as November ‘06, we all met up in Pittsburgh for a sort of reunion. that is great news! it'd be great if some of those Kaps who didn't graduate from Duquesne could get in touch.

The KAP alumni have been very involved in trying to keep the KAPS on campus, and overturn the administration’s decision.
Hope you guys keep the Kaps at Duquesne..
For a brief period, there were talks with Phi Kaps to merge the remaining brothers, but it was voted down by both actives and alumni. It was nothing against the Phi Kaps, it just wasn’t the right road to take for KAPS. Amen, brother... nothing against the Phi Kaps.
At this point, the future of KAP at DU is unclear.

There is a KAP alumni group on Yahoo, DuqKAPS. I believe the member count is 70+ currently.

oh, cool.. there are some brothers on MySpace.com... since I'm not a brother, I probably won't be able to join the yahoo group.. however, let me know what I can do to help. I've included some responses in your writing.. but it doesn't look anything different from the original post..

perdido88

Markasm70 · #9 07-30-2008, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DuqKAP

Perdido88, your knowledge of KAP is astounding, and your kind words are great appreciated. I am a KAP (85 -90) and had the honor of pledging most of the brothers you mentioned. All of them are great guys, and I still keep in touch with many of them.

Most everything posted is accurate. The KAPS have been suspended from all campus activity. The current KAPS posted pictures on a non related website that showed under age drinking, and that’s what the administration, and Hogan, used to suspend the KAPS. The KAPS, much like the Lambs, had been targeted by administration for many years. And it is a great injustice to remove both groups who have such a history on campus. Most of my female friends are Lambs, and we are all still very close. As recently as November ‘06, we all met up in Pittsburgh for a sort of reunion.

The KAP alumni have been very involved in trying to keep the KAPS on campus, and overturn the administration’s decision. For a brief period, there were talks with Phi Kaps to merge the remaining brothers, but it was voted down by both actives and alumni. It was nothing against the Phi Kaps, it just wasn’t the right road to take for KAPS. At this point, the future of KAP at DU is unclear.

There is a KAP alumni group on Yahoo, DuqKAPS. I believe the member count is 70+ currently.

DUQKAP -- who are you? I pledged in SPC '89. My big is Doberman (he came to my wedding several years ago -- looks the same, just a shorter curly mullet). I joined the Yahoo group and was able to reconnect with Big Joe about the status of the fraternity. I am also on the Alumni Advisory Board for the College of Arts, so I am on campus a few times a year. Whenever we want to make another alumni go at reactivation, I'll do what I can!

KSF,

Mark Henderson, SPC '89

perdido88 · #10 11-14-2007, 10:02 AM

what's the status on kappa sigma phi at duquesne university? does anybody know?

RedRover · #11 11-16-2007, 09:11 PM

Last I heard the Kaps were disbanded. There was some problems, I heard, concerning a hazing incident. One of my friend, who is a Kap alumni, was real vague when I mentioned the disbanding of the fraternity

RedRover · #12 11-19-2007, 01:32 AM

At the risk of showing my age, when I was at Duquesne the following fraternities were on campus: Alpha Phi Delta, Beta Pi Sigma, Kaps, Gamma Phi, Zeta Beta Tau, and Tau Kappa Epileson. Sigma Tau Gammas came to campus when I was still there.

The sororities on campus were Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Tau, Tau Delta Tau, Alpha Gamma Delta and Lambs (whose name I cannot remember).

The major social clubs were Sheiks and Playboys for men and later a women's group, Mynx was formed.

The pharmacy GLOs were real tight: Phi Delta Chi (maroon and gold) and Kappa Sigma (?) (red and grey) were both co-ed and there was women's pharmacy fraternity, whose name I have forgotten but which was similar to Lambs.

Alpha Phi Omega called itself a service fraternity but acted as if it were a Greek Letter Organization. It was militantly all male

perdido88 · #13 11-21-2007, 10:02 AM

Wow.. that was a while ago.. to me, the Sig Taus (Sigma Tau Gamma) seemed that they were there forever.. hee he..

The Lambs were Sigma Lambda Phi... already disbanded and replaced with Sigma Kappa.

The red and gray pharmacy GLO was Kappa Psi.. and the female pharmacy fraternity was Lambda Kappa Sigma.

I guess some things change and some things don't... change is good... but when change is forced, then it isn't good...

aneves · #14 03-08-2008, 06:38 PM

Although I was not a Duquesne University long (was there summer before Freshman year 1976 up to Summer 1977) I was the Pledge Captain for the Class of 1977 Kappa Sigma Phi at Duquesne University. I still stay in touch with a couple of the guys that I pledged with...Spo and not too long ago, Brainz. Those days were some of the most fun days of my life. Back in those days, the Kapps were THE BEST fraternity. I had helped to broker the deal that brought Derby Days from another Fraternity (can't remember which one) that had gone belly up. Anyone that knows me or what I am talking about...please reach out to me....aneves@yahoo.com

Thanks!

Alan

DXwho-d-who · #15 11-19-2008, 03:21 PM

The current male greek organizations on Duquesne's Campus are Delta Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Phi Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa Theta, Sigma Tau Gamma, Gamma Phi (Local) , Tau Kappa Epsilon (colony), Alpha Delta (colony) and Sigma Nu is expected to recolonize this spring. For sororities it is Sigma Kappa, Alpha Phi, Alpha Sigma Tau, Alpha Gamma Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Zeta, Zeta Tau Alpha and I think thats it. There are also a bunch of professionals/service like Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Chi that act almost like social organizations.