Anyone know of any other current Kappa Sigma expansionary activity?

[stufield]

Originally Posted by hayden83

Was this individual initiated by any of these groups, or just pledged? Or by affiliated do you mean he was simply rushed by them?

As for your other complaint, I would honestly say step up your game. If a football team is losing a game they don't expect the other team to stop playing.

It would seem that Kappa Sigma did not "step up [its] game". I see that the University of Southern Indiana colony has closed. Another hole in the "most preferred fraternity" myth that the SEC keeps promulgating. We clearly weren't the most preferred fraternity at USI (or any of the 26 other colonies the fraternity has closed in the last three to four years).

[chicostateksig]

We are doing pretty good i believe we are 3rd largest in campus and next year 45 people are all going to come back so we are going to be pretty stable for at least the next 2 years. Rush went bad for everyone no one really wants to join fraternities here as much as they used to. That alot of the Fraternities are going to get suspended for poor academic integrity, so that will be another blow to the system as a whole. We have the Highest GPA so we are good and we already sent the binder to the SEC so we are just waiting for their approval. Which i hope we get the charter, we are expected to get initiated by members of the Theta Zeta Chapter in New Mexico idk how accurate that is but it sounds good, idk why anyone would make this up.
WE lost in the fraternity league softball semi finals to the Champs by 1 run so that kind of blew but its our first year we can take them next year.
but we are doing good we need to fix minor things and people need to start paying dues because they are holding us back.

I really dont like how you have to have 50 men. Honestly its not fair that some are dedicated and some arent just to keep the "number one second to none" thing going. Our Docets are not even that elaborate on certain things unlike for example Sigma Chi's Norman Shield. I love Kappa Sigma but i dont like the way nationals handles some aspects of the Order. I also hate how they dont keep you updated on anything. For example i have a friend who is in KS in Mu-Delta UC Irvine and i told him i was about to be a founder in Chico and he was like i have no idea they were starting a colony there. Someone else told me that 70 guys were signed up to restart UCLA's chapter and that was 3 months ago wtf happend???

oh well i really want to go through the ritual so i can finally understand the meaning behind all of this.

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by chicostateksig

We are doing pretty good i believe we are 3rd largest in campus and next year 45 people are all going to come back so we are going to be pretty stable for at least the next 2 years. Rush went bad for everyone no one really wants to join fraternities here as much as they used to. That alot of the Fraternities are going to get suspended for poor academic integrity, so that will be another blow to the system as a whole. We have the Highest GPA so we are good and we already sent the binder to the SEC so we are just waiting for their approval. Which i hope we get the charter, we are expected to get initiated by members of the Theta Zeta Chapter in New Mexico idk how accurate that is but it sounds good, idk why anyone would make this up.
WE lost in the fraternity league softball semi finals to the Champs by 1 run so that kind of blew but its our first year we can take them next year.
but we are doing good we need to fix minor things and people need to start paying dues because they are holding us back.

I really dont like how you have to have 50 men. Honestly its not fair that some are dedicated and some arent just to keep the "number one second to none" thing going. Our Docets are not even that elaborate on certain things unlike for example Sigma Chi's Norman Shield. I love Kappa Sigma but i dont like the way nationals handles some aspects of the Order. I also hate how they dont keep you updated on anything. For example i have a friend who is in KS in Mu-Delta UC Irvine and i told him i was about to be a founder in Chico and he was like i have no idea they were starting a colony there. Someone else told me that 70 guys were signed up to restart UCLA's chapter and that was 3 months ago wtf happend???

oh well i really want to go through the ritual so i can finally understand the meaning behind all of this.

When I was Grand Scribe we would get all kinds of letters congratulating colonies on their acceptance as chapters, so it's not that IMH that isn't putting the information out there. Also, each member of the executive gets all kinds of e-mails with such information in it, so it gets passed along. I believe there is an email group thats open to everyone -- I can't remember though, when I was on EC the two groups I was required to be in were Kappa Sigma One and 46 East Lawn.

[stufield]

hayden83:

You seem to have some inside knowledge of the Fraternity's affairs. Can you advise as to the schools at which the Fraternity is presently actively attempting to colonize (or recolonize, as the case may be)? Also, can you advise of the schools at which the Fraternity presently has interest groups? These two lists would not be identical, as in several instances the Fraternity could be attempting to colonize at a school at which we do not presently have any interest group ... recruiting from scratch, as has recently been done with the Lambda recolonization at UT Knoxville ... and as some (if not most) interest groups will never progress to colony status, but instead will lose interest, not be able to compete for new members with already established groups on their campuses, decide that they are more comfortable with some other fraternity, and so on. Nonetheless, it would be interesting to know where we do presently have interest groups, so we can see which ones do progress to colony status.

In a November posting on this site, you mentioned a possible recolonization of Delta-Epsilon Chapter at the University of Toronto. Any progress there? It would be great to see a return of our first/oldest Canadian chapter.

[chicostateksig]

Chico State is currently in the works for chartering its Colony. We have 40 guys and rush is this coming week all the other requirements have been taken care of. So we are hopping to get our charter by this semester. I would like the return of Beta Phi Chapter @ UC Davis and UCLA to come back hopefully they will soon.

[hayden83]

Originally Posted by stufield

Can you advise as to the schools at which the Fraternity is presently actively attempting to colonize (or recolonize, as the case may be)?

Currently there are interest groups at Willamette, Rutgers, Drexel, Villanova, Washburn, Colorado State, UCLA, UBC-O, Millikin, UMass, Indiana State, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. John's, Bentley College, Vanderbilt, Widener, Nebraska, Wyoming and Notre Dame. We have ten other schools on our watch list. And we have 29 current colonies.

[chicostateksig]

WHOA fellas we got 16 quality men to join the Kappa Sigma Fraternity today, more than any other pledge class in CSU Chico. WE beat Theta Chi, Sigma Chi, and Delta Chi YES!!! the last check on the check list is complete we have 52 members we are going to send our stuff to nationals and hopefully get chartered soon.

[stufield]

Originally Posted by hayden83

Currently there are interest groups at Willamette, Rutgers, Drexel, Villanova, Washburn, Colorado State, UCLA, UBC-O, Millikin, UMass, Indiana State, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. John's, Bentley College, Vanderbilt, Widener, Nebraska, Wyoming and Notre Dame. We have ten other schools on our watch list. And we have 29 current colonies.

Historically, not all, or even half, of our interest groups ever become colonies. Do any of those interest groups, or which of those interest groups, have a serious/realistic likelihood of becoming colonies this Spring, i.e. before the end of the school year?

[thaloccsta]

hey chico state congrats that you met all the requirements, if this is josh, whats up bro its steve from sac state, we came up and pinned you guys... cant wait to come up and initiate you guys

and definitely dotn expect uc davis back anytime soon, they were given a chance recently and i believe they fucked up again with the same problem.

[hayden83]

Originally Posted by stufield

Historically, not all, or even half, of our interest groups ever become colonies. Do any of those interest groups, or which of those interest groups, have a serious/realistic likelihood of becoming colonies this Spring, i.e. before the end of the school year?

HQ expects 14 of those interest groups to petition for colony status by the end of the year.

[stufield]

Thanks for your informative reply. Please advise at the end of the week how your colony fared with rush. What other fraternities are presently at Chico State. I know that the Greek system has had lots of disciplinary/hazing problems in recent years, and that several fraternities closed there in that time. I also know that Beta Theta Pi closed there withing the past year, although I don't know what caused that to happen. But I would like to know what fraternities are presently at Chico State, and how you rate them.

[chicostateksig]

Dear Stufield

Chico State has traditionally been a party school with a bad rep. and the greek system was strong but right now its doing okay. Our relations with other fraternities are good everyone voted us in IFC unanimous and show their support. A couple of my friends are in Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, and Theta Chi. currently there are 10 IFC Fraternities. so far 50 guys have gone to our events we are going to probably get 25 and maybe hopefully 17 at least will accept our bids (ill report this to you friday once rush is over). About the other fraternities we have: in order of what i think they rank

1. Theta Chi: they are the biggest, known for their parties and socials
2. Sigma Chi: Just took over Beta Theta Pi in sports have the nicest house on campus, i know a great amount of sigs and they are cool kids.
3. Delta Chi: they are also sports but mostly all of them are rich blond kids
4. Kappa Sigma: despite being on campus for less than a year we are the 4th biggest fraternity on campus, we have the highest GPA and best rep (we havent fucked up yet), also sororities like us and everyone is happy that we are giving the greek system a new image. plus the friendly comp. that we bring.
5. Sigma Pi: they just got chartered 5 years ago they are cool guys as well, but their numbers are falling they only got 2 guys in fall.
6. Phi Delta Theta: despite only having 27 members their impression is felt on campus, usually the AS student body president is a Phi Delt, they win greek week, and greek man of the year.
7. Alpha Gamma Rho: i dont really have nothing to say about these guys but they all have pick ups and a nice house.
8. Sigma Nu: they have been here for a long time since the 70s the 2nd oldest greek fraternity on campus (recognized) but they are idk strange none the less a good group of guys i know 4 of those kids well and 2 of them are close friends
9. Phi Kappa Tau: Well they were a important fraternity the oldest one on campus untill they decided to make a porno film a couple of years back once a thriving chapter of 80-100 men is has only 12 guys.
10. Gamma Zeta Alpha: they are just a fraternity that is a Hispanic focused one, they are a good group of guys, but their small.

PS: Beta Theta Pi: was the best fraternity in campus when it came to Sorority relations and Sports no one could hold a candle to them. But they got booted because they hazed, i knew a couple of their pledges last semester and they made them do scavenger hunts, ice baths, locked them in the closet and threw stuff at them etc.

[stufield]

That is fantastic news, chicostateksig. Topping the Theta Chis, Sigma Chis, Phi Delts, Delta Chis, and others is a real achievement. Hopefully, you will be able to do it again in the Fall.

Hopefully your colony will now prepare and forward to IMH a petition that the SEC will find satisfactory. It certainly will be excellent to have another Northern California chapter. As we presently only have active chapters at UC Berkeley, Stanford, San Jose State, Sacramento State, and Cal State Stanislaus, we are moderately, but not highly, represented in Northern California. A sixth chapter at Chico will be a significant and long-overdue addition (we should have been at Chico years ago). Hopefully, your colony/chapter will be followed soon by a recolonization of Beta-Phi Chapter at UC Davis, and a colonization of the University of the Pacific, an excellent school we should also have been at years ago. THEN the Fraternity would have a really strong Northern California presence.

First things first though. Congrats on your pledge class and good luck with your petition. Keep us posted on developments.

[tmorton3]

I'm a sigma nu at the university of wyoming but i've been hearing rumors about the nationals of kappa sig being very interested in starting back up here. (They had the charter taken a few years back) They had the most elegant house next to use, a huge stone mansion, but the damn honors kids are taking it over, so i'm not sure how well that is gonna work out for the kappa sig peoples...

[stufield]

Hayden 83:

You listed 19 interest groups in your February 21st posting on this thread. HQ may well "expect" 14 of them to petition for colony status "by the end of the year" [does "year" mean the end of the academic year, i.e, say the end of April, or the end of the calendar year, i.e. by December 31, 2008].

However,

1. I seriously doubt that 14 WILL actually end up petitioning. Although I'd love to be wrong, I'd bet the number will be closer to seven or eight. At least one out of every two interest groups folds for some reason or other. For instance, I was advised a couple of days ago that interest groups which we had as recently as less than a month ago Drexel, Seton Hall, and Towson have all since collapsed.

2. Just because an interest group petitions, does not mean that HQ (whoever that includes) accepts the petition. HQ may feel, correctly or incorrectly, that the group is not yet strong enough to succeed as a colony ... although that has not stopped HQ from granting colony status to at least 10 colonies in the past two years or so that any outside observer would say had NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER of succeeding, and all of which did subsequently fold.

The Fraternity website had a big announcement a few months ago, complete with a picture of the campus, that an interest group at Florida Atlantic University was preparing its petition for colony status. That was the last mention of that group; not a word about it since on the Website, in The Caduceus, or anywhere else that I have seen. Do you know if that group did submit a petition, which was not accepted? Or did it not get that far, and folded?

I would be very pleased indeed if 14 of the aforesaid 19 interest groups you have identified DO petition, and even more pleased if all of those petitions are accepted. But I'll never know, because the Fraternity is absolutely terrible about reporting to its membership about expansionary matters (or much else, for that matter). Colonies suddenly appear on the list of active chapters and colonies (like Dickinson did in the list few days) without any prior mention of our having an interest group there. Likewise, colonies and chapters simply
disappear from the same list, without any announcements or explanations ... most recently, in terms of colonies, Academy of Art University, University of Texas/Brownsville, and Troy University, the first two of which are among the aforementioned 10 or more colonies that had no chance whatsoever of succeeding and should not have been colonized in the first place. But unless one is paying close attention to the list, one would not even notice such disappearances ... which I suspect is the way HQ wants it ... trumpet the big rush numbers, don’t mention the failures.

Furthermore, we presently also have the opposite and completely ridiculous situation of a colony that is to be receiving its charter on March 8th that is NOT EVEN INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF CHAPTERS AND COLONIES. Until two days ago, the only reason one would even know the colony exists is because a notice of its chartering has been posted on the home page of the Website!! And that announcement does not name the colony or the school at which is located, just that it is in Charlotte, NC. Really now, how goofy is that!! Does HQ seriously think that the administration of the school at which the colony is located (the Charlotte campus of Johnson & Wales University) does not know the colony exists, and will not know if it is not mentioned on the Website??? In the last two days, the situation has been made even more ridiculous in that the colony is included in the list of top 25 rushing groups for 2007-2008, but again does not name the school in the list ... just an empty space where the Johnson & Wales, Charlotte should be! Will the school be added to the chapters and colonies list AFTER it has been chartered, or will it continue to exist in anonymity??? The whole thing is a complete farce.

In any case, my point is that neither I nor anyone else "outside of HQ" will ever know how many of those 19 interest groups eventually petitioned for colony status, because the Fraternity does not announce when such a petition has been received or from what interest group. We can only see which interest groups eventually become colonies when they are added to the chapters and colonies list. The others just disappear without a mention.

If it were not for people like you who clearly do have some knowledge of the Fraternity's affairs, posting on sites like this, those of us who are interested in such matters as expansion would know nothing other than the bare minimum that is posted on the Website. So please do keep posting!