Anyone know of any other current Kappa Sigma expansionary activity?

[chicostateksig]

Originally Posted by stufield

Terrific news. Congratulations to the entire colony. Has your chartering date been set?

yeah i believe it is September 6, 2008.

We have to wait longer than those 60 days or w.e but yeah ive waited for this every single day since May 6, 2007 when we were officially colonized.

Cant wait and thanks this is just the first big step for Kappa Sigma's tradition in our campus.

From the looks of it we are going to be Pi-Theta chapter idk why i had this freaky dream around sept last year and saw the letters Pi-Kappa so i was like oh that would be cool if we had those letters but no. ahha. anyways i am happy.

[chicostateksig]

And from the looks of it Delta-Nu UCLA is back as a colony

http://www.kappasigma.org/chaptersByRollNumber.php

http://www.kappasigma.org/php-bin/ne...hp?id=178&ref=

[stevenscarfia]

Hey guys, I am not currently a Kappa Sigma, but I plan on pledging when I move to Anchorage, Alaska next summer. I hope to be at least a pledge of the new Alaskan chapter, but would love it if I could be a founding father (dependent on whether they get their chapter status by next year). I can't wait to become a Kappa Sig!

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by stevenscarfia

Hey guys, I am not currently a Kappa Sigma, but I plan on pledging when I move to Anchorage, Alaska next summer. I hope to be at least a pledge of the new Alaskan chapter, but would love it if I could be a founding father (dependent on whether they get their chapter status by next year). I can't wait to become a Kappa Sig!

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Do you even know any of the Kappa Sigmas there? If your main goal is just to become a Kappa Sig, or be a founding father of a colony, or just to be in a fraternity at all, then I would hope the guys at Anchorage will see through that and refrain from bidding you. So your post should have looked much like this:
Hey guys, I'm not a Kappa Sigma, but I am going to be moving to Anchorage next summer, and am interesting in rushing Kappa Sigma, I have heard about all the great things Kappa Sigma is doing there, and if the brothers see fit, I would very much like to join such a fine organization.

I'm not trying to discourage you, but your words and thoughts should be differently at this point, cause there is no guarantee you'll get a bid.

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by chicostateksig

We have to wait longer than those 60 days or w.e but yeah ive waited for this every single day since May 6, 2007 when we were officially colonized.

Why would the sixty days apply to a colony?

[chicostateksig]

because your supposed to be installed 60 days prior to the SEC vote i have no clue why that is, but it is what it is.

[nate2512]

But generally, over breaks, they offer extensions. So this could be a very similar strategy, if you accept the midterm rush challenge, the time over the christmas break does not count. So over the summer could be considered very similar, since no one else has pledges. There are a few other reasons but they shouldn't be discussed.

[akwilcox]

Stevenscarfia: Will you be in Anchorage this summer (08) or next summer (09)? If you're in the area now, drop us a line-- we're semi-active over the summer...as active as a group can be with so many of us out in the bush or out to sea. We'd love to talk with you about the colony and our upcoming rush.


John

[tkehippy06]

Originally Posted by stufield

tkehippy06 will no doubt be pleased. I see that our University of Southern Indiana colony has closed.

I'm not really pleased per se, but I'm a bit relieved. Maybe in a few years, if the college grows enough and the chapter size grows enough to where another chapter on campus wouldn't be a genuine threat to the survival of all the other chapters... I have no problems with another fraternity joining our campus, other than the fact that Greek life here is barely surviving at 3% of 10000 students.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by tkehippy06

I'm not really pleased per se, but I'm a bit relieved. Maybe in a few years, if the college grows enough and the chapter size grows enough to where another chapter on campus wouldn't be a genuine threat to the survival of all the other chapters... I have no problems with another fraternity joining our campus, other than the fact that Greek life here is barely surviving at 3% of 10000 students.

That's not necessarily determinative, though. My alma mater had a similar issue (low Greek turnout), and Pike was able to come on campus and be successful (from what I've heard).

I understand what you're saying, but there can be situations where an extra Greek org could thrive. Then again, you're on campus, and know better than the rest of us if it has room for another fraternity.

[stufield]

Okay, so Fall is here again, and the new academic year has begun.

I see that one new chapter has been chartered ... Pi-Theta at Coastal Carolina University, located at Conway, SC, not far from Myrtle Beach. The IMH Website has not posted anything yet, but I believe that the CSU Chico and PSU Harrisburg colonies are also set for chartering soon, and that the Lambda-Gamma colony at Jacksonville State is likewise set for rechartering. Hopefully, some other colonies will also receive their charters this Fall. There's no point having colonies if they don't progress to chapter status.

Meanwhile, does anyone know the identities of any schools which we will be colonizing or recolonizing this Fall?

[chicostateksig]

so chico state got installed yesterday. and the worthy grand master was there i am happy to be a full on brother of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. They said UC davis will be back next spring and they want to start stuff in UN Reno, UC Merced and University of the Pacific.

[stufield]

chicostateksig:

Congratulations on the installation of your chapter.
How many founding fathers were initiated?
What is your chapter designation, Pi-Iota?

Thanks for the news about, hopefully, the return of UC Davis and possible new colonies at Nevada, UC Merced, and UoP.

As we should have been at Nevada decades ago, a colony there can't come soon enough.

UoP is a first-rate school, another one we should have been at years ago. However, its Greek system is still expanding, so hopefully we WILL colonize there soon.

So with both Neavada and UoP, as it was with Chico, it's better late than never!

I, for one, have never even heard of UC Merced.

[chicostateksig]

Thanks alot i was almost about to cry but i maned up ahah. it felt great bringing or helping in bring KS to our school. I believed it was a perfect time to do so due to beta's absence and we came in. Yet your right this chapter should have been installed during the rigorous expansion period in which half of these fraternities came into campus the 80s. or late 70s. The ritual going through it was special and i will take its teachings at heart. Yet answering what you asked. we had 51 founders. 3 were already initiated, and about 40 were initiated that day some graduated or are studying abroad so they will have to return to be initiated. The chapter is the 325 Pi-Iota chapter.

Uop is perfect for expansion and you previously stated it. Our Grandmaster's brother is going to be a founder of the future Davis Beta-phi colony which should return spring 09. and UC Merced is a great place to start. This is a new University in the prestigious UC school system. There are presently no Greek letter organizations on this campus. I see this campus doing great things like the rest of its UC counterparts, and its a perfect time to get a foothold in the university that just opened its doors 4 years ago. This will make us a big in that campus and start out pretty easily. I hear that Sigma Chi is in the midst of starting a colony. However i cant wait for future expansion another colony in U of Pacific, Davis will make 5 kappa sigma locations in our district. Nu-Lambda, Omicron-Omega, and Pi- Iota with Beta-phi Colony, and Uof P colony would be great.

I forgot to note that Nu-Alpha Chapter at Cal Poly SLO may also return the DGM talked to me about it, they need to clear things out and they may possibly return spring or next fall as well.

Its a really great time to be a Kappa Sigma.

[flffydg9]

I am willing to be an alumni advisor for a colony at UC Riverside, but it looks like it would be a daunting task. There are only about 300 students in 10 fraternities out of a total enrollment of almost 20,000 and growing. There is no alumni chapter in the Inland Empire, although there are in LA and San Diego Counties. Most or all of the existing fraternities at Riverside don't have houses which reduces the incentive to join. The largest fraternity there numbers only 50 men (as it happens, it is a chapter of the nation's second largest fraternity), the minimum required by our National for chartering. The only way I see a Kappa Sig chapter succeeding is strong alumni support from a to-be-created Inland Empire alumni chapter, and a housing corporation. The strongest sorority on campus seems to be the Pi Phis. As it happens they have a house and a strong alumni chapter. My view is that Kappa Sig has the strength to put a chapter anywhere it wants to given the resolve to do so, but National can't do it alone, it's a question of the resolve of the brothers who live in the area. How badly do alumni want a meeting place. I see UC Riverside as a part of a strong presence in Southern California because it's big and geting bigger, and some students transfer to the other college campuses in SoCal from there, and it is well located geographically to support colonization efforts throughout SoCal, there is no place too far from there. They have an undergrad business major there which always seems to be a good source for members.

Is there any interest and support for the idea of starting a chapter out there and becoming the 11th fraternity on the campus and the largest?