One of the fraternities has 110 members this semester
Buck is still helping the chapter too. If thereâs anything thatâs an institution itâs him.
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Home to Gamma Delta Iota
Proud member.
Also home to Tappa Kega Bud
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and itza pizza?
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I was there for the conversion to Itza Pizza from the terrible joint before. Cougar something a think.
I get what youâre saying from a logistics standpoint, but Bayou Oaks sucks man
The party areas are way too small, and police always shut down parties
Itâs impossible to truly get rowdy there, and thereâs no way to bring the party outside because itâs still a apartment complex
DU had that crappy house on OST in the late 90s as well.
I was a DZ and we had a small house on Fiesta Lane in the late 90s.
I remember Sigma Nu would haze the pledges in the car wash next door to the house. What a mess.
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Maybe because theyâve had a longer, sustained culture of winning, would be my immediate guess.
Ofc, you can add all the usual reasons that purportedly play against us, like, city traffic, the horrible weather, pro sports, too many alumni from other Universities, etc. (which are all valid, btw)âŠ
But if how people describe the Robertson being full & rockinâ back in the Keenum days is accurate, then maybe TDECU would have a similar vibe (and crowds) if we ever get back to anything resembling the buzz & excitement behind games in those days.
Lol so weak. Thatâs some of the most wholesome hazing Iâve ever heard of.
Iâve always held that there are productive forms and destructive forms.
Productive hazing would be anything that builds comradery amongst the pledges like group tasks where they have to work together, group calisthenics, scavenger hunts, memorizing pledge manuals and history as a group, etc.
Destructive hazing would be alcohol or physical abuse, eating disgusting things, sleep deprivation. Basically anything that is purely meant to humiliate or dehumanize them, or is generally unsafe. It just creates resentment anyway and negates the intent of a fraternity.
Oklahoma State had a street of huge mansion greek houses I believe one street removed from campus. Maybe 6 or 8 gigantic houses.
Something noteworthy that the new head of student affairs was the head of Greek Life at both Clemson and Auburn before, so he might be able to get things done
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I think a lot of it has to do with if there is a pro team in the city or state as well. A lot of the SEC are in states with no pro teams. UT is in Austin which doesnât have a pro team with the exception of Austin FC. It was a town 30 years ago and is now top 10 in population. The same with Colombus Ohio for Ohio StateâŠall that factors in to how many T-Shirt fans there will beâŠ
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Really?
What it really gets down to is what is a definition of hazing? Schools/states all have different definitions of what is hazing.
Driving forces behind hazing laws pretty much boil down to personal safety and legal civil and criminal liability. When you mentioned productive hazing I saw two red flags: scavenger hunts and group calisthenics. Scavenger hunts bring up memories of going around stealing things or putting pledges in a position of danger while attempting to retrieve items. Group calisthenics can get out of hand. What if they are punitive? It really is a slippery slope. In a lot of cases, this is the first chance that 18-19-20 year-olds have power and authority over someone else. It doesnât always go well. Many pledges will accept a lot of things because they want to become brothers.
While I was on my fraternityâs BOD and we would hear about some fraternity activity going awry resulting in injury or worse, we all had the same initial response: please donât let it be us. Why? Lawsuits. Any lawyer will tell you, sue everybody. If they donât belong in the lawsuit, their lawyer will get them out of it. I was responsible for chapters north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of Chicago. I always said I didnât want to lose my house because of something some stupid kid in Maryland did in the middle of the night while I was asleep in MichiganâŠ
I will admit that most events/activities for pledges are designed to provide positive results. But it only takes one or two members for things to go sideways. I had a chapter in the northeast that was always violating our risk management policy. After their third violation (yes, it was only a small handful of chapter members) I went after their charter. I worked with the dean of students who also wanted the charter revoked. Years later, we went back to that campus to re-establish a chapter. All of the offending students had long since graduated, but that dean was still there. Because we were pro-active, we were allowed back on campus. Collegiate members come and go, but administrators stay for years and have long memories,
While houses are nice, they are anchors around a chapter. While chapter numbers are high, housing costs can be spread out. As membership declines, the costs normally donât and individual costs rise in terms of dues and other fees. As costs rise, other fraternities on campus may become more attractive because theyâre more affordable which becomes a a vicious cycle.
I was and still am 100% pro-Greek. I feel they are very good at building skills that can help you later in life.
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I feel Greek Life is an unbelievable network that will serve the individual well !
Go Coogs !
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No metrics. Just opinion.
Funny that Illinois doesnât usually come up as a destination school as much as Wisconsin or Michigan. It must be due to high OOS tuition.
For Texans, Greek dominant schools like Arkansas, OU, Ole Miss and Alabama are draws. Georgia, Clemson and Auburn are a bit more academic Southern schools with strong Greek. Few go north to Missou although it gets high Greek marks in your link.
I thought UHâs Greek participation was closer to 1-2%. Closer to UTD than TX Tech which also has a lot of first gen students.
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I remember that report . It was shocking at the time but I was out of school by then. Some Frats were known to be rather rowdy, know what I mean Vern ?
Go Coogs !
Illinois is located in a rural college âtwin townâ 2+ hours from Chicago, tucked way up against the Indiana border, with a freshman housing mandate.
Lots of people join Greek orgs simply because itâs more fun than living in the dorms.
As I posted above, Bama likely has the most students involved in Greek Orgs with over 11,000.
However, in terms of number of fraternities and sororities, Illinois beats everyone by a WIDE margin, with more than 90 total (which is more than twice as many as Bama and USC, which both have about 40, as an example).
Most of the organized chapter-wide events that are deemed hazing had positive results and were part of the great memories in the chapter. Where our chapter got into trouble was when individuals took it upon themselves to create hazing situations. The problem with organized chapter-wide events is only most are beneficial and well managed - not all. For these reasons there needs to be zero tolerance.
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Does anyone know if we currently have enough female talent to improve Greek life at UH?
We had plenty of decent talent during my undergrad years when Keenum was here but I would think the Tier One status and UH improving academics might have an effect.