Greek Life
Spring recruitment starts strong in Greek life
Fraternities and sororities never rest when it comes to recruitment and a month into the spring semester, they aren’t close to slowing down. Last week kicked off spring recruitment for Greek life on campus with the Interfraternity Council’s (IFC) Meet The Greeks event. IFC hosted all 12 chapters of Greek life in the Muenster University […]
Sorority members travel to St. Louis, Los Angeles for College Weekend Leadership training
Across the country, thousands of sorority chapter executive teams traveled to two cities to learn more about their respective chapters. Members of Pi Beta Phi traveled to St. Louis from Jan. 24-26, to take part in Pi Phi College Weekend. Members of Alpha Phi attended a leadership conference in Los Angeles on Jan. 31 through […]
Amnesty Day: A day to unite Greeks
Since the beginning of Greek life rivalry, houses have played pranks on each other. Some of these pranks are harmless; some of them, like taking other houses’ belongings, have consequences. On Monday, Greek life houses participated in Amnesty Day. Amnesty Day is a day which allows houses to return any items they have from another […]
Pi Beta Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha haunted house to take place next week
Pi Beta Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha are hosting their annual haunted house on Oct. 24 and 25 with their theme being hospital and insane asylums this year. The haunted house is a fundraising event for Lamdba Chi Alpha and Pi Beta Phi. The event’s proceeds are split between Lambda Chi Alpha and Pi Beta […]
Construction of SAE house to be completed summer 2020
Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity will move into a brand new house next fall. The $2.3 million dollar house is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in May or June. You can check the site of Preserve services https://preserveservices.com/franchise/blog/the-preserve-services-franchise-opportunity-includes-unparalleled-marketing-support/ to get more ideas and information about construction. If you’re […]
Greek homes serve four-year probations, “not a big deal”
From the outside looking in, it might appear Greek Life at USD is under probation. In reality, only five out of the 12 chapters on USD are serving probation sentences. While five houses on probation may seem high, Laura Anderton, director of sorority and fraternity life and leadership, said most are serving old probation sentences. […]
Haunted House fundraising event scares for a good cause
The halls were dark. Around each corner, a new and frightening character popped out. From seven foot clowns to gloomy cemeteries, Lambda Chi Alpha and Pi Beta Phi’s annual haunted house scared students for two good causes. The Lambda Chi Alpha and Pi Beta Phi’s annual Haunted House is a fundraising event that has been […]
Hard liquor banned from fraternities; will be implemented by fall 2019
By Lexi Kerzman and Rachel Newville The North-American Interfraternity Council (NIC) will be implementing stricter guidelines on drinking at fraternity social events. These new rules banning hard liquor from fraternity facilities will start being enforced nationwide and at USD in the fall of 2019. Policy changes follow the death of a fraternity member of Beta Theta […]
Greek Week sponsors blood drive, events
Throughout the week of Sep. 17 to the 21st, Greek life on USD’s campus is holding numerous events for their community, called Greek Week. During this week there are multiple events that help support fundraising efforts for each fraternity and sorority. The first community event was the blood drive sponsored by Greek life. Kylee Patrick, […]
Promotion for Greek Week provides unity, fundraisers
Greek Week begins September 17 at USD and this year, the events are centered around unity. Natalia Dohman, a senior medical biology major and special events chair, helps plan and coordinate all the events of Greek Week. Dohman said she is looking forward to spending time with all the Greek students. “We tried to focus […]