Greek Life

mnasy1122
Mon, 23 May 2005 10:53:23 +0000

For frat parties, you need an ID that looks something like you’re 21… that is if you’re a girl (a low cut shirt can’t hurt either…)… for guys it might be a little harder, especially if the bouncer is a jerk.

Pi Kap usually throws some good parties, and the guys that I know that rushed were pretty cool. PIKE has an amazing house, and throws a pretty decent party, though all the ones I went to were invite only (which are always nicer because you’re not sitting on top of each other)… one of my friends nearly pledged them, but ended up pledging Beta instead. DTD is also known as one of the nerdier frats, but they throw awesome parties… they’re moving houses now which kinda sucks because the old house had a nice dance floor with a whole DJ booth, but hopefully the old house will be good for parties as well.

As for sororities, i’m not in one, but I can give a pretty general idea on each…

SDT - Mostly incredibly rich, JAPs. They wear pearls and lacoste and are generally kind of stuck up (from what I’ve seen…) I’ve met a few nice people from there, but for the most part, they’re rich and know it.

Theta - Generally regarded as the anorexic cocaine heads… Definitely a little out there… none of them ever seem completely coherent.

Sigma Kappa - One of the newest sororities and hasn’t really developed a reputation yet… everyone I know in sig kap is incredibly nice and down to earth. Possibly a little on the JAPy side, but then again, it’s Penn and everyone is JAPy to an extent… really nice group of girls.

Phi Sig - They’re kind of the anti-sorority sorority… they’re fairly new and not very popular and have been known to kind of take the girls no one else wants (as horrible as that sounds, that’s how the process works to an extent…)

Alpha Phi - the “nice girls.” They used to be regarded as the “ugly sorority” but they have definitely been changing that reputation. I know a couple girls in there and they are awesome, really down to earth, and your pretty average person.

Chi Omega - the “athletic” sorority since most of the athletes are in it. I don’t many people from it, but those that I do seem pretty cool.

And now i’m completely blanking on the last two!

As for off campus, there’s Tabard… They have some pretty intense pledging, (including carrying around a lunchbox that contains random things and is something every frat boy tries to steal), and are generally considered a little out there. Don’t personally know anyone in it though to give a true opinion…

If I think of the last two, i’ll post about them too… (Btw, most of the descriptions I just gave are the general sterotypes of the sororities and the impressisions I’ve gotten thoughout the year… they weren’t meant to be offensive to anyone!)