Order of Koios?

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>Has anyone here ever heard of something called the Order of Koios? I was actually by the Olin Stacks this past Thursday (6th floor by the Philosophy section) and I heard a couple of kids talking about it. I thought it was some club or something, but it’s not registered under the SAO, so I tried googling it but nothing came up. Could it be a secret society or something? I know Sphinxhead and Quill&Dagger are the secret societies here at Cornell, but maybe this one is new or just more secretive? </p>

<p>P.S. I registered today just to ask this question b/c it’s been bugging me, so I appreciate the help…</p>

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<p>its probably a world of warcraft guild…</p>

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<p>this topic is now the first Google result for the phrase! haha.</p>

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<p>So I googled “koios” and supposedly he was the titan of wisdom and intellect in Greek mythology. So i assume Order of Koios would have to do something with intellect. My guess is that they are some form of honor society/secret society, and they must be really prestigious if no one knows anything about them…</p>

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<p>Or it’s a WoW/some MMO guild.</p>

<p>Which is much more likely.</p>

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<p>yeah i thought it could be a guild or something, but I searched on [GuildPortal</a> Guild Hosting | Search Guilds - Free Guild Sites for World of Warcraft, Aion, Champions Online, Warhammer, Lord of the Rings, Everquest and More.](<a href=“http://www.guildportal.com/search/]GuildPortal”>Loading...) and nothing came up, so I’m almost sure it’s not a guild.</p>

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<p>lol obsessive much?</p>

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<p>If it’s not a guild, then likely you are the creator of such “Order” and are trying this as a viral marketing scheme to build interest.</p>

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<p>chendrix: that could be one explanation or maybe you’re a member of the Order of Koios and are trying to discredit me, so I won’t expose your esoteric society. regardless, I’m going to get to the bottom of this…</p>

<p>i asked Uncle Ezra so hopefully he/she/it replies soon…</p>

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<p>this kid in my hall kept asking about the order. haven’t seen him since though</p>

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<p>If you look at previous DUE posts, you’ll see that there is a 3rd secret society at Cornell, Der Hexenkreis. </p>

<p>From DUE:
"Our own Der Hexenkreis was the very first chapter of Mortar Board, the national senior honorary society. Until 1975, Mortar Board was a women-only honorary. Now guys are allowed, too. </p>

<p>But what does the original society’s name mean? Good question: hexenkreis is German for a chemistry term, “having a valency of six.” (But “valency” also is a linguistics term.) And “hexenkreis” also translates as “witches circle.” I guess those secret societies really had some secrets."</p>

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<p>Hexenkreis’s origins aren’t exactly secret:</p>

<p>[Mortar</a> Board Senior Honor Society ?](<a href=“http://www.rso.cornell.edu/mortarboard/Der_Hexenkreis/About_Us.html]Mortar”>http://www.rso.cornell.edu/mortarboard/Der_Hexenkreis/About_Us.html)</p>

<p>To the best of my knowledge, it was the first-ever female honor society.</p>

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<p>Yeah I’ve heard about them…Der Hexenkreis hosts the Last Lectures each year…they’re not a secret society though, since their roster is published in SAO.</p>

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<p>Sphinx Head and Quill and Dagger’s rosters are published in the Daily Sun.</p>

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<p>Secret society only means that their actual activities and day-to-day business is kept secret…</p>

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<p>you probably have the spelling wrong, and its probably a guild or group or something similar, I doubt its a secret society.</p>

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<p>Seems like that definition would apply to a lot of the Greek-letter organizations on campus as well. A lot of organizations keep at least some of their business private.</p>

<p>There is the Order of the Coif. Could that be it?</p>

<p>Otherwise, I’m interested in why a Harvard sophomore was hanging out in Olin Library and trying to research Cornell student organizations. Don’t you have a Finals Club party to attend?</p>

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<p>Order of Coif? that could be it. it’s a law-oriented honor society, so that could be it, since the law school is here, but I’m almost positive I heard Koios, not Coif. </p>

<p>As for the whole Harvard sophomore thing, it’s my way of being a chameleon on the harvard college confidential board.</p>

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<p>I don’t know. This sounds kind of fishy, but you never know.</p>

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<p>It could possibly be something associated with the Greek system. Many of the male Greek houses have secret elements to their membership – ritual, traditions, etc. At least Rockledge, Alpha Delt, and Lamda Chi all have pretty clandestine stuff going on.</p>

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<p>But you never posted on the Harvard forums. Only Cornell.</p>