FGCU Greeks Hoping to Change Image

FGCU Seeks to Redefine Public Image of Fraternities, Sororities


The fraternities and sororities at Florida Gulf Coast University are hoping to change the public image its Greeks have on campus.

"We are definitely breaking down some barriers," Jon Forbes, president of the university's chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, told Naples Daily News. "Looking from where I was at as a freshman to where I am now, I couldn’t have done it without Sig Ep."

Almost 10,000 students are enrolled at the university, its highest student population to date. As numbers have risen on campus, national fraternities and sororities have been hoping to set up new chapters, but the university has set limitations on those groups.

Currently the campus only has three fraternities and two sororities, with another set to begin recruitment this spring.

The fraternities hope to use leadership and involvement as ways to recruit new members, rather than promoting a party and social atmosphere.

Florida Tri-Delt Girls Get New House

Tri-Delta Sisters Move Back to Sorority Row


By Patrick W. Connelly
Co-Editor, The Frat Boy News

More than 70 sisters of the University of Florida's chapter of Delta Delta Delta last week moved into a brand new 25,000 square foot house right in the heart of the campus' Sorority Row.

"We're just happy to be back on Sorority Row after being gone for two years," Tri-Delta president Christine Banier told a university newspaper. The chapter moved out of its old house about a year before construction began on its new one in May 2006.

The completed three-story house is ready for action, featuring laundry machines on every floor, a library, study rooms, a media room and a parlor.

The house even requires each sister to input their fingerprint to a sensor before entering for security purposes.

"This is going to be a great facility for girls now and for years to come," Bainer told the newspaper.

After fall recruitment, the president told the newspaper the sorority will likely have more than 200 undergraduate members.

Delta Panty Delta

Greeks Speak Out Over New TV Show

Tri-Delta Sorority Not Impressed by 'Greek'

ABC Family's new hit summer series 'Greek' aims to portray the lives of typical fraternity and sorority members, but some are saying the show isn't nearly as realistic as it wants viewers to believe.

"The behavior depicted in 'Greek' happens in sororities as often as doctors look like McDreamy (of Grey's Anatomy," said Michelle Shimberg, international president of Delta Delta Delta sorority. The sorority released a statement immediately following the show's premiere earlier this month.

Frat guys around the country are echoing her sentiment.

"I don't like the image it portrays of the Greek community. It portrays what a stereotypical Greek house is," said Richard Reinhardt, a brother of Iowa State's Beta Sigma Psi chapter.

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A Sorority is Like "Chex Mix," Like Totally

Sorority Members Dispel Stereotypes about Going Greek

As sorority recruitment begins this week at Florida State University, many current sisters are trying to promote their chapters by informing potential new members that the stereotypes that go along with many Greek organizations are untrue.

The best part about this story is the title. I'm not sure what the original author was trying to prove with this piece, but it completely reinforces every negative stereotype of a sorority girl. The article features several members of Delta Delta Delta at FSU. Below is a sampling of the brilliant and well thought out quotes of the Tri-Delt ladies.

"It's a melting pot of loud people," said Jessica Cohen, a sister of FSU's Delta Delta Delta. "It's like Chex Mix. We got all the flavors. The good outweighs the bad.”

The sisters of Delta Delta Delta stepped up to the plate, in defense of the Greek system.

“They think we are snobby and stuck up,” said junior Missy DeMaio, another Tri-Delt sister.

“They think Daddy pays for everything," said Cohen, 20, a junior majoring in fashion merchandising.

“They think I pay for my friends,” said Ashley Schultz, also a junior Tri-Delt.

“I put in blood, sweat and tears,” Cohen said. “We are repaying a lifetime of commitment to a name. We are living a legend.”

Ya, right, uhuh.

Oh yea, the photos above are from a Tri-Delt and Pike "get together."

It sure does look like you're enjoing your commitment to living your legacy, or whatever the hell you were talking about girls.

At least the Pike in the pink shirt and aviators seems to be.

They even enjoy the legacy of nickel beer night, giant beer bongs, girl-on-girl action, skimpy and revealing outfits on Halloween, giant cigars, and share a strong love for our soldiers overseas.

Thank you Google Image Search, thank you. Man, I love it when people unwittingly perpetuate negative stereotypes of themselves.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a power hour to finish. Go Greek!