Freshman orientation looked a little different this year.
Greek Life officials consider adding new fraternity to campus
Greek Life has an open spot for a new fraternity after the disbanding of Phi Gamma Delta.
Interfraternity Council elects new leaders, plans to partner with Title IX
The Interfraternity Council has three new leaders for 2019.
Greek recruitment numbers double, IFC amends rush process
Unlike previous years, sororities and fraternities ran recruitment concurrently, as opposed to the usual two-week gap between events.
IFC positions to undergo full transition, election
Positions will be transitioned at 7:15 a.m. Dec. 8 in the Great Hall in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center.
Greek organizations host potluck
Panhellenic Council officials included fraternities in their seasonal potluck dinner.
Officials appoint new interfraternity council adviser
Levi Harrel, associate director of student development, was elected IFC adviser as part of a university initiative to link fraternity and sorority life together.
Greek life opens organizations to transgender students
The national governing bodies of Greek life have taken a step toward opening organizations to transgender persons.
Fraternity withdraws from national organization
Only one of OCU’s fraternities is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference. The NIC is a national association that represents fraternities in the U.S. Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) is the only fraternity at OCU still involved in the NIC. Lambda Chi Alpha resigned its membership Oct. 27. “Lambda Chi believes the NIC’s new direction…
IFC hosts rush week, 41 men receive bids
The Interfraternity Council hosted their rush week Aug. 26-29. The informal night was Aug. 26, where each house hosted an event on campus and any men interested were invited to attend. The two following nights, Aug. 28 and 29 were formal and only those registered to rush were able to attend. The formal nights consisted of formal…
Greek life: A letter to the student body
Submitted by Justis Huddleston and Wolf Ozarow To the OCU student body, The OCU fraternal community is shocked by the behavior of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma. What’s most disturbing about the recent events concerning bigotry and racism at SAE is that this type of behavior is still alive in today’s modern…
Entertainment news round-up for Oct. 23
Martin Scorsese will serve as executive producer on an upcoming authorized documentary on The Grateful Dead, directed by Amir Bar-Lev. “The Grateful Dead were more than just a band,” Scorsese said. “They were their own planet, populated by millions of devoted fans. I’m very happy that this picture is being made and proud to be…
Entertainment news round-up for Feb. 6
Longtime Oscars sponsors Coca-Cola and Hyundai have dropped their support of the event, for reasons undisclosed. PepsiCo and General Motors will take their places. Other advertisers set to appear during the March 2 telecast are Johnson & Johnson, AARP, American Express, Mars, McDonald’s, Samsung, Sprint, and Unilever. For more information, click here. Evangeline Lilly is…
