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…
Smith Hall to become ‘interfaith dorm’
Renovations to Smith Hall could make OCU a regional leader in interfaith cooperation. The university’s Strategic Planning Committee approved a proposal in August to redevelop Smith Hall into interfaith student housing. If the university secures fundraising commitments for the project this semester, students could move into Smith in 2017, said Marty O’Gwynn, vice president for…
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…
