MU Greek Life
Encyclopedia
The University of Missouri
in Columbia, Missouri
is home to one of the oldest and largest Greek systems
in the United States
. Greek Life
at the University of Missouri
originated on June 12, 1869, when Phi Kappa Psi
National Fraternity organized its Alpha chapter, becoming the first fraternity
chapter to be established at a public institution
west of the Mississippi River
. As of December 2009, more than 70 Greek-letter organizations
remain active at MU
. Of the 23,659 undergraduate students
enrolled for the fall 2009 semester, roughly 22% are members of fraternities and sororities
, totaling over 5,000 members in 28 Interfraternity Council
chapters, 14 National Panhellenic Conference
chapters, 6 National Pan-Hellenic Council
chapters and 2 Multicultural Greek Council
chapters.
from the Indiana Alpha chapter, wrote to the president of the University of Missouri
, asking him to name the five most outstanding men on campus. The men nominated were James Cooney, Eli Penter, John Prather, Prosser K. Ray and Bentley H. Runyan. All five were receptive to the idea of establishing a chapter of Phi Kappa Psi at Missouri, and they were initiated and the Missouri Alpha chapter was chartered on June 12, 1869. The Missouri Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Psi became the first chapter of a fraternity
founded at any public university
west of the Mississippi River
.
When the Zeta Phi Society
was founded on November 7, 1870, one might say that the Greek Life
system at MU
was born, as there was now two Greek-letter organizations
on campus. Phi Delta Theta
installed its Missouri Alpha Chapter just two weeks after the founding of Zeta Phi
, which brought the total to three active groups. The first women's group to form was the Theta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma
, which installed on April 2, 1875. Missouri Alpha of Phi Kappa Psi
went on to fold the next year in 1876 after initiating 72 men. As a result, Zeta Phi
, which later became a chapter of Beta Theta Pi
, holds the title of the oldest fraternity in continuous existence at the MU
.
The first professional fraternity
to establish itself at MU
was the Phi Delta Phi
law fraternity
in 1890. Professional fraternities
, which became co-ed in the 1970s
, continue to play an influential role at the University. In fact, the fraternity
with the largest number of members at the MU
is a professional fraternity
- Alpha Kappa Psi
.
The first historically black fraternity
to establish a chapter at MU
was Kappa Alpha Psi
, when the Delta Omega chapter was established on March 18, 1961. Since that time, the remaining members of the Divine nine have all chartered chapters at the University.
An out of control New Year's Eve party hosted by Alpha Tau Omega
resulted in five arrests and more than $40,000 in damages when the raucous crowd spilled out of the Holiday Inn Riverfront into downtown St. Louis. A trail of broken glass and underwear led out of the hotel into the streets. Police Lt. Richard Swateck said that "it was disgusting," in reference to the event that was described as "worse than 'Animal House'"
1988
In the early hours of April 22 the Phi Delta Theta
house caught fire and burned to the ground. Residents were forced to evacuate and move into dorms. The fire caused an estimated $700,000 in damage to the property. The house was rebuilt in the summer of 1988 and the members moved back in for the fall semester.
1989
At the annual Bid Day Bash street party in August, the first in a series of sexual assaults took place when a sophomore was raped as she returned home from the fraternity-sponsored event.
In October, the University suspended 28 "little sister" organizations following four alcohol-related, fraternity-associated sexual assaults during the first half of the fall semester. The action was followed by a new alcohol policy in December that restricted drinking to party guests who are at least 21 years old and prohibited the distribution of alcohol after 1:30 am.
1990
Sigma Kappa
re-chartered on January 28, 1990. The sorority had originally chartered on campus with a small group in 1968, but without ever acquiring permanent housing, it closed soon after in 1973.
In August, the annual Bid Day Bash resulted in 7 arrests and 35 people were admitted to the hospital with injuries. The Greektown-wide party, sponsored by Phi Kappa Theta
and sanctioned by the Inter-Fraternity Council, was an annual tradition to celebrate the selection of women by sororities. An estimated 10,000 people attended, despite Phi Kappa Theta's to refusal to supply liquor due to new restrictions imposed following alcohol-related problems the previous year. Many party-goers brought coolers full of beer and overwhelmed the 25 police officers assigned to the event. A local high school student sustained serious burns when he climbed to the top of a telephone pole and attempted to drink a can of beer while being pelted from below with bottles and cans full of beer. He fell into the crowd below after grabbing an electrical wire. When emergency crews attempted to reach the student, the front window of an ambulance were broken out and a police car's back window was broken by bottles and cans thrown from the crowd.
In September, Phi Kappa Theta
and Alpha Tau Omega
were placed on probation for their roles in the Bid Day Bash street party.
1991
In February, Phi Kappa Theta
, which was already on probation following the fall Bid Day Bash, was suspended for four years following reports of sleep deprivation of pledges and other hazing activities at the fraternity house.
1993
At the close of the spring 1993 semester, Alpha Gamma Delta
headquarters dissolved MU's Epsilon Alpha chapter after several years of unsuccessful recruitment. The sorority had struggled continuously in membership numbers since returning to campus in 1982. The former Alpha Gamma Delta House was purchased in 1993 by Alpha Kappa Lambda
.
1994
Phi Kappa Theta
returned to campus in the fall, following its three year suspension. In addition, the Beta Tau chapter of Iota Phi Theta was chartered on April 17th.
1995
Sigma Chi
was placed on probation for the fall semester after tying a member naked to a light pole in the middle of campus and throwing garbage at him.
1996
National expansion representatives from Delta Sigma Phi
began recruiting on campus in January in an effort to recolonize the chapter at MU, which lost its charter in 1994. Tau Kappa Epsilon
leased the Delta Sigma Phi house while that fraternity was dissolved.
1997
Lambda Chi Alpha
's charter was suspended, and the fraternity moved from its house at 503 Kentucky Ave.
Tau Kappa Epsilon
turned over its charter to its headquarters following several semesters of struggling recruitment.
Predominantly Jewish sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi
closed its doors due to declining membership at the end of spring semester and Alpha Kappa Lambda
purchased the house.
The new Alpha Tau Omega
house was completed at 909 Richmond Ave., and it was touted as the first substance-free house at MU. The $2.5 million, 22000 sq ft (2,043.9 m²), house included a state-of-the-art computer room, an underground parking garage, and six-person suites complete with common areas.
In October, a freshman Beta Theta Pi
pledge was found drunk, naked, and injured outside Mark Twain Hall after a pledge event. This issue was the breaking point in a series of alcohol related problems with Greek houses that forced campus officials and the Greek community to begin looking into a complete ban of alcohol from the Greek houses on campus. The policy to be implemented would become commonly known as "Dry2K".
Also in October, Alpha Tau Omega
members were discovered to have dumped approximately three truckloads of garbage around the house of UM President Manuel Pacheco. The garbage consisted mostly of straw, plastic cups, broken beer bottles, smashed pumpkins ,and a broken toilet bowl. The trash was found to be from the fraternity's "Cornjigger" party.
1998
Sigma Tau Gamma
closed its chapter due to membership difficulties. At the time, the fraternity was located on Providence Rd. between the Alpha Phi
and Pi Kappa Alpha
houses.
The Beta Epsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Phi
closed on August 22 following several semesters of warnings from its national headquarters regarding low recruitment numbers. Ownership of the Pi Kappa Phi house was immediately turned over to Boone County National Bank and Zeta Beta Tau
Fraternity.
Since reaching a low point as the smallest sorority on campus in 1997, Alpha Phi found itself in the middle of a membership crisis. Alpha Phi International forced current members into immediate alumnae status in 1998 to prepare to recolonize the chapter with new members beginning in September. The result was a divided Greek community. Many Greeks wore buttons that said "MU Greeks Stand Together: I Support the new Alpha Phi".
1999
On May 8, MU freshman Dominic Passantino died in a fire at the Sigma Chi
house at 500 S. College Avenue. Passantino had been sleeping on the top bunk of a wooden loft that was enclosed in sheetrock. A lit candle caught the bunk on fire and quickly spread through the house before firefighters could contain the flames.
On July 6, fire gutted the vacant former Pi Kappa Phi house at 915 Richmond Ave. The cause of the fire was ruled as arson, and the last person in the house before the fire committed suicide. The house had been sitting vacant for the past year since Pi Kappa Phi has disbanded due to financial troubles.
In 1999, both Alpha Tau Omega
and Kappa Alpha Psi
were found guilty of hazing violations. Kappa Alpha Psi denied the allegations and were suspended from campus for four years. Alpha Tau Omega admitted to the violations, and the chapter was banned from many campus activities. In response, the fraternity's headquarters placed a full-page advertisement in The Maneater that stated that the fraternity condemns hazing and is taking actions to assure ATO becomes a "strong community citizen."
2000
The Dry 2000, or "Dry2K," policy went into effect beginning in the fall semester. The new policy banned alcohol in Greek housing, and also at off-campus social events unless a licensed third-party vendor is contracted to handle the alcohol.
In November, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
was found guilty of violating Dry 2000 and coercing pledges to drink. SAE was to be suspended until December 31, 2001. SAE national headquarters appealed the suspension, citing due process violations, and as a result, the suspension was reduced to one semester and lifted prior to the start of the fall 2001 semester.
2001
Several freshman lead an initiative to bring Sigma Tau Gamma
back to the MU campus; however, the IFC's President's Council unanimously rejected the group's request for IFC recognition of the fraternity twice in 2001. The IFC cited that the fraternity needed to show more professionalism and seriousness.
In the fall, Phi Mu
began recruiting in its efforts to establish its new chapter at MU. It had been selected the past May to become the 14 sorority on campus, beating out other finalists Delta Zeta
and Alpha Omicron Pi
. Phi Mu would reconstruct a house at the site of the former Lambda Chi Alpha house at 503 Kentucky Ave. Phi Mu had previously been active at MU from 1913 until World War II. Phi Mu's original chapter resided at the same location nearly 60 years earlier.
In October, the colony of Delta Sigma Phi
regained their charter to once again become an official chapter.
2002
In fall 2002, Lambda Chi Alpha
began recolonization on the MU campus, creating the largest fraternity colony in the history of Mizzou.
In October, Greek Life and the interim vice chancellor for Student Affairs at MU imposed a four-year suspension on Sigma Chi
following severe hazing violations. Sigma Chi's international headquarters went on to revoke the chapter's charter in response to the violations.
2003
In April, the new Lambda Chi Alpha
colony signed a three-year lease with an optional fourth year on the Sigma Chi
house at 500 S. College.
The first Latino fraternity to establish a chapter at MU
was Lambda Sigma Upsilon
, when the Cemi chapter was established on April 4, 2003.
Sigma Tau Gamma
was denied recognition for a third time by IFC before finally gaining approval following its fourth request for recognition.
Acacia
was granted recognition as a colony on their first attempt, returning to campus after their 1983 departure.
In the fall, Pi Kappa Phi
began the process of recolonizing on the MU campus, following their 1998 departure.
Sigma Kappa
was warned by its headquarters that it could face losing its charter if recruitment numbers were not significantly boosted in the fall.
2004
On January 28, Sigma Kappa
voted to cease operations and assume dormant status, because the charter was still falling significantly short of minimum numbers for recruitment that had been set by the sorority's national headquarters. Sigma Kappa members remained active in Greek life through May, at which time they assumed alumnae status. The sorority's housing corporation planned to retain ownership of the house at 908 Curtis Avenue.
On April 6, the Greek Week blood donation coordinator for Gamma Phi Beta
, sophomore Christie Key, wrote in an email to sorority members, "I dont care if you got a tattoo last week LIE. I dont care if you have a cold. Suck it up. We all do. LIE. Recent peircings? LIE...Even if youre going to use the Do Not Use My Blood sticker, GIVE ANYWAY...We're not messing around. Punishment for not giving blood is going to be quite severe." The sorority was disqualified for the blood drive event, and the story was picked up by the Associated Press and gained national attention through coverage on media outlets such as Fox News and the New York Times. According to a statement from Gamma Phi Beta national headquarters, the blood drive e-mail had been sent "without the consent or approval of any chapter officer."
In late April, it was reported that members of Kappa Alpha Order
packed an antique cannon on their front lawn with fireworks in an attempt to simulate a cannon blast. The cannon was actually packed with gun powder only. The fireworks were set off away from the cannon hours before the cannon exploded. The blast from the gun powder destroyed the cannon and sent an 8 inches (203.2 mm) portion of the cannon crashing through the roof of an apartment building across the street. The large piece of metal tore through the fifth floor of the apartments before crashing through the ceiling and coming to a rest on a pingpong table a fourth floor lounge. Three members of the chapter were arrested, and the chapter was temporarily suspended pending the results of an investigation. Following the investigation, the chapter was allowed to keep its charter, but it was placed on social probation for one year and ordered to provide educational training to other MU Greeks.
Sigma Tau Gamma was officially re-chartered in the fall. On November 13, Pi Kappa Phi also regained its charter from its national organization.
In December, two members of Alpha Gamma Rho
were charged with animal abuse after stuffing about 40 opossums into a plastic barrel as part of a bizarre contest. Following the incident, which took place on November 19, the Missouri Department of Conservation quoted members as saying they "planned to release the opossums into the yard of another fraternity." Only half of the opossums were found to still be alive after they were discovered. The Department of Conservation released the living opossums in a remote area.
2005
Expansion consultants from Tau Kappa Epsilon
arrived on campus in October to begin recolonization efforts at MU following the fraternity's 1997 departure from campus. Acacia was officially re-chartered in the Spring.
In November, a junior member of Phi Kappa Psi
sued the fraternity, alleging that the former MU chapter president Kyle Jackson sexually assaulted him in October 2003. In his complaint, he also alleged that neither the local chapter nor national organization did anything when he complained. Records indicated that several allegations of sexual assault had also been filed against Jackson while he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi chapter at Arizona State University
. Jackson was later expelled from the Arizona State chapter before coming to the University of Missouri.
2006
In February, Sigma Chi
returned to the MU campus after losing chapter status in 2002 due to severe hazing violations. According to the Department of Student Life, members of Sigma Chi contacted the university in 2005, and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Cathy Scroggs gave them permission to begin recruiting new members in 2006. The fraternity would face intense scrutiny and be forced to meet certain criteria during its first several years back on campus in order to get out of probation.
On March 7, 2006, the Tau Kappa Epsilon
colony was admitted to IFC, following a vote from the Interfraternity Council presidents. The colony initiated its first members on March 12.
Spring 2006 also brought the loss of Phi Gamma Delta
's charter because of hazing violations and financial difficulty.
Pi Kappa Phi
began leasing the vacant Sigma Kappa
house at 908 Curtis Avenue in August 2006.
In 2006, Sigma Phi Epsilon
implemented drastic changes to improve the image of its MU chapter after a hazing incident in which a group of pledges were told to “kidnap” an older member member of the chapter in a prank that caused worried onlookers to call campus police. In response, SigEp eliminated its pledge program at its Missouri Alpha chapter and adopted the "Balanced Man Program" along with a new set of membership standards that included a minimum 2.6 grade point average. The fraternity's national headquarters kicked out a dozen members who did not meet the new standards, and another 41 members chose not to return to the chapter as a result of the changes. The house also underwent an extensive renovation and expansion that was completed in 2007.
In November, Alpha Tau Omega
once again found itself under intense scrutiny when the MU chapter caused more than $10,000 worth of damage to a Lake of the Ozarks resort during the weekend of November 12–13. The fraternity was responsible for throwing dishes and furniture into the lake and causing significant damage to a golf cart when a fraternity member attempted to drive it over the lake retaining wall. ATO's national chapter chose to penalize the individual members involved rather than the chapter as a whole, and the resort agreed not to press charges as long as the fraternity compensated for the damages within one week of the offense. The MU Greek Life office, however, imposed nine sanctions on Alpha Tau Omega as a result of their actions at the resort.
2007
Alpha Tau Omega
was banned from participation in Greek Week activities after holding a major social event that violated the social probation that had been imposed on the chapter after damaging property at a hotel in Lake of the Ozarks in November 2006. Delta Upsilon
was also banned from Greek Week as part of probation that would last until May 2008.
The Xi Xi colony of Sigma Chi
regained its house at 500 S. College Avenue in summer 2007, which had previously been leased to Lambda Chi Alpha since 2003. In August, the chapter hosted Sigma Chi's International Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, and the colony regained its status as an official chapter of Sigma Chi at that time. The international president of the fraternity was on hand to lead the initiation of the members and return the charter.
With Lambda Chi Alpha
forced to move out of the house at 500 S. College, it in turn purchased the house formerly belonging to Delta Chi
at 111 E. Stewart Road. Low membership forced Delta Chi to sell its house on Stewart. Despite low membership, Delta Chi planned to remain active on campus and hoped to invest the money toward purchasing or constructing a new house in three to five years.
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity reactivates its chapter at the University of Missouri. The Omega chapter left Missouri in 1994 due to dwindling recruitment rates.
In September, "Frat Pit" was declared off-limits to tailgating. "Frat Pit" was a popular area for several Greek groups to tailgate, located at the corner of Providence Road and Champions Drive. The Office of Student Affairs, Administrative Services, the athletic department and the MU Police Department all had a part in the decision to prohibit student tailgating at the popular location. Several past violations at the location, including charges of possession of alcohol by a minor, complaints of public urination, and community disturbance, led to the decision to declare the location off-limits.
Due to the growing number of women interested in joining sororities on campus, the Panhellenic Council voted to invite Sigma Sigma Sigma
to join the Greek community at MU on Monday, October 15, 2007. Sigma Sigma Sigma accepted the invitation and plans to colonize at MU in fall 2008.
2008
In January, two members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
were arrested on suspicion of first-degree burglary and felony stealing after allegedly breaking into the nearby Kappa Sigma
fraternity house.
In March, the Theta Chi
interest group was recognized for the first time as an official student organization on campus, and on May 11, the interest group achieved status as an official colony of Theta Chi after reaching 25 members. The colony hoped to achieve chapter status by the close of the fall 2008 semester.
In June 2007, the MU Department of Student Life notified Sigma Alpha Epsilon
of five sanctions against the fraternity. In February 2008, SAE was notified by of the Greek Life Office of 11 additional sanctions against the fraternity. On April 3, 2008, the Department of Student Life notified SAE that that fraternity had officially lost its status as an official student organization at the university, effective immediately. The sanctions would last until August of 2012, which would allow all current members to graduate before the fraternity could become active again. SAE did not appeal the actions taken by the Department of Student Life, and an investigation began by SAE national headquarters that was separate from the MU Student Life investigation.
Alpha Delta Pi
, Phi Kappa Theta
, and Tau Kappa Epsilon
were named champions of Greek Week 2008. Controversy surrounded the results because Alpha Delta Pi sorority had been disqualified from the blood drive event in accordance with the Greek Week rule book. Phi Kap and TKE were not guilty of the offense, and therefore the two fraternities still received points that they had earned as organizations. A number of other Greek students felt that the pairing should have been penalized as a whole instead of only ADPi. Such a move would have prevented the trio from capturing the Greek Week championship.
Members of Phi Kappa Theta
, Tau Kappa Epsilon
, Sigma Chi
, and FarmHouse
hosted a special benefit concert on April 22 at the Blue Note to raise money to help the family of Mike Maniaci, a senior member of Phi Kappa Theta and Alpha Kappa Psi who was critically injured after being hit by a car while on spring break in Panama City Beach, Fla.
Following Sigma Alpha Epsilon's loss of status in April as an official organization, the chapter's charter was suspended indefinitely by SAE headquarters. Acacia Fraternity
quickly took advantage of the opportunity and signed a two-year lease on the property with the option of adding an additional two-year extension. Acacia moved into the residence at 24 E. Stewart Road on June 1 after previously residing at a much smaller residence at 1404 Wilson Ave.
On October 12, eight members of Delta Tau Delta
were taken into police custody in Osage Beach, Missouri
after stealing pirate-themed souvenirs from miniature golf courses. Police also recovered several signs that belonged to Tan-Tar-A Resort along with "a large quantity of alcoholic beverages."
2009
In January, University officials announced that Alpha Tau Omega
had lost its recognition as a student organization until the 2011 fall semester. The fraternity had repeatedly broke the student conduct code while already on probation. Columbia Police Records even showed that the police had been called to the ATO residence 25 times over the course of the past year. In addition to losing official student organization status, ATO CEO Wynn Smiley announced that ATO headquarters had also revoked the chapter's charter.
With the departure of ATO from campus, Sigma Sigma Sigma
sorority announced in February that it would begin occupying the ATO house at 909 Richmond Avenue in time for 2009 formal recruitment. Sigma Sigma Sigma began colonizing in 2008 and chartered in January 2009.
On Thursday, February 19, Theta Chi Fraternity gained associate member status in the Interfraternity Council. Nineteen of the 27 IFC chapter presidents voted for the addition of Theta Chi to the council.
On Monday, March 16, the Columbia City Council voted to require all campus group houses in the city to install automatic fire sprinklers. The highly contested ordinance requires all Greek houses to install at minimum a 13R sprinkler system, which saves lives but does not ensure structural safety. In addition to Greek houses, the ordinance also applies to other campus groups who operate housing, such as Campus Christian House.
Saturday, April 18 marked the day the Theta Chi
colony at the University of Missouri became an official chapter of the national fraternity. The newly founded Iota Mu chapter was installed with a total of 48 newly initiated members.
2010
Iota Phi Theta returned to campus in the spring semester after several years of having no active collegiate members within the Beta Tau chapter.
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, totaling over 5,000 members in 28 Interfraternity Council
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from the Indiana Alpha chapter, wrote to the president of the University of Missouri
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, asking him to name the five most outstanding men on campus. The men nominated were James Cooney, Eli Penter, John Prather, Prosser K. Ray and Bentley H. Runyan. All five were receptive to the idea of establishing a chapter of Phi Kappa Psi at Missouri, and they were initiated and the Missouri Alpha chapter was chartered on June 12, 1869. The Missouri Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Psi became the first chapter of a fraternity
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founded at any public university
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west of the Mississippi River
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When the Zeta Phi Society
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system at MU
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was born, as there was now two Greek-letter organizations
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on campus. Phi Delta Theta
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installed its Missouri Alpha Chapter just two weeks after the founding of Zeta Phi
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, which brought the total to three active groups. The first women's group to form was the Theta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma
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, which installed on April 2, 1875. Missouri Alpha of Phi Kappa Psi
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went on to fold the next year in 1876 after initiating 72 men. As a result, Zeta Phi
Zeta Phi
The Zeta Phi Society was a fraternal organization founded at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in 1870. The society became a chapter of Beta Theta Pi in 1890...
, which later became a chapter of Beta Theta Pi
Beta Theta Pi
Beta Theta Pi , often just called Beta, is a social collegiate fraternity that was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad which includes Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi. It has over 138 active chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada...
, holds the title of the oldest fraternity in continuous existence at the MU
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
.
The first professional fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
to establish itself at MU
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
was the Phi Delta Phi
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Delta Phi, ΦΔΦ, is the world's second largest legal fraternity. Phi Delta Phi is the second oldest legal organization in continuous existence in the United States and third oldest in North America...
law fraternity
Professional fraternity
Professional fraternities, in the North American fraternity system, are organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession and whose membership is restricted to students in that particular field of professional education or study...
in 1890. Professional fraternities
Professional fraternity
Professional fraternities, in the North American fraternity system, are organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession and whose membership is restricted to students in that particular field of professional education or study...
, which became co-ed in the 1970s
1970s
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, continue to play an influential role at the University. In fact, the fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
with the largest number of members at the MU
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
is a professional fraternity
Professional fraternity
Professional fraternities, in the North American fraternity system, are organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession and whose membership is restricted to students in that particular field of professional education or study...
- Alpha Kappa Psi
Alpha Kappa Psi
ΑΚΨ is the oldest and largest professional business fraternity. The Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity was founded on October 5, 1904 at New York University, and was incorporated on May 20, 1905...
.
The first historically black fraternity
National Pan-Hellenic Council
The National Pan-Hellenic Council is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities. The nine NPHC organizations are sometimes collectively referred to as the "Divine Nine"...
to establish a chapter at MU
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
was Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin...
, when the Delta Omega chapter was established on March 18, 1961. Since that time, the remaining members of the Divine nine have all chartered chapters at the University.
Recent history
1986An out of control New Year's Eve party hosted by Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
resulted in five arrests and more than $40,000 in damages when the raucous crowd spilled out of the Holiday Inn Riverfront into downtown St. Louis. A trail of broken glass and underwear led out of the hotel into the streets. Police Lt. Richard Swateck said that "it was disgusting," in reference to the event that was described as "worse than 'Animal House'"
1988
In the early hours of April 22 the Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta , also known as Phi Delt, is an international fraternity founded at Miami University in 1848 and headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and Sigma Chi form the Miami Triad. The fraternity has about 169 active chapters and colonies in over 43 U.S...
house caught fire and burned to the ground. Residents were forced to evacuate and move into dorms. The fire caused an estimated $700,000 in damage to the property. The house was rebuilt in the summer of 1988 and the members moved back in for the fall semester.
1989
At the annual Bid Day Bash street party in August, the first in a series of sexual assaults took place when a sophomore was raped as she returned home from the fraternity-sponsored event.
In October, the University suspended 28 "little sister" organizations following four alcohol-related, fraternity-associated sexual assaults during the first half of the fall semester. The action was followed by a new alcohol policy in December that restricted drinking to party guests who are at least 21 years old and prohibited the distribution of alcohol after 1:30 am.
1990
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
re-chartered on January 28, 1990. The sorority had originally chartered on campus with a small group in 1968, but without ever acquiring permanent housing, it closed soon after in 1973.
In August, the annual Bid Day Bash resulted in 7 arrests and 35 people were admitted to the hospital with injuries. The Greektown-wide party, sponsored by Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta is a national social fraternity with over 50 chapters and colonies at universities across the United States. "Phi Kaps", as they are commonly referred to colloquially, are known for diversity among their brothers and a dedication to service.-History:Phi Kappa Theta was established...
and sanctioned by the Inter-Fraternity Council, was an annual tradition to celebrate the selection of women by sororities. An estimated 10,000 people attended, despite Phi Kappa Theta's to refusal to supply liquor due to new restrictions imposed following alcohol-related problems the previous year. Many party-goers brought coolers full of beer and overwhelmed the 25 police officers assigned to the event. A local high school student sustained serious burns when he climbed to the top of a telephone pole and attempted to drink a can of beer while being pelted from below with bottles and cans full of beer. He fell into the crowd below after grabbing an electrical wire. When emergency crews attempted to reach the student, the front window of an ambulance were broken out and a police car's back window was broken by bottles and cans thrown from the crowd.
In September, Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta is a national social fraternity with over 50 chapters and colonies at universities across the United States. "Phi Kaps", as they are commonly referred to colloquially, are known for diversity among their brothers and a dedication to service.-History:Phi Kappa Theta was established...
and Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
were placed on probation for their roles in the Bid Day Bash street party.
1991
In February, Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta is a national social fraternity with over 50 chapters and colonies at universities across the United States. "Phi Kaps", as they are commonly referred to colloquially, are known for diversity among their brothers and a dedication to service.-History:Phi Kappa Theta was established...
, which was already on probation following the fall Bid Day Bash, was suspended for four years following reports of sleep deprivation of pledges and other hazing activities at the fraternity house.
1993
At the close of the spring 1993 semester, Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta is an international women's fraternity, who are mainly sluts, founded in 1904 at Syracuse University. The Fraternity promotes academic excellence, philanthropic giving, ongoing leadership and personal development, and a spirit of loving sisterhood. Also known as "Alpha Gam" and...
headquarters dissolved MU's Epsilon Alpha chapter after several years of unsuccessful recruitment. The sorority had struggled continuously in membership numbers since returning to campus in 1982. The former Alpha Gamma Delta House was purchased in 1993 by Alpha Kappa Lambda
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Alpha Kappa Lambda is an American collegiate social fraternity for men founded at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1914...
.
1994
Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta is a national social fraternity with over 50 chapters and colonies at universities across the United States. "Phi Kaps", as they are commonly referred to colloquially, are known for diversity among their brothers and a dedication to service.-History:Phi Kappa Theta was established...
returned to campus in the fall, following its three year suspension. In addition, the Beta Tau chapter of Iota Phi Theta was chartered on April 17th.
1995
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
was placed on probation for the fall semester after tying a member naked to a light pole in the middle of campus and throwing garbage at him.
1996
National expansion representatives from Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi is a fraternity established at the City College of New York in 1899 and is a charter member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference. The headquarters of the fraternity is the Taggart Mansion located in Indianapolis, Indiana...
began recruiting on campus in January in an effort to recolonize the chapter at MU, which lost its charter in 1994. Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
leased the Delta Sigma Phi house while that fraternity was dissolved.
1997
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
's charter was suspended, and the fraternity moved from its house at 503 Kentucky Ave.
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
turned over its charter to its headquarters following several semesters of struggling recruitment.
Predominantly Jewish sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Epsilon Phi is a sorority and member of the National Panhellenic Conference. It was founded on October 24, 1909 at Barnard College in New York City by seven Jewish women; Helen Phillips Lipman, Ida Beck Carlin, Rose Gerstein Smolin, Augustina "Tina" Hess Solomon, Lee Reiss Liebert, Rose...
closed its doors due to declining membership at the end of spring semester and Alpha Kappa Lambda
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Alpha Kappa Lambda is an American collegiate social fraternity for men founded at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1914...
purchased the house.
The new Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
house was completed at 909 Richmond Ave., and it was touted as the first substance-free house at MU. The $2.5 million, 22000 sq ft (2,043.9 m²), house included a state-of-the-art computer room, an underground parking garage, and six-person suites complete with common areas.
In October, a freshman Beta Theta Pi
Beta Theta Pi
Beta Theta Pi , often just called Beta, is a social collegiate fraternity that was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad which includes Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi. It has over 138 active chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada...
pledge was found drunk, naked, and injured outside Mark Twain Hall after a pledge event. This issue was the breaking point in a series of alcohol related problems with Greek houses that forced campus officials and the Greek community to begin looking into a complete ban of alcohol from the Greek houses on campus. The policy to be implemented would become commonly known as "Dry2K".
Also in October, Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
members were discovered to have dumped approximately three truckloads of garbage around the house of UM President Manuel Pacheco. The garbage consisted mostly of straw, plastic cups, broken beer bottles, smashed pumpkins ,and a broken toilet bowl. The trash was found to be from the fraternity's "Cornjigger" party.
1998
Sigma Tau Gamma
Sigma Tau Gamma
Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity also named "Sig Tau" or "the Knights" is a U.S. all-male college secret-social fraternity founded on June 28, 1920 at University of Central Missouri...
closed its chapter due to membership difficulties. At the time, the fraternity was located on Providence Rd. between the Alpha Phi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity was founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. Alpha Phi currently has 152 active chapters and over 200,000 initiated members. Its celebrated Founders' Day is October 10. It was the third Greek-letter organization founded for women. In Alpha...
and Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...
houses.
The Beta Epsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi is an American social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina...
closed on August 22 following several semesters of warnings from its national headquarters regarding low recruitment numbers. Ownership of the Pi Kappa Phi house was immediately turned over to Boone County National Bank and Zeta Beta Tau
Zeta Beta Tau
Zeta Beta Tau was founded in 1898 as the nation's first Jewish fraternity, although it is no longer sectarian. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood is one of the largest, numbering over 140,000 initiated Brothers, and over 90 chapter locations.-Founding:The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was...
Fraternity.
Since reaching a low point as the smallest sorority on campus in 1997, Alpha Phi found itself in the middle of a membership crisis. Alpha Phi International forced current members into immediate alumnae status in 1998 to prepare to recolonize the chapter with new members beginning in September. The result was a divided Greek community. Many Greeks wore buttons that said "MU Greeks Stand Together: I Support the new Alpha Phi".
1999
On May 8, MU freshman Dominic Passantino died in a fire at the Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
house at 500 S. College Avenue. Passantino had been sleeping on the top bunk of a wooden loft that was enclosed in sheetrock. A lit candle caught the bunk on fire and quickly spread through the house before firefighters could contain the flames.
On July 6, fire gutted the vacant former Pi Kappa Phi house at 915 Richmond Ave. The cause of the fire was ruled as arson, and the last person in the house before the fire committed suicide. The house had been sitting vacant for the past year since Pi Kappa Phi has disbanded due to financial troubles.
In 1999, both Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
and Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin...
were found guilty of hazing violations. Kappa Alpha Psi denied the allegations and were suspended from campus for four years. Alpha Tau Omega admitted to the violations, and the chapter was banned from many campus activities. In response, the fraternity's headquarters placed a full-page advertisement in The Maneater that stated that the fraternity condemns hazing and is taking actions to assure ATO becomes a "strong community citizen."
2000
The Dry 2000, or "Dry2K," policy went into effect beginning in the fall semester. The new policy banned alcohol in Greek housing, and also at off-campus social events unless a licensed third-party vendor is contracted to handle the alcohol.
In November, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South...
was found guilty of violating Dry 2000 and coercing pledges to drink. SAE was to be suspended until December 31, 2001. SAE national headquarters appealed the suspension, citing due process violations, and as a result, the suspension was reduced to one semester and lifted prior to the start of the fall 2001 semester.
2001
Several freshman lead an initiative to bring Sigma Tau Gamma
Sigma Tau Gamma
Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity also named "Sig Tau" or "the Knights" is a U.S. all-male college secret-social fraternity founded on June 28, 1920 at University of Central Missouri...
back to the MU campus; however, the IFC's President's Council unanimously rejected the group's request for IFC recognition of the fraternity twice in 2001. The IFC cited that the fraternity needed to show more professionalism and seriousness.
In the fall, Phi Mu
Phi Mu
Phi Mu is the second oldest female fraternal organization established in the United States. It was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The organization was founded as the Philomathean Society on January 4, 1852, and was announced publicly on March 4 of the same year...
began recruiting in its efforts to establish its new chapter at MU. It had been selected the past May to become the 14 sorority on campus, beating out other finalists Delta Zeta
Delta Zeta
Delta Zeta is an international college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Today, Delta Zeta has 158 collegiate chapters in the United States and over 200 alumnae chapters in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada...
and Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi is an international women's fraternity promoting friendship for a lifetime, inspiring academic excellence and lifelong learning, and developing leadership skills through service to the Fraternity and community. ΑΟΠ was founded on January 2, 1897 at Barnard College on the campus...
. Phi Mu would reconstruct a house at the site of the former Lambda Chi Alpha house at 503 Kentucky Ave. Phi Mu had previously been active at MU from 1913 until World War II. Phi Mu's original chapter resided at the same location nearly 60 years earlier.
In October, the colony of Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi is a fraternity established at the City College of New York in 1899 and is a charter member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference. The headquarters of the fraternity is the Taggart Mansion located in Indianapolis, Indiana...
regained their charter to once again become an official chapter.
2002
In fall 2002, Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
began recolonization on the MU campus, creating the largest fraternity colony in the history of Mizzou.
In October, Greek Life and the interim vice chancellor for Student Affairs at MU imposed a four-year suspension on Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
following severe hazing violations. Sigma Chi's international headquarters went on to revoke the chapter's charter in response to the violations.
2003
In April, the new Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
colony signed a three-year lease with an optional fourth year on the Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
house at 500 S. College.
The first Latino fraternity to establish a chapter at MU
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
was Lambda Sigma Upsilon
Lambda Sigma Upsilon
Lambda Sigma Upsilon is a Latino oriented Greek letter intercollegiate fraternity founded on April 5, 1979 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey....
, when the Cemi chapter was established on April 4, 2003.
Sigma Tau Gamma
Sigma Tau Gamma
Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity also named "Sig Tau" or "the Knights" is a U.S. all-male college secret-social fraternity founded on June 28, 1920 at University of Central Missouri...
was denied recognition for a third time by IFC before finally gaining approval following its fourth request for recognition.
Acacia
Acacia
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...
was granted recognition as a colony on their first attempt, returning to campus after their 1983 departure.
In the fall, Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi is an American social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina...
began the process of recolonizing on the MU campus, following their 1998 departure.
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
was warned by its headquarters that it could face losing its charter if recruitment numbers were not significantly boosted in the fall.
2004
On January 28, Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
voted to cease operations and assume dormant status, because the charter was still falling significantly short of minimum numbers for recruitment that had been set by the sorority's national headquarters. Sigma Kappa members remained active in Greek life through May, at which time they assumed alumnae status. The sorority's housing corporation planned to retain ownership of the house at 908 Curtis Avenue.
On April 6, the Greek Week blood donation coordinator for Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta is an international sorority that was founded on November 11, 1874, at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The term "sorority," meaning sisterhood, was coined for Gamma Phi Beta by Dr. Frank Smalley, a professor at Syracuse University.The four founders are Helen M. Dodge,...
, sophomore Christie Key, wrote in an email to sorority members, "I dont care if you got a tattoo last week LIE. I dont care if you have a cold. Suck it up. We all do. LIE. Recent peircings? LIE...Even if youre going to use the Do Not Use My Blood sticker, GIVE ANYWAY...We're not messing around. Punishment for not giving blood is going to be quite severe." The sorority was disqualified for the blood drive event, and the story was picked up by the Associated Press and gained national attention through coverage on media outlets such as Fox News and the New York Times. According to a statement from Gamma Phi Beta national headquarters, the blood drive e-mail had been sent "without the consent or approval of any chapter officer."
In late April, it was reported that members of Kappa Alpha Order
Kappa Alpha Order
Kappa Alpha Order is a social fraternity and fraternal order. Kappa Alpha Order has 124 active chapters, 3 provisional chapters, and 2 commissions...
packed an antique cannon on their front lawn with fireworks in an attempt to simulate a cannon blast. The cannon was actually packed with gun powder only. The fireworks were set off away from the cannon hours before the cannon exploded. The blast from the gun powder destroyed the cannon and sent an 8 inches (203.2 mm) portion of the cannon crashing through the roof of an apartment building across the street. The large piece of metal tore through the fifth floor of the apartments before crashing through the ceiling and coming to a rest on a pingpong table a fourth floor lounge. Three members of the chapter were arrested, and the chapter was temporarily suspended pending the results of an investigation. Following the investigation, the chapter was allowed to keep its charter, but it was placed on social probation for one year and ordered to provide educational training to other MU Greeks.
Sigma Tau Gamma was officially re-chartered in the fall. On November 13, Pi Kappa Phi also regained its charter from its national organization.
In December, two members of Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Gamma Rho is a social-professional fraternity in the United States, with 75 university chapters including chapter in Mindanao State University, Philippines...
were charged with animal abuse after stuffing about 40 opossums into a plastic barrel as part of a bizarre contest. Following the incident, which took place on November 19, the Missouri Department of Conservation quoted members as saying they "planned to release the opossums into the yard of another fraternity." Only half of the opossums were found to still be alive after they were discovered. The Department of Conservation released the living opossums in a remote area.
2005
Expansion consultants from Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
arrived on campus in October to begin recolonization efforts at MU following the fraternity's 1997 departure from campus. Acacia was officially re-chartered in the Spring.
In November, a junior member of Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1852. There are over a hundred chapters and colonies at accredited four year colleges and universities throughout the United States. More than 112,000 men have been...
sued the fraternity, alleging that the former MU chapter president Kyle Jackson sexually assaulted him in October 2003. In his complaint, he also alleged that neither the local chapter nor national organization did anything when he complained. Records indicated that several allegations of sexual assault had also been filed against Jackson while he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi chapter at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. Jackson was later expelled from the Arizona State chapter before coming to the University of Missouri.
2006
In February, Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
returned to the MU campus after losing chapter status in 2002 due to severe hazing violations. According to the Department of Student Life, members of Sigma Chi contacted the university in 2005, and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Cathy Scroggs gave them permission to begin recruiting new members in 2006. The fraternity would face intense scrutiny and be forced to meet certain criteria during its first several years back on campus in order to get out of probation.
On March 7, 2006, the Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
colony was admitted to IFC, following a vote from the Interfraternity Council presidents. The colony initiated its first members on March 12.
Spring 2006 also brought the loss of Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Gamma Delta
The international fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is a collegiate social fraternity with 120 chapters and 18 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848, and its headquarters are located in Lexington, Kentucky, USA...
's charter because of hazing violations and financial difficulty.
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi is an American social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina...
began leasing the vacant Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
house at 908 Curtis Avenue in August 2006.
In 2006, Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon , commonly nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social college fraternity for male college students in the United States. It was founded on November 1, 1901, at Richmond College , and its national headquarters remains in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded on three principles: Virtue,...
implemented drastic changes to improve the image of its MU chapter after a hazing incident in which a group of pledges were told to “kidnap” an older member member of the chapter in a prank that caused worried onlookers to call campus police. In response, SigEp eliminated its pledge program at its Missouri Alpha chapter and adopted the "Balanced Man Program" along with a new set of membership standards that included a minimum 2.6 grade point average. The fraternity's national headquarters kicked out a dozen members who did not meet the new standards, and another 41 members chose not to return to the chapter as a result of the changes. The house also underwent an extensive renovation and expansion that was completed in 2007.
In November, Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
once again found itself under intense scrutiny when the MU chapter caused more than $10,000 worth of damage to a Lake of the Ozarks resort during the weekend of November 12–13. The fraternity was responsible for throwing dishes and furniture into the lake and causing significant damage to a golf cart when a fraternity member attempted to drive it over the lake retaining wall. ATO's national chapter chose to penalize the individual members involved rather than the chapter as a whole, and the resort agreed not to press charges as long as the fraternity compensated for the damages within one week of the offense. The MU Greek Life office, however, imposed nine sanctions on Alpha Tau Omega as a result of their actions at the resort.
2007
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
was banned from participation in Greek Week activities after holding a major social event that violated the social probation that had been imposed on the chapter after damaging property at a hotel in Lake of the Ozarks in November 2006. Delta Upsilon
Delta Upsilon
Delta Upsilon is the sixth oldest international, all-male, college Greek-letter organization, and is the oldest non-secret fraternity in North America...
was also banned from Greek Week as part of probation that would last until May 2008.
The Xi Xi colony of Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
regained its house at 500 S. College Avenue in summer 2007, which had previously been leased to Lambda Chi Alpha since 2003. In August, the chapter hosted Sigma Chi's International Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, and the colony regained its status as an official chapter of Sigma Chi at that time. The international president of the fraternity was on hand to lead the initiation of the members and return the charter.
With Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
forced to move out of the house at 500 S. College, it in turn purchased the house formerly belonging to Delta Chi
Delta Chi
Delta Chi or D-Chi is an international Greek letter college social fraternity formed on October 13, 1890,at Cornell University, initially as a professional fraternity for law students. On April 29, 1922, Delta Chi became a general membership social fraternity, eliminating the requirement for men...
at 111 E. Stewart Road. Low membership forced Delta Chi to sell its house on Stewart. Despite low membership, Delta Chi planned to remain active on campus and hoped to invest the money toward purchasing or constructing a new house in three to five years.
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity reactivates its chapter at the University of Missouri. The Omega chapter left Missouri in 1994 due to dwindling recruitment rates.
In September, "Frat Pit" was declared off-limits to tailgating. "Frat Pit" was a popular area for several Greek groups to tailgate, located at the corner of Providence Road and Champions Drive. The Office of Student Affairs, Administrative Services, the athletic department and the MU Police Department all had a part in the decision to prohibit student tailgating at the popular location. Several past violations at the location, including charges of possession of alcohol by a minor, complaints of public urination, and community disturbance, led to the decision to declare the location off-limits.
Due to the growing number of women interested in joining sororities on campus, the Panhellenic Council voted to invite Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members. Sigma Sigma Sigma is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and hosts chapters on more than 110 college campuses and 89 alumnae chapters in communities all...
to join the Greek community at MU on Monday, October 15, 2007. Sigma Sigma Sigma accepted the invitation and plans to colonize at MU in fall 2008.
2008
In January, two members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South...
were arrested on suspicion of first-degree burglary and felony stealing after allegedly breaking into the nearby Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma , commonly nicknamed Kappa Sig, is an international fraternity with currently 282 active chapters and colonies in North America. Kappa Sigma has initiated more than 240,000 men on college campuses throughout the United States and Canada. Today, the Fraternity has over 175,000 living...
fraternity house.
In March, the Theta Chi
Theta Chi
Theta Chi Fraternity is an international college fraternity. It was founded on April 10, 1856 as the Theta Chi Society, at Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, U.S., and was the 21st of the 71 North-American Interfraternity Conference men's fraternities.-Founding and early years at Norwich:Theta...
interest group was recognized for the first time as an official student organization on campus, and on May 11, the interest group achieved status as an official colony of Theta Chi after reaching 25 members. The colony hoped to achieve chapter status by the close of the fall 2008 semester.
In June 2007, the MU Department of Student Life notified Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South...
of five sanctions against the fraternity. In February 2008, SAE was notified by of the Greek Life Office of 11 additional sanctions against the fraternity. On April 3, 2008, the Department of Student Life notified SAE that that fraternity had officially lost its status as an official student organization at the university, effective immediately. The sanctions would last until August of 2012, which would allow all current members to graduate before the fraternity could become active again. SAE did not appeal the actions taken by the Department of Student Life, and an investigation began by SAE national headquarters that was separate from the MU Student Life investigation.
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Delta Pi is a fraternity founded on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The Executive office for this sorority is located on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Alpha Delta Pi is one of the two "Macon Magnolias," a term used to celebrate the bonds it shares with Phi Mu...
, Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta is a national social fraternity with over 50 chapters and colonies at universities across the United States. "Phi Kaps", as they are commonly referred to colloquially, are known for diversity among their brothers and a dedication to service.-History:Phi Kappa Theta was established...
, and Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
were named champions of Greek Week 2008. Controversy surrounded the results because Alpha Delta Pi sorority had been disqualified from the blood drive event in accordance with the Greek Week rule book. Phi Kap and TKE were not guilty of the offense, and therefore the two fraternities still received points that they had earned as organizations. A number of other Greek students felt that the pairing should have been penalized as a whole instead of only ADPi. Such a move would have prevented the trio from capturing the Greek Week championship.
Members of Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta is a national social fraternity with over 50 chapters and colonies at universities across the United States. "Phi Kaps", as they are commonly referred to colloquially, are known for diversity among their brothers and a dedication to service.-History:Phi Kappa Theta was established...
, Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
, Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
, and FarmHouse
FarmHouse
FarmHouse Fraternity International, Inc. is an all-male international social fraternity founded at the University of Missouri on April 15, 1905. It became a nationally recognized fraternity in 1921. FarmHouse is one of only three fraternities not to adopt Greek letters...
hosted a special benefit concert on April 22 at the Blue Note to raise money to help the family of Mike Maniaci, a senior member of Phi Kappa Theta and Alpha Kappa Psi who was critically injured after being hit by a car while on spring break in Panama City Beach, Fla.
Following Sigma Alpha Epsilon's loss of status in April as an official organization, the chapter's charter was suspended indefinitely by SAE headquarters. Acacia Fraternity
Acacia Fraternity
Acacia Fraternity is a Greek social fraternity originally based out of Masonic tradition. At its founding in 1904, membership was originally restricted to those who had taken the Masonic obligations, and the organization was built on those ideals and principles. Within one year, four other Masonic...
quickly took advantage of the opportunity and signed a two-year lease on the property with the option of adding an additional two-year extension. Acacia moved into the residence at 24 E. Stewart Road on June 1 after previously residing at a much smaller residence at 1404 Wilson Ave.
On October 12, eight members of Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta is a U.S.-based international secret letter college fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, . It currently has around 125 student chapters nationwide, as well as more than 25 regional alumni groups. Its national community service...
were taken into police custody in Osage Beach, Missouri
Osage Beach, Missouri
Osage Beach is a city in Camden and Miller counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 3,662 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Osage Beach is located at ....
after stealing pirate-themed souvenirs from miniature golf courses. Police also recovered several signs that belonged to Tan-Tar-A Resort along with "a large quantity of alcoholic beverages."
2009
In January, University officials announced that Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
had lost its recognition as a student organization until the 2011 fall semester. The fraternity had repeatedly broke the student conduct code while already on probation. Columbia Police Records even showed that the police had been called to the ATO residence 25 times over the course of the past year. In addition to losing official student organization status, ATO CEO Wynn Smiley announced that ATO headquarters had also revoked the chapter's charter.
With the departure of ATO from campus, Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members. Sigma Sigma Sigma is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and hosts chapters on more than 110 college campuses and 89 alumnae chapters in communities all...
sorority announced in February that it would begin occupying the ATO house at 909 Richmond Avenue in time for 2009 formal recruitment. Sigma Sigma Sigma began colonizing in 2008 and chartered in January 2009.
On Thursday, February 19, Theta Chi Fraternity gained associate member status in the Interfraternity Council. Nineteen of the 27 IFC chapter presidents voted for the addition of Theta Chi to the council.
On Monday, March 16, the Columbia City Council voted to require all campus group houses in the city to install automatic fire sprinklers. The highly contested ordinance requires all Greek houses to install at minimum a 13R sprinkler system, which saves lives but does not ensure structural safety. In addition to Greek houses, the ordinance also applies to other campus groups who operate housing, such as Campus Christian House.
Saturday, April 18 marked the day the Theta Chi
Theta Chi
Theta Chi Fraternity is an international college fraternity. It was founded on April 10, 1856 as the Theta Chi Society, at Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, U.S., and was the 21st of the 71 North-American Interfraternity Conference men's fraternities.-Founding and early years at Norwich:Theta...
colony at the University of Missouri became an official chapter of the national fraternity. The newly founded Iota Mu chapter was installed with a total of 48 newly initiated members.
2010
Iota Phi Theta returned to campus in the spring semester after several years of having no active collegiate members within the Beta Tau chapter.
Councils
- Interfraternity Council (IFC)
- Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)
- National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC)
- Panhellenic Association (PHA)
Homecoming
2011 Overall Results- 1st: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Beta Sigma Psi
- 2nd: Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Tau Delta
- 3rd: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Tau Kappa Epsilon
- 4th: Kappa Delta, Phi Kappa Theta
- 5th: Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Pi
2010 Overall Results
- 1st: Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Sigma Nu
- 2nd: Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta
- 3rd: Alpha Chi Omega, Pi Kappa Phi, Delta Chi
- 4th: Kappa Delta, Alpha Gamma Rho, Zeta Beta Tau
- 5th: Alpha Delta Pi, Farmhouse, Tau Kappa Epsilon
2009 Overall Results
- 1st: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Chi
- 2nd: Kappa Alpha Theta, Farmhouse, Phi Delta Theta
- 3rd: Chi Omega, Phi Kappa Theta
- 4th: Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Chi, Alpha Epsilon Pi
- 5th: Phi Mu, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Phi
2008 Overall Results
- 1st: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Phi
- 2nd: Kappa Delta, Phi Kappa Theta
- 3rd: Zeta Tau Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi
- 4th: Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma
- 5th: Chi Omega, Farmhouse, Alpha Epsilon Pi
2007 Overall Results
- 1st: Alpha Delta Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha
- 2nd: Kappa Delta, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Tau Kappa Epsilon
- 3rd: Pi Beta Phi, Phi Kappa Theta
- 4th: Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Kappa Phi, Beta Sigma Psi
- 5th: Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Chi
2006 Overall Results
- 1st: Phi Mu, Pi Kappa Alpha
- 2nd: Kappa Delta, Alpha Gamma Rho
- 3rd: Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Beta Sigma Psi
- 4th: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Kappa Lambda
- 5th: Gamma Phi Beta, Lambda Chi Alpha
Greek Week
2011 Overall Results- 1st: Alpha Delta Pi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi
- 2nd: Chi Omega, Delta Upsilon
- 3rd: Delta Gamma, Delta Tau Delta, Theta Chi, NPHC
- 4th: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Sigma Nu
- 5th: Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi Kappa Theta, Sigma Tau Gamma, Acacia
2010 Overall Results
- 1st: Alpha Delta Pi, Beta Theta Pi
- 2nd: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Farmhouse, Kappa Sigma, Zeta Beta Tau
- 3rd: Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha
- 4th: Zeta Tau Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon
- 5th: Kappa Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Sigma Phi
2009 Overall Results
- 1st: Kappa Alpha Theta, Beta Theta Pi
- 2nd: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Kappa Theta, Delta Sigma Phi
- 3rd: Chi Omega, Pi Kappa Alpha
- 4th: Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Upsilon, Acacia
- 5th: Kappa Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Farmhouse, Delta Sigma Theta
2008 Overall Results
- 1st: Alpha Delta Pi, Phi Kappa Theta, Tau Kappa Epsilon
- 2nd: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Tau Delta, Farmhouse
- 3rd: Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Sigma
- 4th: Kappa Delta, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon
- 5th: Gamma Phi Beta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Beta Sigma Psi
2007 Overall Results
- 1st: Alpha Delta Pi, Beta Theta Pi
- 2nd: Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi Kappa Theta
- 3rd: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Tau Gamma
- 4th: Phi Mu, Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Psi
- 5th: Zeta Tau Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta Chi