2008 Woodie Awards
Frat fights to regain recognition
Zach Bradt
Issue date: 10/10/08 Section: News
Originally published: 10/9/08 at 7:09 PM EST
Last update: 10/9/08 at 7:07 PM EST
After seven years, the nation-wide fraternity, Alpha Sigma Phi, is planning to regain recognition as a respectable organization at Plattsburgh State.
The fraternity, which had its charter revoked in 2001 due to questionable acts, is now going through the long process of becoming a chapter.
After petitioning to be heard by the fraternity council, the group, following strict guidelines, turned in their paperwork the evening of Sept. 25, finishing the first step of chapter creation.
Alpha Sigma Phi must first become an interest group, however, going through Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Organization Development Allison Swick-Duttine.
"We have filled out and turned in all of the appropriate paperwork and have done a presentation in order to become an interest group," junior Griffin Burnett said. "We are doing our best to have our paperwork in on time."
The group waited seven years to ensure former members of Alpha Sigma Phi had left, Burnett said.
"We wanted to make sure all of the old members had left so that we could start off fresh," he said. "We want to be different…something new."
Currently, the hopeful group has 12 members, three of whom have known each other since freshman year.
"The fraternity welcomes new members," junior Angelo Boniello III said.
"Ideally, we want around 15 to 20 members," junior Greg Colucci said. "And once we become a charter, we hope to get around 30 guys."
Prospective students must meet the qualifications of the fraternity and follow a certain procedure upon going before the board, where the decision is made entirely by a margin of vote in the fraternity.
"We really want to mold the best students to make this fraternity," Burnett said. "People should know that there is absolutely no hazing and that we are not into the party scene."
With no designated house in the future, the group is hoping to dispose of house parties and enroll members into professionalism seminars.
The fraternity, which had its charter revoked in 2001 due to questionable acts, is now going through the long process of becoming a chapter.
After petitioning to be heard by the fraternity council, the group, following strict guidelines, turned in their paperwork the evening of Sept. 25, finishing the first step of chapter creation.
Alpha Sigma Phi must first become an interest group, however, going through Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Organization Development Allison Swick-Duttine.
"We have filled out and turned in all of the appropriate paperwork and have done a presentation in order to become an interest group," junior Griffin Burnett said. "We are doing our best to have our paperwork in on time."
The group waited seven years to ensure former members of Alpha Sigma Phi had left, Burnett said.
"We wanted to make sure all of the old members had left so that we could start off fresh," he said. "We want to be different…something new."
Currently, the hopeful group has 12 members, three of whom have known each other since freshman year.
"The fraternity welcomes new members," junior Angelo Boniello III said.
"Ideally, we want around 15 to 20 members," junior Greg Colucci said. "And once we become a charter, we hope to get around 30 guys."
Prospective students must meet the qualifications of the fraternity and follow a certain procedure upon going before the board, where the decision is made entirely by a margin of vote in the fraternity.
"We really want to mold the best students to make this fraternity," Burnett said. "People should know that there is absolutely no hazing and that we are not into the party scene."
With no designated house in the future, the group is hoping to dispose of house parties and enroll members into professionalism seminars.
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