frats historically

"New Row": DTD, AEPi, BETA, PiKapp, KA, Phi Psi, Sig Ep.
-Founded in between WW2 and the early 1960s, most of these chapters were a part of U of As growth and expansion of Greek Life. They all own their houses, which are located fairly randomly, although I have heard that most had houses up around UMC in the 60s and 70s. (Phi Psis house was were the hub is now, they have money for a new one somewhere) These frats have for the most part been a flavor of the year type deal, sometimes they're top, other times they're bottom. You can typically expect them to be mid tier socially though. They all have good alum bases, some even fairly famous, but due to only being on campus for 50-60 years they do not have quite the depth and history of the "Old Row" houses. Most were kicked at one point or another, leaving a large gap in their alum base, for example Phi Psi was gone from 62-77, and then 12-16. They all have about 1000 initiated members, give or take a few hundred, (I think AEPi has like 1500 though). Over the next 10-15 years these houses will fill out their alum bases and begin to build much nicer houses, like Sig Ep, and expect maybe 1-2 of them to fold forever and the rest will be much closer to an “Old Row” house, both socially and presence wise.

“Ex- Old Row”: Phi Delt, DX, Sig Nu, ATO
-Founded alongside all the “Old Row” houses, they are now pretty much irrelevant. Phi Delt was very much a strong house in the 1940s-1960s, then come the 70s something happened and they fell off. Although still active, most of their powerful and rich alum have all died, and they haven’t been able to attract many new members. DX was right up there with the other “Old Row” houses until like 2012-2013 when the school and nationals kicked them. They have since been banned and ZBT either bought, or is renting their house. Sig Nu was arguably one of these best houses at U of A for a long time, John Button Salmon was a member, as were many athletes and business men in the 1920s-1950s. They like Phi Delt, declined seriously in the 60s-70s and by the 80s fizzled out. All their re-colonization attempts have failed. ATO was pretty good for a while, but they got kicked in the late 90s, sold their house to DTD and never came back.

“Sidewinders”: Sammy, Phi Tau, (Phi Delt)
-These guys have been on campus for a while, haven’t ever really been good or done anything miraculous. If they can start recruiting lots of quality members and get a house that they actually own and can use for more than 4-5 years they stand a chance at improving significantly in the next couple decades once they can build a strong alum base. Phi Delt is over here simply because they are basically one of these houses, they have had a stronger history.

“ASU Frats”: Theta Chi, Alpha Sig, TKE, ZBT, Delta Sig, LXA, AKL.
-Almost all founded in the “Old Row” and “New Row” eras, they have been a revolving door like ASU Greek Life. Some have had some pretty good stints, where they were able to start moving up the social ladder, but were then kicked off. They typically don’t ever own a house (ZBT might) and usually just rent apartment complexes, large houses, or houses from currently kicked off frats. Each one of these frats has been kicked multiple times and pretty much never lasted more than a good 10-15 years at best. They all have around 500 initiated members give or take a few hundred, and alum bases are scattered through the decades. They for the most part fall in the bottom-mid tier range socially but can easily compete with “New Row” houses if they have it together. These are the guys with the best shot at improving significantly in the next couple decades if they can keep it together and not get kicked off.

do this for sororities

This is Arizona not alabama we do not have "old row"

Theta Chi was actually installed at the U of a in 1941 so another one of the pre WWII fraternities however they were not on Greek row they were in the house that KA is now in. That was their original house that they built but they sold it to KA when their chapter, like many others on campus at that time, dwindled due to the anti-establishment sentiment that was prominent during the 60's and 70's.

originally owned the Marin Luther King JR. building when they around in the 60s-80s but got the boot. They returned in the 90s and built their house on the row but was short lived and sold it to the university known as the PIMA dorm today. They rented out KA's in the late 00s and took over the Phi Psi house but got kicked off 3 years ago

Pretty interesting stuff... thanks for posting this.

One question, where exactly was the "Old Row" at UA? I thought Greek Row was always 1st and 2nd street on campus but then I overheard some old alums during homecoming talking about the old house "up north" as if the row was on Vine and Cherry near Banner. I also heard there used to be a lot more houses West of campus near Beta and KA, and on the South side around the rec center.

Its not a secret. Has nothing to do with ritual. It was public knowledge. Even girls said it. You were not a Pike in the 90's. You are either are a Pike now or are a recent graduate but you were not a pike in the 90's. Here is an easy one for you....and this is one from my cousin......Who was the Pike cook? First name only is fine. A no brainer for any Pike from the 90's. Or if that does work finish this...."Who are the Mighty ____________?" If you can't answer these then you are full of crap and these have nothing to do with secrets or ritual. Stop pontificating about an era you know nothing about.