ALPHA OMICRON PI CHARTER at U of WATERLOO

Alpha Omicron Pi is pleased to announce that the Fraternity has installed a new chapter at the University of Waterloo.

The newest AOP chapter was installed on Feb 2, 2008!

For 13 of the past 14 years, the UW has been ranked most innovative among 47 universities across the country. In 2005, for the second year in a row, the school also ranked best overall.

Lambda Epsilon lifts the total number of Alpha Omicron Pi chapters in Ontario to four, the most of any NPC group.

The campus currently has five Greek organizations, including three fraternities - Sigma Chi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, and Zeta Psi; one NPC organization - Kappa Kappa Gamma; and one local sorority - Sigma Lambda Gamma.

AOP is proud to have six active Canadian chapters. They are:

1930 Beta Tau / U of Toronto
1939 Kappa Phi / McGill U
1985 Kappa Lambda / U of Calgary
1986 Iota Chi / UWO
1992 Gamma Chi / Carleton U
2008 Lambda Epsilon / Waterloo

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IN THE NEWS!

By Maggy Ma

Fraternities and sororities will be stepping out of the shadow this fall at Carleton.

The Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA) has offered fraternities and sororities formal recognition on campus through the creation of the Greek Council, a club representing four fraternities and two sororities.

“There was no recognition of [fraternities and sororities] whatsoever through us or through the university prior to this,” said Brittany Smyth, CUSA vice-president (internal affairs).

Smyth is also one of the people who will sit on the council. The council is aimed at promoting activities and events hosted by fraternities and sororities to erase the stereotypes of those social organizations at universities, said Smyth.

“[Greek Council] gives them the opportunity, as fraternities and sororities, to show people [...] the things that they get involved in,” she said. “It gives them the chance to take part at the university as a Greek community.”

Although fraternities and sororities have now been given formal status by CUSA, the university administration has made no move towards recognizing these groups on campus, she said.

“We’re hoping to get recognition through the administration and not just be a club or society, but something unique — just for Greeks,” said Corinne Woods, president of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.

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