The sororities and fraternities kicked off their New Member Orientation on Bid Day as they began their two-week pledging process. Clubs and their sponsors gathered at designated locations on and off campus to complete various tasks as instructed by their officers. The new members will spend the next two weeks learning about their club's traditions ... [Read More…]
Gallery: Bid Day marks the start of New Member Orientation
Sororities and fraternities at ACU recently welcomed their new members on Saturday, February 3, as they celebrated Bid Day. Serving as the inaugural event for new members, Bid Day started the commencement of their two-week orientation journey. The new members will spend the next two weeks getting to know each other, learning about club traditions ... [Read More…]
Gallery: Gamma Sigma Phi holds annual 68-hour volleyball tournament
Thursday marked the start of fraternity Gamma Sigma Phi's 68-hour annual volleyball tournament. This year, GSP chose to donate the proceeds to an organization called Stick Horses and Capes, which assists families who have recently lost a child. The event featured competitive brackets with different sororities and fraternities, social clubs, and a ... [Read More…]
Gamma Sigma Phi plans to ‘bring campus together’ with 68 Hour Volleyball event
The men of Gamma Sigma Phi will be playing volleyball for 68 consecutive hours, and it’s all for a good cause. The event will take place Nov. 10-13 at the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center as well as the newly renovated Moody Coliseum, and donations will benefit Stick Horses and Capes, a local non-profit that helps ... [Read More…]
Soccer season takes over intramurals
Just like that, intramural basketball season is over. Is there even a point to finishing the rest of the semester now that the most important part of the spring term has been settled? Of course, I'm just joking. There are still formals to go to, and I'm pretty sure GATA's intramural director, Emily Sears, is just dying to ask me to go with ... [Read More…]
Student-athlete balances golf, Sing Song
Participating in Sing Song is like a part time job ÂÂ- a month-long gig with hours of practice that all hinge on a three-minute show. But for one Sing Song participant, the practice may be all in vain. Kyle Karnei is preparing for Gamma Sigma Phi's club act, and at the same time, qualifying for an ACU golf tournament that would require him to ... [Read More…]
Intramurals feature basketball brotherhood
The first week of intramurals in 2015 has proven absolutely nothing. Honestly, it's far too early to make any predictions, considering only one team has played more than one game. But, in order to stay true to the name of sports journalism, it is my duty to overanalyze and over-report and predict winners and conduct interviews as though the ... [Read More…]
GSP preserves memories and chairs in Walling
Members of Gamma Sigma Phi descended on Walling Lecture Hall Dec. 12 to remove and preserve parts of their storied meeting place. The GSP officer team, headed by former club president Drew Ritchie from Lake Jackson, approached the ACU administration and the Department of Mathematics to inquire about preserving part of Walling. The two parties ... [Read More…]
Kojies, GSP floats win Homecoming
The Ko Jo Kai and Gamma Sigma Phi social clubs won best Homecoming float. The winners were announced after the third quarter of Saturday's football game. Homecoming Parade is an age-old tradition at ACU. Many different student and social clubs participate by creating a float for the parade. For many of the social clubs, the current pledges build ... [Read More…]
GSP on probation for two semesters
Gamma Sigma Phi will be on probation for the next two semesters related to policy violations that took place last spring. Mark Jackson, associate director of student organizations and programs, confirmed the club began the fall semester on probational status. Jackson would not disclose the infraction or specify the club's consequences, but said ... [Read More…]