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Michigan Greek Mythology: SigEp

Posted by Paul Tassi 09/13/2007 08:37 AM

SigEp's "Balanced Man" which the brothers aspire to be. As you can see it really just involves shaving your head and working out a lot.

This is why I like Sigma Phi Epsilon:

Johnny Quest: So if I join, how long’s the pledge term?
SigEp: We don’t have a pledge term.
JQ: What? You’re kidding.
SE: Yeahh, you just become a brother.
JQ: Wait, so I don’t have to clean people’s rooms?
SE: Nope.
JQ: I don’t have to sit on the floor? I don’t have to use the back door? I don’t have to call you sir? I don’t have to ask permission to piss?
SE: All that stuff’s bullshit. When you join, you’d be equal with me, the president or anyone else. We all have to clean and do house maintenance, but we share it so it gets done quick.
JQ: (stunned silence) Wow, that’s…logical.

People give SigEp a lot of shit because they don’t have a pledge term, because pledging is supposed to promote brotherhood and unity and all that good stuff. Because nothing says brotherhood like being locked in a hot basement, trying to memorize songs with strobe lights flashing and “Barbie Girl” being blasted on an infinite loop.

This no-pledge process appeals to me because I’ve always been the kind of person who would laugh in the face of someone screaming two inches away from my nose, angry that I forgot to address him by his proper pledge term name, “Beast Whore.”

As for the SigEp itself, I didn’t end up joining, but it is a pretty chill place and it's also the largest national fraternity in operation. The Umich house is right next to the Union, so you won’t have to walk ten miles to get there (*cough* Fiji), and they play Beirut instead of Beer Pong, which is their only real quirk. Of course there’s the occasional douche here and there, but compared to all the other houses on campus, it’s got one of the lowest douche to chill ratios out there.

They may not throw the most ridiculous parties with the absolute hottest girls in attendance, but that’s what Pike does and look where they’re at. It’s just a good place to chill and drink and get incredibly frustrated with how much harder Beirut is than Beer Pong. This isn’t an endorsement, but it’s about as close to one as I’ll get.

Campus rep: 7/10
Douche factor: 2/10

Comments

Anonymous says,

awww... JQ, i think you're in love. That or you just have major SigEP envy, either way- GROSS. Posted 09/24/2007 9:31 PMReply

Anonymous says,

sig ep is a GDI fest. in order to fill up thier partys they have to put it out on facebook and let in all nongreeks. then they proceed to run out of beer before midnight. this is a walk up fraternity and a joke. should be unranked Posted 09/26/2007 11:51 AMReply

Anonymous says,

as a frat guy not in sig ep, (meaning i had a pledge term).. it is the best time of your life that you never wanna do again. without being gay (because if a frat makes you do gay acts to get in, they must be gay like pike) pledge term is conducive to creating really tightly nit friendships- the kind you have with friends from high school.

I can't think of anyone I've met after high school that i'm as close with as my pledge brothers. not having a pledge term is not only lame, it makes sig ep not even a fraternity. Frats are made up of three things: raging, brotherhood, and sleazin', without brotherhood your just a gdi frat boy.

also while i admire johnny quests attempt at making a greek life who's who from an outside perspective, we must all admit that his stance is the easiest to take. Being the ghost who rips on every fraternity's stereotypes, and assuming that all members fit one mold isn't very complicated. It's easy to crack jokes based on a stereotype. I'm probably a 10/10 on the douchebag scale, but anyone who spends their time ripping on people who they haven't met and focusing on stereotypes is probably the biggest douche of all. Posted 10/16/2007 3:50 PMReply

Anonymous says,

SigEp isn't the largest national fraternity, but they're getting there. In part, because the national organization has come up with this BS no pledge period plan. Posted 10/17/2007 08:02 AMReply

Anonymous says,

i think sigep's stance is that there are better routes to brotherhood than eating feces or being locked in a dark basement for a week.

holy shit, maybe they're on to something. Posted 10/23/2007 10:05 AMReply

Anonymous says,

SigEp does not own the house next to the Union. They rent it from Sigma Chi. They will soon have to move again...probably somewhere far away from campus (like maybe next to Fiji) Posted 10/29/2007 4:32 PMReply

Anonymous says,

if by 'soon' you mean in the next half decade to decade

then yes, they're moving soon

sigma chi won't have the numbers to fill that house for at least 2 or 3 years after official re-acceptance to the IFC Posted 10/29/2007 6:40 PMReply

Anonymous says,

the only house filled with more lame guys than sigep is PIKE Posted 11/08/2007 10:15 PMReply

Anonymous says,

when a gdi endorses your fraternity, you know you suck. Posted 12/28/2007 10:32 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Moral of the story: State Street has gone severely down hill since Beta retired. It starts of (really, really, fake frat) shitty with Sig Ep, gets considerably worse with Shady Phi (at least they don't pretend to be sweet), Chi Psi sucks, and does not get much better until you get to Phip-see. It's bad when, after Gay-Psi, PIKE is the most redeeming thing on State. Posted 01/05/2008 01:36 AMReply

Anonymous says,

What is redeeming about PIKE? Aside from being a total joke and not getting any respect from anybody it's hard to see how anybody can try to give more respect to a group of sorority boys over SigEp. Best house, best in IM sports, best brothers period. And please keep hating on us, we're only getting started. Posted 01/05/2008 06:29 AMReply

Anonymous says,

Nothing is redeeming about PIKE, I think that's the point being made. Posted 01/06/2008 10:53 AMReply

Anonymous says,

I like how people knock shady as being worse than Sigep when ADPi picked shady over Chi Psi and Sigep for pregame. Posted 01/06/2008 11:47 AMReply

Anonymous says,

Congrats, a bad sorority picked you over two other equally crappy houses. Posted 01/06/2008 12:58 PMReply

Anonymous says,

SigEp boys are quality. nuff said. Posted 01/29/2008 12:56 PMReply

Anonymous says,

SigEp is the GAYEST fraternity on campus. I have had multiple girls tell me how socially awkward every kid there is and how they just straight up like men. I'm sorry but its true. Sig Ep is GAY! Posted 01/29/2008 1:49 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Sig Ep and ShadyPhi **** eachother all day long you ****ing queers Posted 02/05/2008 12:46 PMReply

Anonymous says,

pike is for ****s Posted 02/06/2008 12:03 PMReply

Anonymous says,

SigEp = GDI co-op. ANYBODY who can write a check for dues can be a SigEp "brother." No pledge term? No problem for the "fraternity" SigEp.

SigEp is essentially a house full of GDI's, which is better known as a co-op. What a bunch of pussies. Posted 02/07/2008 2:24 PMReply

Anonymous says,

SigEp is decent, I'd say top ten for sure..... ahead of deke, chi phi, shady phi and chi psi for sure. They win in sports and they are active around campus. Posted 02/08/2008 9:48 PMReply

Anonymous says,

at least pike parties with girls, and the guys arent socially awkward Posted 02/12/2008 11:25 AMReply

Anonymous says,

Sig Ep is the gayest house on campus. Half of their brothers drop out early on because of they were tricked into joining and then had to deal with the lame parties and rules. Posted 02/19/2008 9:16 PMReply

Anonymous says,

@ Anonymous:

Yeah, we get outside opinions like this a lot. In the years I've been in the house, the bids-to-total rush percentage runs under 25%. Whether that's good, par, or below average for other houses on campus, I don't know or care. What I do know is that because of alumni/nationals scrutiny, we're forced to put that much effort into rush and hash. We don't do blanket or face bids (PIKE), and at the end of our process, a fifth to a fourth of the rushees will actually receive bids. We're sorry that we have better things to do with our time than beat the shit out of people we call brothers. Posted 02/20/2008 12:05 AMReply

Anonymous says,

pledging forces you to put effort into the house. you dont have get hazed, but when you are done earning the right to be in the house with your pledge brothers, you are closer with them... and you care about your house. thats why sig-ep sucks. you reap what you sow... Posted 02/20/2008 09:21 AMReply

Anonymous says,

One man scared my perception of SigEp forever. Dustin Schmultz (former SRC head) had the plan to kick Shady off campus, buy out their house and sigma chi's, then build a super sigep mansion over both.

Ridiculous Posted 02/21/2008 4:03 PMReply

Anonymous says,

it's schmuldt, ****. and that was a good idea. Posted 02/21/2008 8:06 PMReply

Anonymous says,

wtf is with ifc vps from sigep? hankinson put his own house on so pro Posted 02/21/2008 11:52 PMReply

Anonymous says,

@ Anonymous:

isnt accepting kids after three days of rush, without really knowing the kid, just that, a face bid?

... how exactly is this different from what pike does? atleast they can ball the kid after a few months if it turns out the kid is a huge douchebag Posted 02/25/2008 1:41 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Hankinson may have put his own house on so pro, but he wasn't that bad of a guy. He's not quite as laid back as Nunez this last year, but anyone following Dustin couldn't look that bad. It's like whoever is president of the US next year. No matter how bad they are, they will be compared to Bush and therefore an improvement. Posted 02/25/2008 1:52 PMReply

Anonymous says,

IFC (for the most part) is full of tools...that's why the eboard is perenially filled with pikes, sigeps, and chi psis... Posted 02/25/2008 3:50 PMReply

Anonymous says,

SigEp has a lot of nice guys. Eh, rushing isn't everything- the contribution to the community is more important in most sane people's eyes. Posted 02/29/2008 9:50 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Sig Ep contributes nothing to the community, so your whole argument is worthless. Posted 03/01/2008 10:33 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Fraternity of the year: 2002, 2003, 2005. You're wrong. Posted 03/02/2008 01:37 AMReply

Anonymous says,

WOOO FRATERNITY OF THE YEAR...TOTALLY SWEET BRAH Posted 03/02/2008 11:18 AMReply

Anonymous says,

There are multiple frats with gay guys... Get over it. Why should the networking in later life that comes along with frat membership be reserved for heterosexual men only? Posted 03/02/2008 2:04 PMReply

Anonymous says,

while shopping on craigslist Posted 03/02/2008 2:36 PMReply

Anonymous says,

homophobia will be a problem in organized groups of men for years to come. ever heard of sports? its sad, but itll be an uphill battle. Posted 03/02/2008 8:51 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Sig Ep being a decent house is an uphill battle. Posted 03/05/2008 9:49 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Above comment written by a member of Pike Posted 03/11/2008 1:33 PMReply

Anonymous says,

I was talking about the hate towards gay people earlier on in the thread. Posted 03/11/2008 2:05 PMReply

Anonymous says,

comment about sig-gay here. leave the dke board to itself. Posted 03/14/2008 09:28 AMReply

Anonymous says,

all they ****ing do it play beirut and smoke hookah on their porch Posted 04/29/2008 9:37 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Wow, I am glad I am not greek at U of M...

I am a SigEp, I had a pledge term. I have met guys from chapters who both pledged and did not pledge. Regardless, they where my letters, therefore are my brothers. It is no different that any of you going to another university and meeting people from another chapter of your org.

But what surprises me is the amount of trash talking you guys do. All communities have rivalries and the different stereotypes for houses but damn. You guys are ridiculous...

And to correct the earlier post...SigEp IS the largest fraternity as measured by current enrollment nationwide. Posted 05/14/2008 2:43 PMReply

Anonymous says,

wow, ok. so sigep is the ****giest fraternity in the country. good going homo Posted 05/14/2008 4:24 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Anyone know where SigEp's moving next year? Posted 10/05/2008 3:15 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Wow... A whole bunch of ****ing bitches. SigEp is built around a belief that commitment and life-long brotherly love is more important than how long you can hold a Twinkie up your ass and run the quads. You ****ers suck. Your lame as approach to brotherhood is a ****ing joke. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what all we do, but I know that at the end of the day, I don't have hemorrhoids or seizures from the shit you guys do at night to "prove" yourselves. HFF Posted 10/10/2008 12:41 PMReply