Editing Sigma Nu

'''Sigma Nu''' is so hot right now. So hot right now, '''Sigma Nu'''.

'''Sigma Nu''', the honor fraternity, was founded in 1869 at Virginia Military Institute. For more than 110 years, the Delta Theta chapter at Knox has been a prominent leader in academics, sports, community service. Today, Sigma Nu’s mission continues to develop ethical and honorable leaders of society through the development of the minds, hearts and characters of its members.

The second oldest chapter of a fraternity on the Knox College campus after Beta Theta Pi (1855), Sigma Nu was originally founded as Delta Theta, a local fraternity at nearby Lombard College in 1861.  In 1891, Delta Theta became affiliated with the national Sigma Nu Fraternity.  The Chapter was allowed to keep Delta Theta as its chapter designation even though it is out of sequence with the other national chapters.  It is only one of two Sigma Nu chapters allowed to do this. It is also the oldest continuously running Chapter of Sigma Nu in the world.  

Loved by most, tolerated by others. Hated by none.

Known to throw great parties, Cause great Heckling, Adorable hijinks, And Fantastic group dances.  

Always expect greatness.  You will receive it.

Safety first: if you feel unsafe walking home from a social gathering, Sigma Nu brothers will always offer to walk people to their dorms/residences.

The Sigma Nu chapter house (or ''''SNouse'''') is located at 556 S. West Street across from the [[Quad]] loading dock.  It is the smallest chapter house of any fraternity at Knox by square footage, and shares the lowest housing capacity with [[Sigma Chi]].  

 

 

The Sigma Nu house maybe be scrappy, but the brothers have put a lot of work into it. It's full of pleasant surprises, and is considered by many to be the most unique of the fraternity houses. Some views of the house are presented on this page.

The [[Orange Room]]

[[Hookah Room]]

''[[Sigma Old|(see also: Sigma Old)]]''

Eminent commander=[[Joe Olvera]]

Lt. Commander=[[Wesley Gunter]]

Treasurer=[[Chris Holland]]

Recorder=[[Andrew Polk]]

Social Chairman=[[Muneer Rizvydeen]]

Eminent Commander=[[Christopher Overton]]

Lt. Commander=[[Lyall Wallerstedt]]

Treasurer=[[Joe Olvera]]

Recorder=[[Sean Frohling]]

Social Chairman=[[Rohel Terrazas]]

Eminent Commander=[[Matt Hundley]]

Lt. Commander=[[Rohel Terrazas]]

Treasurer=[[Reed Wang]]

Recorder=[[Christopher Overton]]

Social Chairman =[[Lyall Wallerstedt]]

Eminent Commander=[[Alex Kemmsies]]

Lt. Commander=[[Doug Davison]]

Treasurer=[[Matt Hundley]]

Recorder=[[David Nolan]]

Social Chairman =[[Brian C Zhang]]

Eminent Commander=[[Eric Langston]]

Lt. Commander=[[Sean McKittrick]]

Treasurer=[[Andrew Kama]]

Recorder=[[Andy Sheehan]]

While Sigma Nu is an important part of members' social lives, Sigma Nus don't tend to rely as much on the fraternity for their social activities as other fraternities' members seem to, and have more friends outside of Sigma Nu than do other fraternity members. As a result, there are typically fewer "unofficial" parties at Sigma Nu.  On weekends when there is not a registered party, Sigma Nus will often be seen at other parties around campus, including those of other fraternities.

Sigma Nus have never really understood the appeal of having a bunch of people they don't know come to their parties just for free [[beer]].  They don't mind when it happens - they just don't get it. As a result, Snu parties are typically smaller, more personal affairs than those of other fraternities, and consist mainly of closer friends of the house.

There is often [[dancing]], but the dance floor is seldom packed for the entire party. Exceptions occur--the 80s dance party of [[2005-06]] and the [[James Bond Party]] on April 20, 2007 are prime examples of this. However, in light of recent events, Sigma Nu has become a dance center of campus, with its infamous 'Tiny' sound system, as well as new lighting, increasingly better music, and a lot more people.

Parties throughout the year include "[[Sunrise]]" and "[[Sunset]]" at the beginning and end of the year respectively (formerly "Tequila Sunrise" and "-Sunset"), "[[Sigma Boo]]", a Halloween party, "[[Party With a Heart On]]", a Valentines' party, and many others.

Since Sigma Nu parties are more than just an excuse to get hammered, booty dance, and get laid, women generally feel secure that they will not be sexually harassed at a Snu party.

Snu parties are the best parties.

Snu parties are the safest parties.  

At some point during a Snu party, all members will come to the dance floor to do a ridiculous dance to the equally ridiculous song, ''Tunak Tunak Tun'', by Daler Mehndi.  Thanks go out to Brother Akshat Agarwal for introducing to the chapter another means of making completed arses out of ourselves.  Though many have attempted to translate the text, we still don't know what we're dancing to...or even why.

On [[Flunk Day]] Sigma Nus do the ''Tunak'' dance in the middle of West Street in front of their house.  However on [[Flunk Day 2007]], a fire truck was in the way, so the Snus and their friends did the ''Tunak'' dance for the firemen.

Tunak has since been exported to a number of other locations on campus, ususally when 3 or more SNu's get together in one place; music is not required.

Sigma Nu performed Tenacious D's "Explosivo" at the [[Greek Week No-Talent Show]] in 2007. The band included [[Mike Hahn]] on acoustic guitar,  [[Alex Enyart]] on electric, [[Rohel Terrazas]] on bass, and [[David Nolan]] playing a [[Guitar Hero]] controller.

Sigma Nu doesn't have any beef or rivalry with any of the other fraternities.  This is due to the fact that Snus are generally a pretty innocuous group of nice guys that don't start shit. Snu's only hit the Start button.

Every other Fraternity and Sorority are jealous of [[Sigma Nu]]'s total domination of the 2009-2010 Greek Week, having a clear sweeping win.

[[Sigma Wars]] are an event that transpires between the Glorious Sigma Nu's and the not as glorious [[Sigma Chi]]'s. Hijinks, pranks, shenanigans, and finally a bitchin' duel party between Sigma Nu and [[Sigma Chi]]

[[Image:AndyArnold.jpg|thumb|left|125px|This guy was a varsity athlete. No, SERIOUSLY. ]]

As previously noted, Sigma Nus rarely are varsity athletes. Currently, they have a varsity golfer and a former varsity soccer player. They do, however, participate in Intramural Dodge Ball. They just make sure they take precautions to make them as numb to the sting of the ball as possible before hand.  

'''BUT''' now they have [[ADAM KENT]] (also known as Slam "Sasquatch" Squat-thrust SAMSON) who has broken* many track records.  Mostly in events that involve hurling heavy things.

*it should be noted that while Slam breaks the records in the sense that he does better than the previous record-holder, he also has a propensity to literally break the records with his record-breaking throws. It's kinda awesome.

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