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| − | ==Alpha Tau Omega (ATO)== | + | The fraternities of the University of Astoria are tightly regulated by the university in how they operate. New fraternities are given one of the houses on Greek Row, and a five year charter in which to establish themselves and grow to a size that will let them outgrow the Greek Row house. If they have done so by the end of that charter, they will be renewed for another five years, and so on. If they have not flourished, or have been the source of too many problems on-campus, the charter will not be renewed. |
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| + | ==Joining Greek Society== |
| − | * Astoria chapter of the national [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Tau_Omega Alpha Tau Omega] fraternity. | + | * '''Fall Term (Introduction):''' By the administration's request, the Fall Term is off-limits for rushing. |
| − | * Currently assigned one of the [[Greek Row Houses]] on campus. | + | ** Wanting to give new students the chance to settle into the greater university culture (to say nothing of figuring out a good balance with their classes), the Fall Term is made up of various social events for the student body, organized and paid for by the fraternities. |
| − | * Has a local reputation as the fraternity with a lot of engineering students and jocks. | + | ** These are intended to help foster university culture as a whole, as well as give students the chance to meet and get to know some of the Greek societies on campus, as well as give those Greek societies the chance to make positive names for themselves. |
| − | * '''Population:''' 19 (4 seniors, 5 juniors, 4 sophomores) | + | * '''Winter Term (Rush):''' Fraternity Rush begins Winter Term, and lasts for four weeks (until the end of Midterms, roughly). |
| − | * [[ATO Fraternity House]] | + | ** These weeks are filled with "rush events," social events created by the individual fraternities to give students a chance to meet their membership, see what they're like and to make an impression. Only events on the weekends are actually parties - the fraternities often sponsor movie nights, buffet dinners, pick-up sporting events, and other events that often highlight the purposes and character of the fraternity. |
| − | * [[Status (ATO)]] | + | ** The last two weeks of the Rush includes all of the Greek Row Houses hosting Open Houses from 10am to 8pm, giving interested members the chance to see what living in the House is like, and to make their interest known. Then, the last week of Rush, the societies extend their bids to interested students, and take those who accept in as pledges. |
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| − | | [[Image:Deacon-alders.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Deacon Alders'''<br>''Chapter President; Engineering Major (Senior); Baseball''<br>Deacon is a senior who is the current president of the fraternity. He's well-known as one of the baseball team's best players. As fraternity president, he has a large room to himself.<br>• '''Ep 101:''' Deacon gathered up [[Henry Mulgrew|Henry]] and Reese, as well as [[Stella Jalo|Mama J]] to give the two brothers an assignment: planning the Bonfire Night party for the frat. | + | * '''Spring Term (Pledge & Initiation):''' After being accepted into the Greek society, the Spring Term is the opportunity for new members to test themselves. There is a whole corpus of knowledge that pledges are expected to learn: the meaning of the fraternity's name, its luminaries, its history, knowledge about Greek society in general and so on. |
| − | • '''Ep 101b:''' Deacon was found unconscious in the basement of the ATO house, when Henry, Jace and Stella were investigating the sabotage of the ATO house fuse box.
| + | ** Pledges are often given onerous tasks in the upkeep of the organization and House, and though hazing isn't strictly legal in the Greek system, it inevitably does occur to some degree, although RAs and chapter presidents know to keep a close eye out for anything that becomes potentially dangerous or legally actionable. |
| − | <br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 1 & 2), [[University of Astoria]] (Student Center, Athletics Center, Innis Hall, Library)
| + | ** By end of term, pledges have either been released from their oaths (which very rarely happens) and are not being accepted, or they are prepared for initiation. Each society has its own rituals of initiation and oaths of secrecy. |
| | + | ==Greek Life Office== |
| | + | * The Greek Life Office is located in the Student Center. |
| | + | * It is an office and an attached conference room where the chapter presidents of the school's societies meet weekly. |
| | + | * The office is work space for any of the presidents, and they tend to take "shifts" over the course of the week in the office, making themselves available to answer any student questions or concerns regarding Greek society. |
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| | + | |[[Image:ATOSeal.jpg|thumb|[[UofA ATO|Alpha Tau Omega]], known for engineers and athletes]] || [[Image:APOSeal.jpg|thumb|[[UofA APO|Alpha Phi Omega]], known for being co-ed and social justice]] || [[Image:DOSSeal.jpg|thumb|[[UofA DOS|Delta Omicron Sigma]], known for being military veterans]] |
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| − | | [[Image:StellaJalo.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''[[Stella Jalo]]'''<br>''Den Mother''<br>The resident advisor, Stella is a local who oversees the part-time cleaning and cooking staff, and acts as a "den mother" for the boys of the ATO.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (RA's Rooms), [[Kaffe]] | + | |[[Image:PSNSeal.jpg|thumb|[[UofA PSN|Phi Sigma Nu]], known for being Native American]] || [[Image:PKASeal.jpg|thumb|[[UofA PKA|Pi Kappa Alpha]], known for being the big-party frat]] || [[Image:TPASeal.jpg|thumb|[[UofA TPA|Theta Phi Alpha]], known for being a very social sorority]] |
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| − | | [[Image:Bradley-humes.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Bradley Humes'''<br>''Athletics Major (Senior), Baseball''<br>Boisterous and the unquestioning leader of the fraternity's partiers, Bradley is the sort who was obviously born for the Greek life. He is a second-generation ATO, and his father contributed a fat portion of funding that paid for the ATO house's furnishings (something he never lets anyone forget).<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 8), [[University of Astoria]] (Athletics Center, Main Quad, Other frat houses), [[Crossroads_Nightclub|Crossroads]]
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| − | | [[Image:brody_caleb.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Brody Higgins & Caleb Huffman'''<br>''Currently General Science Majors (3rd Year Seniors); UofA Republicans, Social Gaming Club''<br>Brody and Caleb are childhood friends that are rarely ever seen apart from each other. They spend most of their time on the couch in the ATO house watching television or playing video games. They are both third generation ATO and third year seniors having attended Wayne State University in Detroit, MI prior to transferring to UofA when it first began enrollment. They have changed their majors seven times since they began college and their parents don't seem to mind continuing to float the bill so long as they retain their ATO family pedigree.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Rooms 3 & 4), [[University of Astoria]] (Student Center, Library, Richmond Science Center, Athletics Center)
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| − | | [[Image:Reese-tavis.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Reese Tavis'''<br>''Archaeology Major (Junior); Wrestling & Rugby''<br>Reese is a good guy: a member of the ATO and a good athlete, a solid low-As student (majoring in Archaeology, with a minor in Mass Communications), he's well-liked by most of the people he knows. Reese plays hooker position in rugby.<br>• '''Ep 101:''' Reese was assigned the task of helping Henry plan the Bonfire Night party. His uncle brought Stella a box of his things.
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| − | • '''Ep 101b:''' Resse's room was broken into during the ATO break in. We also discovered that Reese was in a short relationship with Victor Sutherland last year. <br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 18), [[University of Astoria]] (Athletics Center, Richmond Science Center, Main Quad, Student Center)
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| − | | [[Image:Henrymulgrew.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''[[Henry Mulgrew]]'''<br>''Mass Communications Major (Junior); Wrestling, Cross-Country & Rugby''<br>Henry is the newest member of ATO.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 17), [[University of Astoria]] (Athletics Center, Columbia Hall, Student Center [esp the [[Queer Resource Center] ). | |
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| − | | [[Image:tyler_doress.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Tyler Doress'''<br>''Engineering Major (Junior); Ballroom Dancing Club, Habitat for Humanity, Bowling Club''<br>Tyler transferred to UofA from PSU last year. He is highly sociable but tends to be a quiet observer more than a contributor. He is a very active participants in the clubs he belongs to and always eager to lend a helping hand in fraternity events. He maintains a perfect 4.0 GPA, though he is rarely ever seen studying. Tyler has a girlfriend named Jin Ae that he has been dating long distance for six years. She lives in Korea and they met through World of Warcraft.<br>
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| − | • '''Ep 101b:''' Stella had initially mistaken the "large hulking figure" in the basement to be Tyler.
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| − | <br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 7), [[University of Astoria]] (Student Center, Library, Innis Hall)
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| − | | [[Image:Carter-smythe1.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Carter Smythe'''<br>''Engineering Major (Sophomore); Cross Country, Rugby, Wrestling''<br>Carter is a young former Eagle Scout who is attending university partially on a Scouting scholarship. He's an upstanding young man: a star rugby player and wrestler, good at academics, a faithful church-goer who does work with service organizations like Habitat For Humanity during his summers. He also helps run the campgrounds for the local Boy Scouts, as well. Carter was thrilled when [[Warner Pelt|Warner]], someone from his old troop who'd been (to his mind) unfairly removed from the Scouts, showed up at the university, and they've struck up a tentative friendship again. If Carter has a weakness, it is the TA [[Neena Cosgrove]], whom he asks out on a date at the end of every lecture he attends where she is presiding. To date, he's had no success, but he's sure he just needs to prove himself to her. In the short time since the new brother [[Henry Mulgrew|Henry]] has shown up, he and Carter have found themselves in a friendly rivalry.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 21), [[University of Astoria]] (Student Center, Library, Innis Hall, Athletics Center)
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| − | | [[Image:justin_baratiak.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Justin Baratiak'''<br>''Athletics Major (Sophomore); Baseball, Cross Country''<br>Justin juggles working full time for the Astoria Trolley and a full load of courses on top of baseball and cross country. This being the case, he has precious little spare time. He lives in a tiny off campus apartment with his aunt. He frequently spends what little free time he can find at the ATO House where he decompresses with his friends or studies in the frequently abandoned study hall.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 11), [[University of Astoria]] (Athletic Center), Crosswalk Apartments, Astoria Trolley (work).
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| − | | [[Image:Kaleb-jackson.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Kaleb Jackson'''<br>''Marine Biology Major (Sophomore); Swim team, Coast Guard ROTC''<br>Known throughout the frat house as "Grumpy Cat" for his general demeanor and bad attitude, Kaleb goes through life with a glare on his face. Though he doesn't have many immediate friends in the frat or out of it, he is dedicated to it as a whole - unsurprising given the fact that his father is ATO as well, and donated about half of the funds used to furnish the downstairs.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 14), [[University of Astoria]] (MERTS Campus, Patriot Hall, Richmond Science Center).
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| − | | [[Image:Dan-montoya.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Dan Montoya'''<br>''History Major (Sophomore); Cross Country, Basketball''<br>Dan is very gregarious and makes a point of getting to know just about everyone that he encounters on anything like a regular basis. He's also the go-to guy for brothers who're having problems with history or writing work in general. He's something of a local, as well.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 24), [[University of Astoria]] ([[UofA Athletic Center|Athletic Center]], Patriot Hall), His mother's home in Warrenton. | |
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| − | | [[Image:Eric-clasen.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Eric Clasen'''<br>''Mechanical Engineering Major (Sophomore); Rugby, Coast Guard ROTC''<br>Eric is pursuing a Mechanical Engineering degree under a Coast Guard ROTC scholarship. Absolutely mad for Rugby he decided on the University of Astoria so that he could play and not have to leave the Oregon Coast to go to college. Eric seems to split his time between studying, partying at the ATO house, and working out at the Athletic center.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 13), [[University of Astoria]] ([[UofA Athletic Center|Athletic Center]], Innis Hall).
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| − | | [[Image:Scott-torres.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Scott Garcia Torres'''<br>''English and Music Major (Sophomore), Wrestling, Boxing, Dance.''<br>A California transplant, Scott is a driven young man who keeps busy athletically and academically. His frat brothers see him as a withdrawn and taciturn tough guy, but he is actually a brony who is afraid to come out to his frat. He is an aspiring playwright and musical writer who keeps his scripts of musical vignettes for the ponies a closely guarded secret published online under the pseudonym Hoof Cadence.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room x), [[University of Astoria]] (Towler Hall, Alder Hall, Athletics Center)
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| − | | [[Image:Pieter-kostina.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Pieter Kostina'''<br>''Agriculture & Business Dual Major (Freshman)''<br>The nephew of an ATO alum who worked to get the young man in the fraternity, Pieter grew up in Volgograd, Russia. Though he is bilingual, his speech is still somewhat heavily accented - he's only been in the United States since his senior year in high school. He's bright, if a little shy.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 15), [[University of Astoria]] (Delphis Hall, Columbia Hall), his uncle's house in Portland, OR.
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| − | | [[Image:Nick-marchant.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Nick Marchant'''<br>''Undeclared Major (Freshman); Wrestling''<br>Another freshman who is part of the fraternity because his father was, Nick always seems a bit overwhelmed at the university experience. Though he's got something of a reputation as a bit of a follower, he's also a great guy to have around at parties. For some reason, he also seems to have quite a way with the ladies.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 16), [[University of Astoria]] (Richmond Science Center, Towler Hall, Student Center).
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| − | | [[Image:Eddy-tsung.jpg|left|150px]]|| '''Eddy Tsung'''<br>''Education Major (Freshman); Cross Country, Baseball''<br>An Astoria local, Eddy has a half-assed intention of becoming a high school teacher, but is far more interested in his athletics program, hoping to find a place in professional baseball at some point.<br><br>'''Common Locations:''' [[ATO Fraternity House]] (Room 19), [[University of Astoria]] (Athletics Center, Kant Hall), his family home in the Alameda/WestLex neighborhood of Astoria.
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| − | * Astoria chapter of the national [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Omicron_Sigma Delta Sigma Omicron] veteran's fraternity.
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| − | * Currently assigned one of the [[Greek Row Houses]] on campus.
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| − | * Has a local reputation as being fairly quiet, with a large population of local ex-military.
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| − | * '''Population:''' 18 (3 senior, 5 juniors, 4 sophomores, 6 freshmen)
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| − | * Astoria chapter of the national [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_sigma_nu Phi Sigma Nu] Native men's fraternity.
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| − | * Currently assigned one of the [[Greek Row Houses]] on campus.
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| − | * Has a local reputation as being active in social justice, particularly the effort to get the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes recognition.
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| − | * '''Population:''' 9 (2 senior, 4 juniors, 2 sophomores, 1 freshmen)
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| − | * Astoria chapter of the national [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_Phi_Alpha Theta Phi Alpha] sorority.
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| − | * Currently assigned one of the [[Greek Row Houses]] on campus.
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| − | * Has a local reputation as the only sorority, with a very diverse membership.
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| − | * '''Population:''' 14 (1 senior, 2 juniors, 4 sophomores, 5 freshmen)
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