Did someone tell you not to rush kappa sigma at nyu?  We think we know who it was.  The ladies above beg to differ.

kappasigmanyu@mail.com let us know what's up. We are talking with new guys through the next three weeks. 

What would you expect but a leisurely approach by gentlemen of leisure? seriously, send the email.

Rush Kappa Sig (Finding only the best men and getting 'em to join the team.)

College fraternity brothers at Kappa Sigma discussing the topic of brotherhood during rush week, 196?.

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Psst! It's the Official Kappa Sigma NYU Rush Group. Come On and Join It. You know you want to. It's okay!

"The Star and Crescent shall not be worn by every man, but only by him who is worthy to wear it. He must be a gentleman... a man of honor and courage... a man of zeal, yet humble... an intelligent man...a man of truth... one who tempers action with wisdom and, above all else, one who walks in the light of God."

We have the tradition, the size, the selectivity, the alum, the programs, the parties, the retreats, the outings, the national presence, the prestige and the respect. Kappa Sig is the epitome of "fraternity". NYU since 1871.

Doesn't hurt that we are the LEAST EXPENSIVE fraternity BOTH BY DUES AND BY PLEDGE FEES, thanks to KΣ being a big fraternity with prosperous and caring brothers.

Has the biggest Scholarship Program $250,000 among all fraternities. (We are the 5th largest fraternity so that also helps your odds.)

WHY WE KNOW YOU WILL FIT IN PERFECTLY. You-

• Like to Laugh, Party and Have a Good Time

• Want to Accomplish Things and Help Others

• Get Along with Others

• Are Confident in Yourself

• Are Willing to be Confident in Those Around You

• Keep Trust and Honor a Commitment

• Lead by Example and by Inspiring Others

• Welcome Being Led by Example and Inspired by Others

• Want to Build Up Not Tear Down

• Can Bring Something to Us to Make Us Better While We Do the Same for You

• Like the “Bad Guys“ in most 80’s Movies; Thought the “Good Guys” were Dorks and the Endings Lame

• Love Murka 

WHY WE KNOW YOU WANT TO JOIN. We offer-

• True Brotherhood - Make friendships that last. We are brothers for LIFE.

• Extensive Networking – It's often about who you know. Kappa Sigma has prominent alumni locally and nationwide.

• A truly National Fraternity with brothers everywhere, on every block and every chair.

• Work with Great Philanthropies - We really go all out to help the community.

• Opportunities to have fun and meet people. Brothers get to the best spots, Own bars and restaurants and have some fun events, reinforcing our bonds in the process. We Play Hard.

• Brothers Work at the Best Firms and the Best Companies. We Work Hard.

• A Brotherhood with meaning. The process is challenging but not demeaning or harmful.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT KAPPA SIGMA at NYU...

Jeffrey Ayres (KΣ Colony): "We've got brothers from Dixie to Dubai. No 'paper letters' here; definitely real brotherhood for life."

Amie Dietz NYU CAS '13: "They got the hook ups. And the definition of Fratastic."

Eric Harmon NYU Law '13: "Never heard of 'em."

Phil Phillips NYU Steinhart '12: "Who do they think they are?"

Derek Fears NYU CAS '11: "My girlfriend was telling me about them. Well, my ex-girlfriend."

Apple Thornton FIT '08: "My boss is a Kappa Sig. He is always calling in 'sick' to play golf, to go fly fishing or to go on 'Old Boy' Alumni and Glory Days Alumni-Active vacations, leaving me with all the work. But he's really a great guy!"

Greg Parker KΣ Colony, NYU Stern '11: "We just try to 'handle our business' you know. No, not that way. Jerk."

Spring recruitment is in full swing with KΣ (Kappa Sigma) at NYU (Gamma-Zeta).  The guys have just had some events and we are looking to get you involved. If you think you want to make this happen, join the group and we'll go from there.  (It may take some time to be "approved" by the group administrators, etc. as we look at our numbers and look in our Book of I Ching to make sure we achieve harmonious balance.) You knew some of us as the DC and G-Z, or maybe you are just getting to know us.

We draw from all over the university- Undergraduate programs, Graduate and Professional schools-- Law school, Medical school, Stern graduate, CAS, GSAS, Stern, Steinhardt, Schack IRE... The benefits and engagement we offer are not focused on student life but for a whole lifetime. We have a great range of activities and involvement for the undergraduate, graduate and alumni.

Regarding IFC and OSA: 

"Does the Brotherhood exist? That, you will never know. If we choose to set you free when we have finished with you, if you live to be ninety years old, still you will never learn whether the answer to that question is yes or no. As long as you live, it will be a riddle in your mind."  -George Orwell, 1984

Seriously, we are one of a number of organizations operating with recognition of our fraternity's national office (SEC) without being members of IFC.We support fraternity and sorority life 100% and have great relations with IFC and Non-IFC groups and Greek life. The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) has put a moratorium on recognition and funding for fraternal groups. So we aren't just doing things however we want to step on toes and get our way-  It's about keeping up 140 years of KΣ (Gamma-Zeta) tradition in the NYU community. For more information go to our website or send us an email at kappasigmanyu @ mail . com

For those of you who went to the wingfest, here are some memories. Too bad they don't have them every weekend. And we promise to give earlier notice in the future

Some famous members you'll recognize from the last 50 years

Some famous members you'll recognize - Bob Dole , John Murtha, Robert Redford, Jimmy Buffett, Ted Turner, Edward R. Murrow, Sam Donaldson, Jerry Jones. (See below for a more extensive list.)

Some Notable Contemporary Business Leaders: 

Craig Barrett CEO, Intel 

Ted Turner media mogul (TNT,TBS,CNN, Atlanta Braves) 

Todd Wagner Broadcast.com co-founder 

Robert Eaton Chairman DaimlerChrysler AG 

Alan Mulally President and CEO Ford Motor Company 

William R. Johnston (Mu) recent President NYSE 

Mike Eskew CEO, UPS 

William Hewlett CEO, Hewlett Packard 

Gary Forsee President and CEO of Sprint Nextel 

Howard Hyle Vice President of Coca-Cola 

Gordon Binder CEO of AMGen 

Cyrus R. Smith Former President of American Airlines 

Willard F. Rockwell Founder of Rockwell International 

Richard Rainwater, ENSCO; Columbia Hospital Corp; Mid Ocean Ltd; Crescent Equities 

Ben Gilmer CEO, AT&T 

R.W. Lundgren Chairman of the Board, Dow Chemical 

Allen Jacobson CEO, 3M Company 

J. Tylee Wilson Chairman, RJR Nabisco 

Pierson M. Grieve CEO, Ecolab, Inc 

John P. Surma, Jr.Chairman and CEO of US Steel 

Robert G. Krebs CEO, Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad Corp. 

Paul Henson Chairman of the Board, United Telecom 

Jack Smith, Jr., President, General Motors 

Some Current Governors, Attorney Generals and Congressmen: 

Governor Sonny Perdue Georgia 

Governor Win Caddenhead Mississippi 

Governor Paul Patton Kentucky 

Sen. Richard Burr North Carolina 

Congressman Vic Snyder 

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas 

And some former Kappa Sigmas in Government: 

Bob Dole, Former United States Senator, Kansas, Republican Presidential candidate 

John Ehrlichman, Counsel and Assistant to the Pres., Domestic Affairs under Pres. Nixon 

Dante Fascell, Former Congressman, Florida 

Estes Kefauver, Former US Senator, Tennessee 

John G. Tower, Former Senator, Texas 

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. (Accepted and was inducted at his son's chapter with honors.) 

Lee S. Drey, Former Governor of Wisconsin 

David C. Treen, Former Governor of Louisiana 

Paul Patton, Governor of Kentucky 

Joe D. Waggoner, Jr., Congressman, Louisiana former Chairman of Ways and Means. 

Larry M. Speakes, Press Secretary for President Ronald Reagan. 

Paul J. Fannin, Former Arizona Senator 

Marty Petersen, Deputy Director of the CIA 

Dante B. Fascell U.S. House of Representatives for 38 years (1955-1993) 

Beauford H. Jester, Former Governor of Texas 

Some Notable brothers in Medicine and the Sciences: 

Edgar Mitchell, Astronaut on Apollo XIV 

John Covert Boyd, incorporated the American National Red Cross 

Denton Cooley, Founder Texas Heart Institute, performed first heart transplant in U. S. 

Lee Berger, Paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer, awarded the First National Geographic Prize for Research and Exploration 

Edwin Hubble (Gamma-Beta), astronomer, namesake of Hubble Space Telescope 

Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (Delta-Gamma) University of Wyoming. NASA Apollo Program Dir. 

Some Kappa Sigmas in Sports: 

Bert Jones, former Quarterback, Baltimore Colts (ret) 

Chris Festa, Indy Pro Series, #9 Car 

Chip Ganassi Racing Team 

Dick Schafrath, 6-time Pro Bowler, Cleveland Browns (now an Ohio State Senator) 

Curtis Strange, professional golfer 

Phil Hill, Formula 1 driver Rick Barry, NBA Hall of Fame 

Fisher DeBerry, Head Football Coach, Air Force Academy 

Lloyd Carr, Head Football Coach, Michigan 

Jerry Jones, Owner, Dallas Cowboys 

Lamar Hunt, Owner, Kansas City Chiefs, Columbus Crew, Kansas City Wizards & F.C. Dallas Founder of the American Football League, Co founder North American Soccer League, and Major League Soccer 

George J. Maloof, Jr., owns Sacramento Kings, Sacramento Monarchs, Palms Hotel & Casino Brian Sipe, former MVP quarterback, Cleveland Browns 

Lanny Wadkins, Professional golfer (1995 Ryder Cup Team) Jay Haas, Delta, Professional golfer 

Peter Jacobsen, Professional golfer Charlie Monfort, Owner of the Colorado Rockies Cam Cameron, Head Coach, Miami Dolphins 

Brian Young, Starting Defensive Guard New Orleans Saints 

Greg Landry, former Quarterback, Detroit Lions (ret) 

Ted Hendricks, Defensive End, Raiders, Hall of Fame 

Dan Dierdorf, Offensive Lineman, St Louis Cardinals, Hall of Fame 

Cecil Upshaw Jr., Pitcher, Atlanta Braves (ret) 

Richie Cunningham, Kicker, Dallas Cowboys 

Chuck Dobson, Pitcher, California Angels (ret) 

Rollie Massimino, Head Basketball Coach, Villanova University 

Erik Russell, Head Football coach, Georgia Southern

Some Important Facts About Fraternities

• A majority of the 600 NIC fraternity chapters are above the All-Men's scholastic average. 
• 76% of our nation's Senators are Greek alumni. 
• 40 of 47 U.S. Supreme Court Justices since 1910 were fraternity men. 
• 85% of the top executives in the Fortune 500, including ...CEO's of 43 of the top 50 companies (six of those were not educated in the U.S.) 
• 71% of the men listed in Who's Who in America are Fraternity men. 
• All but three U.S. Presidents in the last century were Fraternity men. 
• Over 85% of the student leaders on some 730 campuses are involved in the Greek community. 
• A U.S. Government study shows that over 70% of all those who join a fraternity/sorority graduate, while under 50% of all non-fraternity/sorority persons graduate. 
• Less than 0.25% (that's less than a quarter of percent for you non math majors) of an NYU student's expenses go toward fraternity dues. 
• Incidentally, a trustee and dean of the University are Kappa Sigma's and several are members of other fraternities. (No, they aren't going to change your grade or your tuition but they're great guys.) Conclusion: You Can Succeed Without Having the Benefits of Being In a Fraternity But Statistics Show It is Far Less Likely.

Kappa Sigma, Fraternity News

Digby Playground in eastern New Orleans gets overhaul, thanks to firefighters, fraternity

Published: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:12 PM     Updated: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:30 PM

By Martha Carr, The Times-Picayune

 

Digby Playground in eastern New Orleans is the latest city-owned park to get an overhaul from volunteers, thanks to the New Orleans Fire Department, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, SFG Krewe and the New York District Council of Carpenters.

John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneDigby Playground, pictured last January, was in desperate need of repairs.

(A number of members of the New York District Council of Carpenters, a building professionals group, are active in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, and coordinated with local members to help bring these efforts to fruition.)

Representatives from the organizations joined Mayor Mitch Landrieu this morning, who called the project a "great example of the spirit of volunteerism in New Orleans."

After raising money for the project, the group has been renovating the park's multi-purpose center by painting the facility and replacing the roof, plumbing and electrical wiring. The volunteers are also working on the baseball field, reconditioning or replacing the dugout, aluminum bleachers and fencing.
John McCusker, The Times-Picayune archive 
Gerry Crimmins, who died in October of liver cancer, signs a beam at Engine 38 fire house in New Orleans in August, 2009. The Digby Playground renovation was done in his honor.

We So Want Him In Gamma-Zeta

Obnoxious??? No. Just knows what he wants, how to live and won't settle. 

Know how to live. Don't settle. Join Kappa Sig.

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The Brothers Will Help You Adjust to NY Living

Got done with school, landed a job and moved to NY permanently with a place outside of "the City"? Everthing is okay until you go to get a sandwich. ;-)

Our Fans and Friends at NYU Say: Rush Kappa Sig at NYU!

Michael Cunningham, A Kappa Sigma and NYU story.

Michael R. Cunningham

NYU Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award

Michael R. Cunningham who earned a doctorate in graphic communications management and technology from the Department of Culture and Communication and  a master’s degree from the same program, is one of the youngest alumni to receive Steinhardt’s Distinguished Achievement Award, ten years ago.

Cunningham’s dissertation on organizational culture in the context of mergers and acquisitions grew out of his work in the graphic communications industry. He was the founder, president and CEO of Cunningham Graphics International, a publicly held company which he still is active with, and has served as professor in the business school at San Diego State University, Rutgers and NYU. His education is especially meaningful because Cunningham is a first-generation college student. His father, grandfather, and great grandfather were New York City firemen.

“I have been very fortunate in this life,” Cunningham says. “I owe a big part of it to the men and women at (at NYU). To me, investing in NYU and its students — our future leaders —was an easy choice because it was the right thing to do.”

Mr. Cunningham is recognized as a leader in the graphics communication and technology industry. His company, Cunningham Graphics International, Inc. (CGII), provides digital communication, offset and digital printing, and other services from 18 production facilities worldwide. CGII won the state of New Jersey’s Blue Chip Enterprise Award in 1996. Mr. Cunningham was recognized as New Jersey’s Entrepreneur of the Year for Business Services in 1999 by Ernst & Young and recently received the Prestigious Power of Communications Award from the Association of Graphic Communications.

Mr. Cunningham is also committed to community service and is involved with many nonprofit organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club, the Leukemia Society, St. Lucy’s Homeless Shelters, Project Earth and his collegiate fraternity, Kappa Sigma.

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Kappa Sigma 2009 - 2011 Military Heroes Campaign Champions for Military Families The goal of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Military Heroes Campaign is to raise $200,000 for the Fisher House Foundation during the 2009-2011 biennium. The Fisher House™ Program The Fisher House™ program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Because members of the military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House™ Foundation donates "comfort homes," built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful times - during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury. There is at least one Fisher House™ at every major military medical center to assist families in need and to ensure that they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive environment. Annually, the Fisher House™ program serves more than 12,000 families, and have made available nearly 3 million days of lodging to family members since the program originated in 1990. By law, there is no charge for any family to stay at a Fisher House operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Fisher House Foundation uses donations to reimburse the individual Fisher Houses operated by the Army, Navy, and Air Force. No family pays to stay at any Fisher House! Online donations are completely safe and the most efficient way of donating (saving time and money), but checks are accepted. Please download and print the 2009-2011 Military Heroes Check Donation Form and mail the check and completed form to the address on the form. Fisher House™ Foundation, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Donations are tax-deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law. Team Fisher House on Facebook . : : Make a Contribution : : . $25.00 $50.00 $75.00 $100.00 $150.00 $250.00 $500.00 Other: $ Total Donations: $88,300 Goal: $200,000 $0 44% $200,000 Goal Contributor Amount Comment Patricia Rose $100.00 "In loving memory of my father, Ben Dailey, who served our country in the US Navy during WWII." Epsilon-Zeta Chapter of Kappa Sigma $500.00 "$500 Donation by the Epsilon-Zeta Chapter at the University of Connecticut" LORI AND PAUL SABOL $100.00 "In Honor Of Paul Sabol and his dedication to the Indiana Guard Reserve" Timothy Papp $1,001.00 "Please have this donation registered under Kappa Sigma Fraternity Xi-Rho Chapter Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 285 donated on April 30, 2010" Christopher Dickson $1,000.00 "On Behalf of the Theta-Rho Chapter at McNeese State University!" Manuel Alonzo $1,000.00 "This contribution is sent from the brothers of Kappa Sigma of the Epsilon-Xi Chapter."