Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu is a fraternity located at 556 West 113th Street, the Delta Gamma Chapter at Columbia. It is founded on the principles of Love, Truth, and Honor, and stands strictly by its historic mandate of not hazing new members. Many brothers are or have been members of the Men's Swimming and Diving team, but the fraternity nevertheless maintains its own separate identity. The fraternity has experienced significant growth and improvement since 2006 and is very happy with its progress. The Columbia chapter is well documented on its website, sigmanucu.com
The National Fraternity
See the Sigma Nu National website. More information coming soon.
Community Service
Sigma Nu is considered one of the more service-oriented fraternities at Columbia. Besides participating in all the large scale events on campus including Relay for Life, CCO (Columbia Community Outreach), and CU Dance Marathon, members also participate in all Greek-sponsored fundraisers, such as Theta's Breakfast at our CASA, AXO's "LipSync", and various other annual and one-time events. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the fraternity sponsored a comedy show with a comedy central stand up comedian in John Jay lounge and all proceeds went to relief efforts.
Sigma Nu also supports a program at Hunter College called (Project HAPPY). Every weekend Sigma Nu brothers travel to the Hunter Campus and assist in giving sports instruction to autistic individuals. The main focus has been in swimming and water safety, however brothers also volunteer with tennis, bowling, basketball, and other activities. Each spring Sigma Nu sells raffle tickets to raise money for Project HAPPY.
As of 2010, Sigma Nu began officially supporting the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, specifically working for the Help4Ezra cause. Ezra, a four year old boy in need of matching bone marrow, is the cousin of a Sigma Nu brother which prompted the group's involvement.
Awards
In 2009, Sigma Nu was named the Most Outstanding Chapter in the Columbia Fraternal system. In 2009, Sigma Nu also earned several awards for the outstanding size of their recruiting class. In 2010, Sigma Nu again was named Most Outstanding Chapter.
Trivia
- It is widely rumored that Julia Stiles once spent the night in Room 33.
- The goal post from the streak-snapping Columbia-Princeton football game, from 1987, where the Columbia Lions came out victorious over the Princeton Tigers 17-14, resides in the backyard.
- The Members Room was completed in 2009, the most recent of several upgrades to the House.
- In the 80s and earlier the poorly insulated kitchen was actually a poorly insulated single - for this reason it was known as the "cheese locker".
- In 1984, when Bozo the Clown pretended to run for president to raise opposition to the incumbent Reagan he gave a well received speech at Columbia University. His 'Body Guards' were all Sigma Nu brothers (dressed in suits, sun glasses, and round red noses), as some brothers at the time were members of a band called 'The Nasty Bozos'.
| Greek life at Columbia |
| IFC Fraternities: Alpha Delta Phi • Alpha Epsilon Pi • Beta Theta Pi • Delta Sigma Phi • Kappa Delta Rho • Phi Gamma Delta • Pi Kappa Alpha • Psi Upsilon • Sigma Chi • Sigma Nu • Sigma Phi Epsilon • Zeta Beta Tau |
| Panhel Sororities: Alpha Chi Omega • Alpha Omicron Pi • Delta Gamma • Gamma Phi Beta • Kappa Alpha Theta • Sigma Delta Tau |
| Multicultural Greek Fraternities: Phi Iota Alpha • Alpha Phi Alpha • Kappa Alpha Psi • Omega Psi Phi • Pi Delta Psi • Lambda Phi Epsilon • Sigma Lambda Beta |
| Multicultural Greek Sororities: Lambda Pi Chi • Sigma Iota Alpha • Delta Sigma Theta • Kappa Phi Lambda • Sigma Lambda Gamma |
| Inactive (de-recognized): Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
