Delta Lodge

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Delta Lodge is an independent, currently in good standing ^[1], fraternity in Denton, Texas at the University of North Texas. Established in 1987, Delta Lodge was created when fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu decided to pull the charter for its North Texas State University (Later renamed UNT)affliate. It is the organization that organizes the mostly annual Fry Street Fair.

After a fire destroyed the fraternity house at 1305 W. Oak in Denton, Texas in 1995, a new, expensive house was eventually constructed under the direction of older alumni who couldn't let go of the past - or pay their rent. Financial mismanagement caused the house to eventually became a financial burden that the chapter could not afford, ^[2]

“The house and the fair essentially are distractions for us; it allowed some members to lose sight of the fact of what we were all about,” Kaastad said. “They didn’t help us achieve our goal of providing to charity, so we’re making some changes.”^[3]

The Delta Lodge has alumni members all over the country. This includes two sisters working on post-graduate degrees at NYU.

It is a coed fraternity with proud members of both sexes. It resides in a large house in the Fry Street area designed and built by the frat. It was built to replace the house on that same property that had burned down almost a decade before.

- - Correction: This is being written by an actual NTSU Sammy from 1980-84. Our house (owned by our landlord 'Moses') was still standing in 1984. Despite our extreme antics (which apparently included burning down our house, ultimately), we held the highest GPA on campus among all the Greeks for multiple years running. This was due to the diligence of our fearless leader (KM) monitoring each members performance and therefore our ability to drop and retake specific classes until we could do it right (sometimes the second or third time). Unfortunately, that is also why we took an average of 6 or 7 years to get out of school. However it should be noted that most late 70's early 80's Sammys are now very successful professionals. To the fresh ones - Keep the Faith, Brothers and Sisters... ***

As of December 2007, discussions among members and alumni are ongoing how to reorganize and revitalize the organization. There is also active discussion by members of the Alpha Mu chapter whether to follow the founding Delta Lodge members actions in separating from Sigma Alpha Mu to create the next generation named Delta Alpha Mu.