Why choose Sigma Nu?
There are many specific reasons to be interested in Sigma Nu: we offer friendships, leadership experiences, housing, social events, athletic competition, academic support and networking opportunities to name just a few. Though, many of these features can be found in other fraternities and clubs on campus. So then what makes Sigma Nu unique? The Zeta Iota Chapter of Sigma Nu at San Jose State prides itself on two noticeable areas of uniqueness: our values and our diversity. Our values have been summed up with the description Sigma Nu is an Honor fraternity. When James Frank Hopkins started gathering material at VMI for the Legion of Honor, which was to become Sigma Nu, he had one towering standard: He sought men who could govern each act by a high sense of honor. He welded them into a fraternity, not a club, for men, not boys, based upon the Honor Principle, not expediency and situational ethics [2]. We use honor as a goal and test for every action. We are the only fraternity founded in
