Zeta Phi Chapter History
On the night of October 9th, 1970 a group of approximately twenty-five to thirty-five male freshmen and one male junior UF student got together with five members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity to discuss the possibilities of securing a charter in the near future. Sam Grant and Dr. E. A. Cosby informed the young men that a task such as this would not appear over-night. They continued by making known to the interested men that they should start some type of organization to make preparations for the day when Kappa Men would walk the campus of the University of Florida in brave numbers. Following this, an organization was established for this purpose. The elected President was Kip Smith, Vice-President – Bernard C. Cohen, Secretary – Skitch Holland, Treasurer – Earnest Smith, and Clarence Martin was Sergeant of Arms.
Thus began the long road to Kappadom at the University of Florida. Following this the University of Florida issued a temporary charter to colonize. Due to racial disturbances in the spring of 1971, interest in starting a chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi was temporarily discontinued. However, the seed had already been sowed, and their interest was not to go down in vain. On January 9, 1972 the interested group was re-established. At the first meeting new officers were elected. The officers were as follows: Bernard C. Cohen – President, Clarence Martin – Vice-President, Skitch Holland – Secretary, Earnest Smith – Parliamentarian, Samuel Wright – Treasurer, and Norman Cushon – Reporter.
On the following day another meeting was held for those men who had the foresight to catch a rising star. The name Mu Iota Kappa was suggested by Norman Cushon to be the name of our interest group. The name meant Men Interested in Kappa, and was accepted unanimously by the body. During the following days, six additional young men were joined by the way of the Carnegie program. On April 1 1972, members of the Gainesville Alumni Chapter attended the meeting of Men Interested in Membership in Kappa (Mu Iota Kappa) to discuss the possibilities of a pledge program to start in the near future
On April 7, 1972, Province Polemarch C. O. Lott came to the University of Florida Campus. He and the President of Mu Iota Kappa, Bernard C. Cohen along with Sam Grant of Gainesville Alumni met at the newly founded Institute of Black Culture to discuss pledge-ship. President Cohen received permission to start pledge-ship as of that date. On Wednesday April 12, 1972, the Scrollers Club was formally established; ceremonies were performed by brothers from the Gainesville Alumni Chapter. Thus began the pledge-ship of twenty-five scrollers on the Campus of the University of Florida.
Charter Member - Spring 1972 - Hell & High Water 23 Deep
- Alto Thomas
- Skitch Holland
- Kenneth Spence
- Bernard Cohen
- Earnest Smith
- Samuel Wright
- Ricardo Jackson
- Fredrick Gant
- James Ray Miller
- Leonard Spearman
- Edward Massey
- Rodney Ward
- Heyward Johnson ll
- Jenkins Rolle
- Ulysses Barnes
- Eric Spears
- James Knight
- Reginald A. Holmes
- Michael Jackson
- Norman Cushon
- Clearence Martin
- Steve Williams
- Nathaniel Jenkins
Zeta Phi Lineage
| Line Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Hell & High Water 23 Deep | 1972 Spring |
| Superfly Seven | 1972 Fall |
| The Mack | 1973 Spring |
| Jive Five | 1973 Fall |
| Sweet Exorcist | 1974 Spring |
| The Tribe | 1974 Fall |
| The Players | 1975 Spring |
| Ebony Sunshine | 1975 Fall |
| New Birth | 1976 Summer |
| Universal Spirits | 1976 Fall |
| Ganster Ten | 1977 Spring |
| Too Hot To Handle | 1977 Fall |
| 3 The Hard Way | 1978 Spring |
| Phase 4 | 1979 Fall |
| Changing Times | 1979 Summer |
| Essential Elements | 1980 Winter |
| 4 Grams of Gold | 1980 Fall |
| Infinite Reaction | 1981 Spring |
| Kontroversy | 1981 Fall |
| Hot Ice | 1982 Fall |
| Tenacious 7 | 1983 Spring |
| Krimson Dream | 1983 Fall |
| Nu Dimension | 1984 Fall |
| Kold Sweat | 1986 Spring |
| Krash Krew | 1985 Fall |
| 13 Kt. Solitaire | 1986 Spring |
| Kritical Kondition | 1987 Spring |
| Renaissance of the Diamond | 1987 Fall |
| Six Feet Under | 1988 Spring |
| Strickly Business | 1988 Fall |
| The Dynasty | 1989 Spring |
| Ten of Diamonds | 1990 Spring |
| Diamonds in the Rough | 1990 Fall |
| Nu Kreation | 1991 Spring |
| Total Khaos | 1992 Spring |
| The Legacy | 1993 Fall |
| Mass Hysteria | 1994 Spring |
Final Kut | 1996 Fall |
| Klose Kall | 1997 Spring |
| Krucial Katastrophy | 1998 Spring |
| Diamond Trilogy | 1999 Spring |
| The Fifth Element | 1999 Fall |
| Krimson Drama | 2001 Fall |
| Pharmakon | 2002 Spring |
| Diamond M.A.F.I.A | 2003 Fall |
| M.A.D.E. Men | 2005 Spring |
| 7 Diamonds of Perfektion | 2005 Fall |
| Konflict Diamonds | 2007 Spring |
| Phire U.N.K.K.U.T. | 2007 Fall |
| Komeback Season | 2009 Fall |
| Korruption to the 2nd degree | 2011 Spring |
| Fantastik Four | 2011 Fall |
| 19 Keepers of the D.R.E.A.M | 2016 Fall |
| 9 Sons of KA(Psi)OS | 2017 Fall |
| 11 Survivors of the Titanik | 2018 Fall |
| The ResurreKted 4 | 2020 Spring |
| V6 | 2022 Spring |
