Triangle's purpose is to develop balanced men in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, and Science by providing an environment which fosters personal growth and professional success.

We are very proud of our house on Landfair Ave. Members are encouraged to use their engineering knowledge to improve their rooms and public areas with house funded projects. Living with other engineering students provides fantastic scholastic help, and the vast alumni network makes finding internships and jobs easier. While academics are our main focus, we understand the importance of a healthy social lifestyle. Triangle offers a variety of social functions ranging from dinner exchanges to parties to brotherhood events.

My name is Robin "Peachfuzz" Armstrong and I am the author of the South Campus web comic know as Engineered. Engineered started as something to kill time back in my freshman year. Every time I witnessed something funny or interesting in one of my classes, I would draw a little cartoon of a similar situation happening to these three fictional character I named Chaz, Troy, and Phoebe.

Later, I started teaching myself Photoshop and found myself redrawing these cartoons using what limited photoshop skills I had. One day, I posted a few of these comics onto facebook for the general amusement of my friends. After I joined Triangle, one of the brothers saw one of my comics on facebook, and offered to make and host a website for me. Since then various brothers have offered to add features such as comment boxes and facebook integration. Although these days I find myself much busier, I will still occasionally sit down on a Wednesday night and draw a short tribute to the men and women of south campus. I hope you enjoy Engineered.

Rushing Triangle in Winter 2009 I didn't quite get the hip terms people use. So here's the lowdown:

When I visited Triangle on their Recruitment Week, it's called "Rushing".

When I was contacted by one of the Triangle brothers about being recruited, it's called a "bid".

When I accepted the bid and went to the first week of a series of member meetings, I became a "pledge".

After undergoing one quarter of New Member Education (referred to as "pledging"), I underwent "initiation".

After going through initiation, I became an "neophyte". Shortly after, as if by magic, I became an "active", which means I'm an active member of Triangle.

Hope that helps!

Back in ye olde days, or rather 2007, I stumbled upon an odd site while checking out tables for different organizations on campus: an engineering fraternity. At the time, the entire concept seemed just plain stupid; we've all seen parts of Revenge of the Nerds at 4 in the morning, and it really did not seem like something worth being a part of it.

Nonetheless, as the quarter progressed and I met people through classes, my dorm, and an athletic club I partook in, I decided that coming to UCLA meant exploring all my options as a student, so the next quarter I came to this thing called 'rush' at this peculiar Triangle house. A few days of meeting the people and figuring out what they were all about and I was sold. The brothers of the house all strive for excellent grades and bright futures, but make sure to maintain a hearty dose of a good time in between.

Now, as I begin my fourth (but not yet final!) year at this excellent university, I look back at the awesome sorority exchanges, quarterly parties, and even the more relaxed kick backs and am truly grateful for the opportunity to have experienced them all. And of course, I am definitely looking forward to an amazing year at what I truly believe is a stand-up organization!

Triangle is a fraternity of Engineers, Architects, and Scientists. For us UCLA students, that pretty much means anything found in South Campus.

To be more specific, any major from the School of Engineering is obviously game. Architecture students are also welcome, as are students in physical and life sciences. Not included are students studying social sciences, such as psychology or political science.

The Triangle Constitution dictates exactly what majors will be considered, as listed here:

I pledged Triangle in the fall of last year, so I've been around the house for about a year. Throughout that time I have never paid a bill to Triangle. Even though active fees did accumulate, by the time the year was over my balance due was -12.25. When I went with some brothers to the "Top Of The World" to watch a meteor storm, the gas that I bought was deducted from my bill. When it was rush week, I bought a tank of liquid nitrogen which we used to blow up tiny trash cans. That was also deducted from my bill. Throughout the year, various brotherhood events would eventually make my bill disappear. Yes, technically I did spend money to be a part of Triangle, but all that money was for me. I didnt pay a bill to some national organization, I contributed my part to have fun with all my brothers, and they paid me back just as well.

Sometimes you can't spend all of your time studying for classes. I feel that Triangle really provides a place for me to get away from the daily stresses and relax and to be social. It also gives me great pleasure to be able to converse with such a diverse group of scientists and engineers. If your looking for an outlet to be collaborative and to exercise your creative freedom, this is the place to be. You might never know when your experiences at Triangle can synergize with your experiences in school. Plus it doesn't hurt to have a mentor willing to show you the ropes and have fun not just around UCLA but all of LA. Being in college is not just about homework and taking tests. Give Triangle Fraternity a try; you might just be surprised.

Triangle offers a huge array of events from offshoot engineering projects to parties. The time that you put into Triangle, however, is entirely up to you. Apart from our meetings on Monday night (as per standard UCLA fraternity tradition), there is very little time you 'have to' devote -- we even call off meetings at the end of the year so we can focus on finals. The time that you WILL wind up spending here though, is entirely up to what activities we do that you want to get involved with.

I attended a boarding school (actually, we preferred the term “residential”) for high school specializing in math and science. Living in the same environment with my fellow classmates, I developed some of the strongest friendships ever. Coming to college, I hoped to gain a similar experience. But alas, UCLA is not an institution devoted to math and science, and the people I met in the dorms weren’t the same sort of friends I had in high school. One night in my dorm room, I was combing over loose papers and came across this flyer I had received over the summer. The flyer described some events this “brotherhood for men majoring exclusively in science and engineering” was holding. Poker night, ice blocking, liquid nitrogen! It was at that moment I decided to rush Triangle.

When I rushed Triangle, I was interested in the fraternity for a number of reasons. I was interested in making friends at UCLA that would last all four years and beyond. In the residence halls, you can spend a year with other people, but after people move out, you may never see them again unless you make an effort to keep in touch. Also, the engineering aspect of Triangle definitely appealed to me as a second-year student, because I was still taking a lot of lower-division courses and I wanted to be around people who were actually doing upper-division engineering. Now that I am a fourth-year, I know plenty of civil engineering people, but it is through Triangle that I have had a truly multidisciplinary educational experience. Our house usually has a lot of CS (computer science) majors, and I respect these people for their ability to put together creative codes to solve problems.

I have put a lot of time and effort into Triangle over my years involved with the house, and I think I have gotten a lot out of the experience. It has been really convenient to have a house right next to campus. I know I am welcome to crash there overnight any time, and I was able to store three refrigerators in one of the basements over the summer. I respect a lot of the older brothers and alumni of the house. I enjoy being able to have intellectual conversations about global politics and economics with other brothers. I like knowing that there's a whole group of people who are generally available to play sports, watch a movie, or chill whenever. Triangle gives me a variety of food not found in the dining halls. The housing rates are extremely affordable. The parties and sorority events are enjoyable. The brotherhood events and the house projects are exciting. The leadership development through E-board meetings has been great. The corporation board paid for my trip to Indiana. We've had some awesome retreats to places like a condo in Mammoth, San Onofre beach, Berkeley for a football game, and a house in Joshua Tree National Park, and I had fun planning some of the retreats. Triangle has parking spaces for almost all the brothers with cars, and everybody is really generous with sharing their cars. I could probably continue, but that's a fair number of words off the top of my head, and I have a lot of grading and lab writeups left to do!

As a member of Triangle, I recognize my obligation to:

• Observe the precepts of the Fraternity as set forth in the Ritual;
• Accept cheerfully my full share of any task, however menial, involved in maintaining a chapter home;
• Preserve and promote the chosen ideals of my Fraternity;
• Pay all personal bills promptly, and always live within my means;
• Help create in my chapter home an environment in which enduring friendships may be formed;
• Maintain a creditable scholastic record;
• Promote the welfare of my profession;
• Maintain my self-respect by proper conduct at all times;
• Uphold faithfully the traditions and program of my Alma Mater;
• Pay the price of success in honest effort.