Yes, that "no words under 4 letters" thing can get you, but you just have to be a little creative. If you do a search for the terms "Theta," Nu" and "Machine, " you'll get these threads:

TNE -- The Bad Boys

The Machine at Alabama

The Machine

Skull and Bones

Bad News

Secret Society and GLOs

Doing a search for "Theta," Epsilon" and "Skull" will also turn up this additional thread:

Skull and Bones

All of these threads are either about TNE or include some discussion of TNE.

We do what we can.

Well, thanks for the help.

It does seem that most of those threads are a number of years old, so I guess I didn't miss much after all.

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there is no truth to what yall are asking to find out. those that know wont tell and those that don't will lie. theres a reason no one knows anything about this society.

i tell you honestly that its older than the skull and bones, more powerful and more connected.it follows closely anyone and everyone asking questions about.

Older than the Masons?

no offense. but like I'm supposed to believe you? :rolleyes: besides you are answering in riddle me this language...... i don't even understand what you are saying.

Hehe, they have Bender featured in their Pins section. That's pretty cool.

oooooooooh... creepy

thanks for the laugh.

wptw
...those who know are known only to no one, and no one knows who knows but the knowers of the unknown... :rolleyes:

WE LOVE YOU, WPTW!!!!!! :D

Considering we're the home of the Alpha chapter, they do a really good job of keeping themselves underground. Except when they decide to draw skulls with their letters under them all over campus.

What I hear: The self styled "Alpha Chapter" at Wesleyan is an open if unrecognized co-ed society, NOT a fraternity and NOT an inter-fraternity group. One fthen student who wasn't in any other fraternity "recreated" or brought it back about a decade ago and also recreated the Mystical Seven as a public society. (There are two groups calling themselves Mystical Seven at Wesleyan though only one has much of a presence. One side says that says both of the organizations the fellow recreated- TNE and the "other" Mystical Seven are b.s.- but that's between them.)

I think you guys are talking about the other more infamous Theta Nu Epsilon chapters that have usually been around for decades at various campuses,. they operate as a private coordinating body for fraternities, societies and sometimes sororities as well and have their own fraternal character. (Some merged with or became secret societies that are political but operate independently of any GLO coordinating function.) At any rate, they operate along the lines of the Alabama chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon (The Machine/Skull and Keys.) Chapters have various names that they use as well as Theta Nu Epsilon (TNE.)

Even though the original constitution forbids it, some groups have admitted sorority members (and non-Christian fraternity members), whether because of changing times or because they needed the votes for elections. Some coordinate with these non-traditional groups for election purposes and other agendas but do not bring them in as members.

Most operate independently. There are those however that coordinate amongst themselves; others have competing claims to legitimate authority in a region or nationally. Some groups spring up with the support of TNE at another campus.

TNE are said to have a very politically powerful alumni base in some regions if all the press is to be believed. See welcometothemachine dot info/ PS-From what I know they do not demand that prospects share their rituals though I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to get this info out of them.

maybe a test, like if you tell, you're not worthy

Fratitude, you have confused Phi Nu Theta (otherwise known as the Eclectic Society), which is a co-ed literary society with an application based membership and known members with TNE, which to the best of my knowledge, is none of these things.

I am not confused in the least. First though let me say that I do not mind when someone is attempting to correct something even if they turn out not to be right- we're all human, and in this case you happen not to be right.

I assure you I know about TNE. On the other hand I am not a follower nor do I have any interest in anything that goes on at Weslyan other than that it houses some sort of TNE and by extension of the fellow that runs it, the Mystical Seven. Nevertheless I am not "confused" at all between Eclectic and the various Mystical 7's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystical_Seven_(Wesleyan) , http://www.wesleyanargus.com/article...rticle_id=4151

TNE at Wesleyan (Thetanuepsilon dot com) is run by a fellow who brought it back or revitalized it in a very different form. He has a facebook group, a blog and that website which he has been working on for years. It is a very different thing than other TNE groups. There are senseless people who will start the back and forth bickering about legitimacy and authority, usually coming from Wesleyan. I am not addressing the "legitimacy" issue at all.

The other TNE's tend to run as I described. They do good and they accomplish things (which is more than many other organizations), even if their reputation does not always reflect that. One would imagine their independence allows them to accomplish more than groups under the control of administrators, etc. and that this independence carries over to post grad life.

Maybe there is something you know that I have wrong about the Mystical Seven or Eclectic (which I know little about.) It would make a great thread.

Ah, I see. I understand where you are coming from now - the Wesleyan chapter certainly does not seem to be at all like the way the chapter at, for example, Bama has been described. Mystical Seven is a whole other ball game, but I had never heard that the same person was involved with both TNE and M7. Just thought I would pipe in as an alum and make sure you weren't confusing the two :)