NPC sororities with calls?
 

I remember a post a looong time ago where CutiePie2000 mentioned she found that Delta Gamma used to have a call.

I'm curious, do any of the other NPC have or used to have one? What is it? Why do you think it's not used?

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. ;)

Understood sensei=)

I should always preface those messages I post with "tell us...if you can" lol.

What exactly is meant by "a call"? :confused:

We had a whistle. Well, I guess we actually have a whistle, ya know :)? Apparently, that was a normal thing in the late 1800s, so I'm guessing the other sororities at Barnard had the same tradition at that time.

Christin

HEY, ALPHA GAMS! usually works;) :D

If you yell "PHI MUUUUU!" you get, "YOU KNOOOOOW!"

I heard GFB has a whistle. They're cool.

We usually use a phone... ;)


I have no idea how common a call is among the Greek System.

Why do you think it's not used?

Perhaps b/c we are in a different era. I'm not saying in the 1800's-1900's, sorority women were more "refined";) , I'm just saying that we may use terms and sounds that would make our founders and older sisters blush, lol.


Also, it may depend on what activity is going on/about to happen when "the call" is made.

SK, i believe, has a call that isn't used anymore.

If we have a call I don't know what it is

Probably most/all fraternities and sororities had whistles, claps, signals etc., at one point in time, and most still have them today - however, they are not used because of several reasons. One of them being that they have been handed down generation after generation after generation, and they have likely changed somewhat in their time. On top of that, who needs to give a mysterious whistle to find out who is a fellow Beta, when I can throw on my 6 inch block letter sweatshirt and advertise it to the world? We also have different ways to communicate, i.e. cell phones, two way radios...etc., that allow us to seek out fellow brothers/sisters.

I think the history with all organizations are pretty cool. Take for example how many Beta's separated by the North/South border in the civil war, wore their Beta badges on the brims of their hats, and during the war, their lives were spared by fellow Beta's (on the enemy side) because their brotherhood was recognized and was stronger than the war. I wonder how many whistled our call back then?

Don't get me wrong, I still whistle out our call when I am in the middle of the woods deer hunting, just in case a fellow Beta happens to be wandering 1/2 mile into the woods... ha ha:)

PS, next time you are at your national conventions or leadership conference, keep your ears open for strange whistles. When there are 1,000 Beta's in Miami, OH for our convention, people are whistling all the time; and its usually the 80-90 year old alumns.

Take for example how many Beta's separated by the North/South border in the civil war, wore their Beta badges on the brims of their hats, and during the war, their lives were spared by fellow Beta's (on the enemy side) because their brotherhood was recognized and was stronger than the war.

That is the coolest thing I've read all day. Granted, I just woke up, but it's still WAY cool!

I could be wrong, but if what I remember from my school is correct the historically black GLO's use their calls very much in the open. I remember the first time we I was at a Greek week event and they called for the DST's and the noise they made scared the crap out of me! But it was an amazing attention getter, I looked forward to it every time after that!! The same is true for the AKA and also the male orgs! The NPC and IFC all had cheers and such, but no 'calls'!

aj

I plan to print this out for my "War Between the States Trivia" file! Thank you so much!

Thanks! If you want some more cool history about the Civil War, and more Beta facts - such as the Beta Founder who's life was spared by the enemy (while they killed the farmer who housed him) and a story about Alan Battle (Alpha Chapter-roll #100), check out this .pdf file:

http://www.betathetapi.org/about/history/4.PDF

I know we have a whistle. I can't whistle so I just yell "YOW" or "DUDE"

We have a whistle, but very few know about it...

Since when?

Reminds me too much of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity's call.

I'm from Richmond and graduated from both U of R and VCU. A few years ago, some IFC fraternity at VCU did the "YOU KNOOOOOW" at this meet-and-Greek event.

All of the NPHC members were like: :rolleyes: :eek: :confused: :mad: :rolleyes:

DO has a whistle, but like someone else said, I wouldn't use it to get a sister's attention. It's more a piece of historical knowledge, now.

Pi Phi has a "yell" but I doubt too many people know it. My chapter used it at the end of our spirit song, but I think we're the exception. Most chapters now want something quicker to shout.

I don't know since when -- I pledged as a junior in fall of 2001.

I wouldn't have made it up.... :rolleyes:

Of course, you're not making it up :rolleyes: That wasn't the point.

So, do you NOT know how long Phi Mu's been doing the call?

Okay, fine :rolleyes:

Clearly it's probably something just her chapter does...And with so many greek orgs is it really that hard to believe that one might be similar to/the same as another? Attitude...:rolleyes:

Uh...I asked a question and she rolled her eyes.

If a GLO takes an NPHC orgs' call, it's going to raise OUR eyebrows. We just don't do that and it has nothing to do with the number of greek orgs.

But, I'm sure she can speak for her organization better than you can.

:cool:

I'm sure she can too, but speaking as a GLO member in general, I really doubt anyone was purposely trying to "steal" an NPHC group's call or anything, you know? They probably didn't even know someone else uses it.

Surely you jest.

I'm sure her chapter 1) knew it was Phi Beta Sigma's call AND 2) thought it would be "cute" to borrow it.

But, either way, I'm not even going down this road. I'm making a U-turn because I just wanted PhiMu to answer how long they've been doing that call.

She doesn't know, which means she needs to learn the history behind her chapter's traditions, so the discussion's over :cool:

Surely I am not the only one who thinks that "Since when?" is not at all interchangeable with "When did that practice begin?"

"Since when?" means "You're full of BS, and I'm calling you on it."

>Uh...I asked a question and she rolled her eyes.

You don't say "Since when?" when you are neutrally seeking information. It is a challenge. Which is fine, but there's no point pretending you just "asked a question" and HotDamn rolled her eyes out of nowhere.

It's not difficult to imagine that two different groups could independently come up with the call, "You knooooow!" If it were a unique phrase like "Skee-wee!" then you could assume it was borrowed, but you just can't make that assumption about "You knoooow!"

Ivy

Here we go again, the race card has been played. There really is no need to segregate GLO from NPHC.

You said this, you rolled your eyes first, no you did, we have this call, no they had it first...blah blah blah.

Who friggen cares?

PS, what does Johnny Knoxville say to Wee-Man when he is being pulled behind a boat? "Skeee-weee"

To me, "since when" means "since when." Apparently PhiMu mistook what I meant as did the rest of you. But, I was only talking to PhiMu, so I'm only concerned with HER understanding what I meant.

I KNOW group(s) outside of PBS use that "call." In my previous post I said I had heard it used by one of the groups. So, it was never about my thinking she was lying.

Like I said, I'm going based on what I know of the GLO scene in Richmond, VA. If PhiMu is a product of that scene, I'm thinking my hunch is correct, that that "call" was borrowed from PBS.

Thanks for participating.....

Hmmm...who mentioned race?

Apparently you care, you felt the need to chime in, as well.

You're more than welcome to ignore this dialogue, if it bothers you oh so much.

LOL...amen!

Just keeping you in check.

what the hell are you talking about? race has never been mentioned at all in this discussion. so clearly someone is reaching. and i'm pretty sure you wouldn't tell that joke to a couple AKA's. chances are you'd have your ass handed to you on a platter. not threatening, just stating the truth.

I think you only managed to show how your feelings have been hurt by this dialogue.

Dry your tears....:cool:

Watch out, fellow D9er...this is an overly sensitive bunch, here.

But, I agree.

fa sho....people on this site are real sensitive.

yup...and they imagine that they can "keep people in check."

:p :D :) :cool: ;)

May I respectfully ask a question of the D9ers reps commenting on this thread?

I went to a school where at the time, there was little to no overlap of the historically white and historically african-american GLOs. We also did not have all D9 groups. It could be quite possible that if a historically white GLO used a call such as the "You Know" referenced earlier, they would have no frame of reference that it was similar to a D9 call. In this case, would the other D9 groups take offense if they'd heard such a call?

Of course, if this is just none of my business, I understand. Thanks!

Christin

hahahaha, that's what i was thinking.

youk now how the saying goes...

"iwishamuthafuckawuuuud"