Omega Kappa Alpha Is Born!
 

Purpose: To encourage INDIVIDUALITY!
5 Principles: TRUST, FRIENDSHIP, CULTURE, COMUNNITY, EDUCATION
Colors: BLUE & SILVER
Stone: THE SAPPHIRE
Symbol: 5 POINT CROWN
Flower: JASMINE
Mascot: THE SNOW LEOPARD
Motto: UNITING CULTURES THROUGH SISTERHOOD!!

Contact OKA!!
=o) ---> OKA_SFA@yahoo.com

Um, just an observation....Some people are in their grandmother's sororities and think that that is just fine....

dont take it so personal...

Um, just an observation...."Not Your Grandmother's/Grandma's..." is a pretty common phrase in the English language. In fact, I googled it and got 134,000 matches. Perhaps you want to contact all of those so you can share your, um observation with them, too?

Um, just another observation...Some grandmothers probably wish their granddaughters had joined elsewhere. But, again, um, just an observation.

:rolleyes:

Sorry, DJSnowBunny! I got so caught up in castigating the oaf (oafette?) that I forgot to congratulate you on WKA.

Best of luck to you and your sisters!! :)

wow, that's exciting. We started our new sorority this last spring. Omega Sigma Alpha...oh yeah. Good luck, and if you need any help, or wanna give us any advice, give me a holla!

is it just me
 

or did anyone else notice that their choice of colors and symbol are similar to zta?

zta-colors-turquoise and gray
symbol-5 pointed crown

theirs-blue and silver
symbol-5 pointed crown

so much for encouraging individuality!

there have been lengthy discussions about using other groups colors, names, symbols, creeds, by-laws, you name it. i didn't like it when cristinasmiles was trying to be sigma kappa without becoming sigma kappa, and i don't appreciate this group doing something similar. i know i am responding to an old post, but when i tried to contact them via their listed email, it came back and this situation just chaffs me!! thanks for letting me vent!!

Re: is it just me
 

You would think they would notice the similarities since Zeta's Theta Eta Chapter is well known on the Stephen F. Austin campus.

SFA Panhellenic Awards Fall 2003
Sorority of the Year
Sisterhood Award
Outstanding Public Relations
Pioneer Award
Outstanding House Mother

SFA Panhellenic Awards Spring 2004
Highest Active Member GPA
Pioneer Award

Re: Omega Kappa Alpha Is Born!
 

With all due respect, the name of your college is Stephen F. Austin State University. The first name is spelled Stephen, with a *ph*, and not Steven with a *v*.

Hey all, this thread is from 8 months ago. I don't think Miss SnowBunny will be back to answer our questions. :)

I know that her symbol and colors are strangely similar to ZTA's but I don't want to jump to any copycat comclusions unless I see her creed and motto first. There are many NPC sororities that have similarities. Both AZD and KD use the bear, TPA and Tri-Delta use the same colors, etc.

But, once again, DJSnowBunny has 2 posts from back in February so I don't think she'll be back to explain her reasoning for picking the symbols and colors that she picked.

Just for kicks, I tried the email address. The account is closed.

Wow this is an old thread, but I wanted to reply anyway.

Three years ago before I joined Phi Chi, some friends and I tried to start a local sorority. (We couldn't find an advisor, so it didn't work. Thank God, or I'd never have found Phi Chi!) Anyway, we chose our colors - blue, purple and silver, our symbols, a three pointed crown being one of them. We have a very visible ZTA chapter on our campus, but honestly, I never thought anything about the few similarities (even though there were differences - ours was royal blue and 3 points instead of 5 - ours signified the importance we placed on the friendship and bond as children of God that the 3 of us would-be-founders share.) We had very specific reasons for choosing those colors and symbols, whereas a lot of times I wonder if some groups just randomly say, "Oh, DG's anchor is so cute! We'll use that as a symbol. And I love Chi Omega's colors, so we'll use those too..." (example)

What I've always wondered about was locals that use registered trademarks such as Babs Bunny, or Winnie the Pooh, or Calvin as their mascots. I wonder how much meaning those have to the sorority, and how legal it is to use a registered trademark as your mascot.

just my .02
 

I don't think Steel Grey and Turquoise are really that similar to blue and silver. I mean, they're in the same family, but lots of people share colors ans symbols. It's what is means to them that really matters I think. I mean on just that campus you could say that ZTA and DDD have the same colors-blue and silver, or that AXO and XO have almost the same name and share one color. And honestly,IF they were lifting inspriation a little, can we really blame them? I mean silver and blue are beautiful colors together-look great on jerseys and in decorum and what girl doesn't want to use the crown?????

About the use of already trademarked characters. i think as long as you just say " our mascot is the bunny" you're OK, even if you use Babs Bunny and have her face all over your website. I just don't hink you can actually say she is your offical mascot without WB permission.

No I've seen sororities that flat out say "our mascot is Babs Bunny" or whatnot. Thse are the ones I was wondering about.

Somebody's mascot is Jessica Rabbit :eek:

http://www.ginevra2000.it/Disney/roger_file/jesica1.gif

I can't remember who it is though...

Re: just my .02
 

On our campus the local sororities all use registered trademarked characters: The Little Mermaid, Babs Bunny and Calvin. I think what's also silly is how dated all these characters have become. The little mermaid is still sort of available but its not everywhere like it use to be, Tiny Toons hasn't been on for years and they stopped printing Calvin & Hobbes several years ago. In 10 years some of the sisters will have no idea who some of these cartoons characters are. Plus if the chapter trying to go regional succeeds they'll have to change their mascot.

my point
 

i guess the point i am trying to make and never stated is, when locals form a sorority, or when they are thinking about it, they should do some research and out of respect of existing groups try not to duplicate any other groups. there are plenty of other symbols and colors these girls could have chosen, but they made two choices that are identified with an existing group on their campus, which makes me wonder if they are hoping that they will be mistaken for the older group when they walk across campus wearing their blue shirt with the silver 5 pointed crown on it. for a group who wants to foster individuality, they really missed the boat.

I agree with doing some research....
I started a local on my campus and we fought hard to be origonal because everytime we turned around we had possibly duplicated someone else but we finally got to the point where we could say that we were not influenced by others around us AND still have meaning in what we chose

If we had copied a national we would make every effort to correct ourselves if we could.

Being in a sorority itself to us means that you are agreeing to a certian higher standard but we feel that you can do that in so many diffrent ways!
To anyone who is starting or has started a local I would encourage them to have respect for their fellow Greeks and be origonal! It may take a little effort but at least you can have pride in knowing what you did was truely yours.

* A question to everbody: How do you feel about locals and are there any on your campus (how do you interact with them and such)?
My group is local and it seems like we have such an easier time at it than other locals