Phi Nu Xi - Theta Nu Xi?
 

Anyone else see a strange connection?

http://phinuxi.5u.com/

Hmmmm...

GIRL,
I'm so mad right now I can hardly type, so I will refrain from pointing out the obvious as it will only serve to insight my anger.

AvivaLynn,
Sisters, and non sisters apparently, all over are in fact becoming aware of this situation at a rapid rate. I appreciate your concern, and of course share your anger.

WTF
 

Did they really think no one would notice? :mad:

At first I thought I was seeing things. I had to wipe my eyes a couple of times. I'm just :eek: :eek: :eek:

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About Phi Nu Xi's founder
 

You can read a bit about Phi Nu Xi's founder at http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/new...g_bea.php#more. She is a senior at UC Berkeley now. And yes, the similarities are striking!

It was in poor taste and bad judgement for me to issue the information that I did. My actions were that of my own and NOT that of the store owners or any of my sorors. Do not hold them accountable for my mistake.

I apologize to those who were hurt by my comments.

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wow thats some more interesting information... what a small world that they came into your store and just after this all happened...lol crazy...

A lot smaller that peeps realize..

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I'd definitely have to agree with PJ, ...........

Even though they are clearly copying, could they actually get sued because technically they have a different name?

Is it just me, or did they just recently remove a guest book?

Not likely. I can't speak on behalf of my organization, but I (personally) would not want to put the time, money and effort into pursuing legal action anyway.

I have always loved the fact that Theta Nu Xi spells "ONE." :D

Must have, it was up before and they were all calling each other "PHINE womyn"

Yes it has been taken down. The attention and commentary they were receiving on their guestbook was both unwelcomed and unwelcoming.

Yep, me too:D !

yeah that's ridiculous... unfortunately that kind of behavior is not uncommon.

yes DEF not uncommon and i can def tell you about "others" that try to bite off colors, names, nicknames, lol...im not even gonna start

i even saw a website about a sorority that called themselves Lambda Ladies also ...:mad: there is ONLY ONE TYPE OF LAMBDA LADY

wow. i know this is old but...damn. crazy. does anyone know if it's founders ever contacted Theta Nu Xi about founding a chapter rather than just coying off of them?

The matter has been handled by our National Board. They collected the information they needed and then acted. Other than that, there's nothing more to be said. And, yes, it was seriously crazy!

ooh i know what org. you're talking about...i saw a striking similarity in the letters and colors too

old topic,i know, but I'm new here and I couldn't resist it, I had to reply :o

I can relate to this...it just boils my blood :mad: when I see GLOs shamelessly use colors,letters, insignia, and NICKNAMES that belong to another GLO...it's just a matter of respect and acknowledgement...I mean, seriously, be original! Or were their founders that uncreative?

I think in the new millenium, there is no excuse for this because of the technology we now have available for research (internet). However, with older multicultural and Latina/o greek organizations (those founded prior to the early 1990s), it was extremely RARE for one organization to have even *HEARD* about another (let alone "copy" them) because they were generally spread out in different parts of the country. Clearly, the only way to find out about all other MCGLOs or LGLOs in those days would have been to write a letter or make a phone call of inquiry to every single university in America, and no one was going to do that! One simply needs to think about history to understand this (but I believe a lot of people choose to ignore that and draw conclusions based on rumor).

In the case of these ladies at Cal, however, I find it hard to believe they didn't bother to do any research as to which organizations were already in existence. It could have been easily done.