Alpha Sigma Alpha & Alpha Sigma Tau
 

I am a history buff and have noticed that there are many similarities between Alpha Sigma Alpha and Alpha Sigma Tau, in addition to the closeness of name. Have there ever been any discussions for the two sororities to merge into one and be known as Alpha Sigma? If the two merged today they would end up with more than 130 chapters and one of the largest NPCs. It would also revive 8-10 inactive chapters for each. Don't mean to be nosy, just interested in the development of the Greek system.

Thanks for answering these in the only way appropriate. Someone's trying to grind an ax methinks.

Why don't we just merge KKG and Chi Omega and have a SUPERSORORITY? AOII and ADII could join and become Alpha Pi with colors Blue and Red.....add white for a more patriotic feeling! What about Tri Sigma and Phi Sigma Sigma...there just one letter different! You could sail the Tri Sigma sailboat down the Nile to the Sphinx! WTH?

We'll just call it Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu Nu Omicron Pi Rho Sigma Tau Upsilon Phi Chi Psi Omega.

Sing it to Supercalafragalisticexpialadocious for a rush song...oh wait who needs rush songs when you're the SUPERSORORITY!?

I really didn't notice the similarities until we colonized a campus that ONLY had AST. With our secondary colors being their only colors and the "Alpha Sigma", I figured there would be some confusion.

Still, I don't get why oldu thinks that's enough to suggest a merge. I realize that to some people, numbers are all that matter, but going to school on the campus with AST's largest chapter, I don't see myself ever being an AST, and I have a feeling the AST girls would say the same thing about ASA.

Also, I just don't think oldu's numbers add up, because I think ASA and AST share a lot of campuses, which would also be another reason it would be impractical to merge. WTH would you do with the campuses that had both? Those girls wouldn't necessarily get along, and even if they did, it would probably throw them well over total.

maybe, just MAYBE you have both orgs absorbe Alpha Sigma and then merge with Alpha Sigma Phi to make one big Alpha Sigma SuperFrarority!

i think the concept is awesome. the acronym cannot be beat. like, omigosh.

while we're at it, lets just combine Kappa Alpha and AKA. then you get Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha Frarority, Inc. You know how many chapters that would be?! Freaking AWESOME. AND supermega diversity points. but thats obvi, right?

oldu, with all your statistic strategery (thanks W) you should realize this is the dumbest idea since the reformulation of Fruit Stripe gum.

AST and ASA share more campuses than almost any other 2 groups...it would create chaos in so many Greek systems I don't even want to think about it.

Why don't Chi Omega and Alpha Chi Omega merge into one giant sorority called OMEGA, then they would be really really REALLY huge!! Plus you could have a cute mascot of an owl sitting on a lyre!!

Seriously, I can't think of anything more offensive than to come into a group's forum and suggest a merger. Are you really modorney? Or are you just his girlfriend or boyfriend or something in the Pat spectrum (yes, I went there).

Here's a thought, if any of my sisters wanted to join AST, they would have done so, especially since we share so many campuses. I'm sure the AST's feel the same way about ASA. Let sleeping dogs lie, shall we? ASA has a rather capable extention team. I would venture to guess that they can decide how our sorority should proceed without semi-anonymous input from a message board.

Oh, and not to mention, I don't understand how "it would revive inactive chapters." We couldn't say that, for example, our Mu Mu chapter at Eastern Michigan is "open" again - because it wouldn't be. It, along w/ AST's Alpha chapter, would be resolved into one chapter with a new designation. That is not the same as being "revived."

That is eerily similar. And I love how he, as an Acacia, a fraternity with less houses, suggests that ZetaPsi consider a merger but makes no mention about his own "small" fraternity needing to do the same.

they could throw joint parties with Omega Psi Phi. everyone could party hop to Atomic Dog.

Chi-Os and A-chi-o's doing atomic dog? :eek::eek::D

i would CRY. tears of laughter and what not.

Bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
Bow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
Bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
Bow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah

You know, KD and AEPhi both share Green and White as colors - that makes them the EXACT SAME. They should merge.

Sigma Kappa and Tri Sigma both share the Sigma and their badge is the same triangle shape...they should merge, too.

Delta Zeta and Alpha Kappa Alpha should totally merge as well...PINK & GREEN POWER!!! They can be in both the NPC and the NPHC. It wouldn't cause ANY conflict, I promise.

It really makes you wonder what the women in power of these orgs would do without oldu pointing these obvious solutions out to them!:rolleyes:

The amusing thing about all of this isn't the new names, and the ridiculously large numbers...

The real problem is the merging together of two organizations with over 100 years of history, ritual, and tradition. Does the new organization now have 13 founders instead of the 5 belonging to ASA and the 8 belonging to AST? Do we merge our creeds and songs together to make one? Do we recognize two national presidents, and two vice presidents, and two treatsurers, etc? Or do we just let them duke it out to see who's running the newly-created Alpha Sigma? And not to mention our national constitutions! Our first convention would last 5 weeks if we were to try and combine the two together.

Fraternities and sororities today are built on 5, 10, 20, 50, more than 100 years of tradition, and you think it's possible to just stop all that and start over, combining two organizations that have nothing to do with each other? Simply having similar names does not make you the same. It makes you part of the greek system. There are 24 letters in the Greek alphabet. In addition to the colors of the rainbow, you have black, white, gray, and pink, and some slight variations on these. That makes about 10 colors. There are currently 123 fraternities/sororities. Chances are, some of them are going to have similar names and/or share a color or two.

I graduated from a campus that has both ASTs and ASAs, and I loved talking and hanging out with the ASA girls. I still do, in fact. And I have absolutely nothing against them. But to combine the two organizations would create complete chaos and animosity on both sides of the fence.

Honestly, what would be the purpose in bringing these two sororities together? To piss everyone off and make our lives harder? Well then, that makes sense... bring it on!

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I have a best friend who is AST and although our secondary colors may be similar to their primary colors. The organization has a different mission and goals for their members. I do not think that would be a good thing to do because I fit ASA not AST. I love AST's!! I have many great friends apart of the organization but I feel that ASA and AST are two entirely different organizations athough their colors and other things are similar.