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Old 06-12-2007, 10:44 AM
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Oh yeah, I can't believe I forgot about that movie. I guess the reason I thought nicknames were more of an ethnic Greek thing was because on my campus, the IFC frats that my friends in freshman year were in (lodge, pike, and beta) didnt seem to have that tradition. I know.. I know... I shouldn't make generalizations like that. How common then is nicknaming in IFC/NPC orgs?
A lot of the fraternities on my campus did it (basically in the same way as the scene in Animal House). Depending on the group and the person, some were internal, some everyone on campus used. There are Crow brothers I've never called by their real name in my life. Sororities didn't make it a point to give nicknames, but there were definitely girls that had them, and as I said, some were internal and some everyone knew. I think it varies from campus to campus.
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