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Originally Posted by soror6

I was actually under the impression that you could not use letters of GLO's in existence, unless the person in question is actually a member, or the show paid for its use. Since I do not believe that Homer is a Sigma Chi , maybe it was either paid for, or the paddle said something else. I saw that episode a while ago, and I thought it said either Alpha Sigma Chi or Sigma Sigma Chi. Do you think maybe you just did not see the top of the paddle? I could be the one that is incorrect, because I haven't seen that episode in a while.
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Originally Posted by USFSDTAlum

The other night I was watching the Simpsons, and the doctors had a flashback to his days in college and his fraternity. In the scene he was shown drinking a beer, and Sigma Chi in greek letters was drawn on a paddle behind him. Now, I know in order to have known it was a Sigma Chi you would have to know the greek alphabet, But I was under the belief that a TV show can not use the names of established organizations, unless documenting something (as in the news). Or is it just a general practice to assign false names when in a TV show (ie. Mu Pi on Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Originally Posted by UNFSigmaChi

Ya the simpsons thing is actually cause one of the writers is a sig so thats why he used the letters. We have that scene on our rush video and its a banner not a paddle. Ya i saw that sorority movie...its called sorority house party and its pretty lame...definatly wasted my $3.50 at blockbuster on that one! They couldn't even get the stereotypes right...they were saying that the pledges were going to have sex with a cow.....i mean comon, every person knows fraternities make the pledges have sex with goats! LOL.

I'm a Sigma Chi from the University of Tennessee at Martin, one of the newest Sigma Chi chapters around. We got initiated in January 27, 2007. I'm kind of a junkie for Sigma Chi knowledge and reading this thread bothered me so I made an account so I could clear everyone up. I am not sure of any of the legalities regarding the usage of an organization's letters but I know that Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons and Futurama) is my brother in Sigma Chi, so that would make sense for him to put Dr. Nick Riviera's med school flashback (Season 4: Homer's Triple Bypass) in the setting of a Sigma Chi Fraternity party.

Also, for more useless trivial fraternity related knowledge, Matt Groening himself has been quoted saying that Mr. Burn's character was created in homage to past Grand Consul of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, Dick Hester (yea, Sigs Dick Hester lol). Groening says that after a speech of Hester's he made the decision to create Burns' character in Hester's likeness. Hope this was helpful to everyone.

To my brothers: In Hoc Signo Vinces; Guard well the Honor