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Old 04-01-2008, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin View Post
That's really interesting. Were they formally a local sorority that was colonized by ASA or did they just develop that local tradition over time?

I know that in some national sororities many chapters have local mascots, but I've never heard of them being called by the name of he local mascot before. Thanks for posting that.
I don't think that they were originally a local. It's a name that they've had forever and just go by. Their website gives the following possible reasons for it:
1) Apple sounds like Alpha if you don't know the Greek alphabet
2) ASA was originally founded as a teachers' sorority and apples are associated with teachers
3) ASA's are known as the All-American girls on that campus so "as American as apple pie"
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