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Originally Posted by nittanyalum
Well, don't quote me on that, I might have heard the term post-college, I just know I've heard it. We definitely referred to them mainly as SigEp that I can recall. Maybe some more recent grads can attest to whether they're ever called "SPE" there. (I much prefer "SigEp")
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I definitely understand why national orgs want to supervise the nicknames on campus after experiencing the frustration of "girl Pi Phi" and "boy Pi Phi." So when SigEp came back to Duke I understand why they wanted the correct national brand... at the same time my heart tells me "SPE." LOL. I hung out there quite a bit before they left campus. (But that's a whole 'nother story.)
I also sympathize with Theta Chi being Theta when Kappa Alpha Theta isn't there, things like that. It's easier to say.
There are instances, of course, where two national orgs having the same nickname nationally. For example Kappa Alpha Psi and Kappa Kappa Gamma are both widely known as "Kappa."
Actually, there was a secret society at W&L known as the Sigma Society, wherein they took really popular guys from the "top" several fraternities and all the guys wore these mysterious/cool rings. Now Phi Beta Sigma is on campus and I wonder since they go by "Sigma" if that causes any confusion. They only revealed their first line at W&L in the spring of my senior year so I wasn't really there for much time after the NPHCs came.
But, I did go to their step show that year which ROCKED OUT.