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Hey, Im a Beta from Arizona, hopefully I can help explain a bit,
One of our founders, Baltazar Medzona Madrigal, is a Sigma from California. He went to Iowa to continue his education, and saw that there was absolutely nothing for Latinos on that campus, and that many had issues trying to get by. He got permission from Phi Beta Sigma to found a Latino based organization, and met together with 17 other men and founded Sigma Lambda Beta.
PBS as an organization had nothing to do with the founding of SLB, but one individual Sigma, who is also now a Lambda Beta, was the spark that got SLB lit.
Today there is no formal or recognized relationship between the Sigmas and Betas, but on certain campuses everything is real cool. Go research on FIRM.
Some campuses apparently go on line together, which I personally dont agree with, and I know the local Gammas and Zeta here go on line together, but thats a whole different story.
In AZ well recognize eachother as family, well grip and stroll together, but that is the extent. Some campuses or chapters deny everything all together, some act as if were cousins.
Whatever fits the situation works fine with whatever campus, but officially there is nothing between our orgs.
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Sigma Lambda Beta
kOrRuPt KA Chapter
University of Arizona
Captain of Cerberus
Fall 06
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