Greetings Sorors and Sister friends! Normally, I don't have the time to respond to message boards, but I thought that I could add my .08 cents to this topic.
In response to Goodies247 comment... the answer is YES, it does have a lot to do with the school itself. As a student at Carnegie Mellon University, there really wasn't a whole lot of support for the students that wanted to join a BGLO, not even from fellow African American students. In most cases if you wanted to participate in any type of Black Greek life, you had to hang out at University of Pittsburgh's campus to find out what was going on and do your best to meet the members of the organization that you were interested in to get the information you needed. When I was there, the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) was what I would call BGLO Central. On Pitt's campus there were AKA's, Delta's, Zeta's, SGRho's, Kappa's, Alpha's, Sigma's and even Groove Phi Groove...as well as their auxiliary organizations. I THINK that the only BGLO that wasn't on campus at that time were the Que's. There was always a step show or party sponsored by one of these organizations. So, greek life was definitely alive and well. Duquesne University also had an African American greek presence.
I have to agree with ISSf97. You definitely have to spend a little time meeting people on Pitt's campus to get the information you need. They are out there. You just have to find them. Goodies247, feel free to e-mail me at jadeddc@yahoo.com, if you have any more questions. Good Luck!
JADE - AKA Forever in a Day
Omicron Theta Omega Chapter
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