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Originally posted by Texas Alum:
Hi CutiePie! What an interesting question!
My sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, is actually also a Fraternity! It doesn't bother me one bit, and I hope that my national officers never consider changing it - it reminds me of our founding and the chapter's heritage.
The only times it ever becomes an issue:
1) when someone sees it on my resume, and I just explain to the asker.
2) when we sing rush songs! A couple of the songs that AXO sings on Pref Night are decades old, and when the lyrics mention "our Fraternity", the song group in our house switched it to "sorority", so as not to confuse potential new members.
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In resumes and whatnot, I've always put "Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity for Women". A mouthful, yes. But very short compared to what my actual major is. For some reason, I think that most of the sororities founded before either Gamma Phi or Pi Phi all have the name "fraternity". The word "sorority" was coined by a professor for that specific group.