Harding University
On my hunt to rename Greek orgs in my books to ones that don't exist, I stumbled across Harding University (my book's main sorority shared a name with one of their groups).
I am kind of baffled by Harding. They don't permit Greek life, but they have "social groups" that are ... exactly like Greek life. Probably less regulated than NPC/NIC/NPHC as well.
I am wondering about the history of these groups. Did the campus ever have Greek organizations? I wondered because so many of the groups have similar names to actual groups - like they tagged on an additional Greek letter or changed one to differentiate (Delta Gamma Rho, Chi Omega Pi, Alpha Tau Epsilon, Lambda Chi Theta, Sigma Nu Epsilon etc). Did these groups exist there and then split away into a social club? It's interesting because there are some very non-Greek names as well.
I'm just interested in how this campus came to have this strange parallel dimension Greek life.
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