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HEY LOOK I MADE UP SOME SORORITIES!
This Cuthbert College, a well-respected liberal arts college in the south (but not Deep South). It's about 10,000 students, including grad school (~7,000 undergrad). There are 7 NPC-style sororities and about twice that number of fraternities. About 25% of students go Greek.
Obviously, all stereotypes should be taken with a HUGE grain of salt, even fictional ones.
Top Tier
Theta Gamma Pi (Theta Pi) – “best.” Rich, classy. “Stuck up.” “The marrying kind.”
Colors: Cream and Gold.
Symbol: Sun
Flower: Goldenrod
Chapter: Alpha
Founded: October 17th, 1923
Founded on campus: 1923 (first sorority on campus, first chapter of sorority). Founded as underground local to bring Greek Life to CuthCo.
Omicron Iota (Omicron I) – Party girls. Theta Pi rejects. “Slutty”
Colors: Baby Blue and Royal Purple
Symbol: Sword
Flower: Bluebell
Chapter: Omega Alpha
Founded: August 12, 1884 at Barnard College. One of the first sororities, founded at Barnard College by the sister of a fraternity man who envied the camaraderie and brotherhood her brother enjoyed through Phi Nu Rho.
Founded on campus: 1954 (brought to campus in conjunction with 2 other chapters)
Delta Epsilon Tau (DET, Delta Ep) – Sporty, outgoing, involved. Most likely to be Student Body Prez, etc. Respected but not necessarily desirable. "No sisterhood" "Ambitious"
Colors: Ruby and Bronze
Symbol: Ruby, Unicorn
Flower: Mistletoe
Chapter: Epsilon Kappa
Founded: May 11, 1894
Founded on campus: 1973
Middle Tier
Chi Rho Sigma (Chi Sig) – Involved. "DET rejects."
Colors: Coral and White
Symbol: Starfish
Flower: Lady slipper
Chapter: Zeta Xi
Founded: 1901
Founded on campus: 1954 (brought to campus in conjunction with 2 other chapters)
Beta Alpha Mu (Beta, Beta Mu, BAM) – Smart, Academic. "Boring"
Colors: Mint and Midnight Blue
Symbol: Harp
Flower: Daisy
Chapter: Delta Delta
Founded: April 24, 1885, also at Barnard College, by some women who felt excluded by Omicron I (then known as the “Order of Isis Society”). This has led to a century-long sometimes friendly, sometimes hostile rivalry between the two sororities.
Founded on Campus: 1963
Bottom Tier
Kappa Theta Lambda (KTL, K-Lamb) – Nerdy, Invisible
Colors: Cerulean and Lavender
Symbol: Bluebird, Budding Tree
Flower: Lavendar
Chapter: Beta Theta
Founded: 1910
Founded on campus: 1954 (brought to campus in conjunction with 2 other chapters)
Eta Phi Chi (Eta Phi) – “fat,” "rejects." Sisterly.
Colors: Blush and Pine
Symbol: Stylized star, Wreath
Flower: Garland Green
Chapter: Gamma Pi
Founded: December 25, 1914—began as an invite-only club founded by the sisters and daughters of men fighting in World War I. Open meaning of letters: “Home For Christmas.”
Founded on campus: 2001 (newest chapter)
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Is anything leaping out at you (definitely wrote "out of you" which would be very different and worrying), good or bad?
Specific questions:
--Are the Eta Phi colors too close to DZ? I really liked the idea of having a "Home for Christmas" sorority, but couldn't use red & green due to AXO, so this was my compromise.
--Are the flowers too obscure? Should I change them to be roses/carnations since about half the sororities share those anyway?
--Did I accidentally co-opt colors/symbols/founding without realizing it?
This was surprisingly hard. Several of these came to me almost fully formed, but others I felt I was scraping the bottom of the barrel... is it obvious?
Constructive criticism appreciated, but I will also accept heaping praise and vitriolic hate.
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