SAI not greek?

[JUBILEE1903]

Hey sis,
I don't know where you got that information but Sigma ALPHA IOTAwe are GREEK, if you look in your Manual for Members its states that we are a greek music FRATERNITY for women, matter fact our organization was patterned off of the oldest GREEK society. Iota(ee-oo-ta) is the correct pronunciation of Iota if you actually speek to anyone Greek they will pronounce it Ee-oo-ta.Last I checked all of our letters are GREEK and technically our official name doesn't have "women" in it anymore.....If your president said that then she is SADLY misinformed. I hope this helps.

If you have any other questions feel free to email me at Militant_Symphony_3@yahoo.com

[Crimsin84]

at my school, i'm very close with SAI, here at potsdam - home of the Crane School of Music - SAI and their brothers PMA are not part of our Greek World, yes we consider them fellow greeks but they don't participate in anything we do. they also don't raise money for the community that often b/c they're not mandated to by the ISC. SAI is also a female FRATERNITY which brings with it complications in ISC. at one time though SAI and PMA worked with us but the stoped in the '90's - no-one really knows why anymore. They tend to keep to themselves in Crane now, but i adore them.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by Crimsin84

SAI is also a female FRATERNITY which brings with it complications in ISC.

That shouldn't matter. From the NPC website.

"National Panhellenic Conference, founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 inter/national women's fraternities and sororities."

[adele87]

Originally Posted by JUBILEE1903

Hey sis,
I don't know where you got that information but Sigma ALPHA IOTAwe are GREEK, if you look in your Manual for Members its states that we are a greek music FRATERNITY for women, matter fact our organization was patterned off of the oldest GREEK society. Iota(ee-oo-ta) is the correct pronunciation of Iota if you actually speek to anyone Greek they will pronounce it Ee-oo-ta.Last I checked all of our letters are GREEK and technically our official name doesn't have "women" in it anymore.....If your president said that then she is SADLY misinformed. I hope this helps.

If you have any other questions feel free to email me at Militant_Symphony_3@yahoo.com

Yep, we sure are greek. I agree. Some chapters even have houses.

[CuriousWildcat]

I have looked into it further, due to some Title Something, if you are a single sex organization, you have to be officially social. Since we are A "professional women's" music fraternity, then (at UK at least) we are not an officially recognized as a greek organization.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by CuriousWildcat

I have looked into it further, due to some Title Something, if you are a single sex organization, you have to be officially social. Since we are A "professional women's" music fraternity, then (at UK at least) we are not an officially recognized as a greek organization.

Title IX. It provides that colleges that receive any federal money cannot recognize any organizations that discriminate on the basis of gender. An exception is made for "social fraternities and sororities." Phi Mu Alpha received a letter of exemption from Title IX in 1983; in it, the federal Department of Education recognized that Phi Mu Alpha is a social fraternity, not a professional fraternity. For this reason, we can remain single-sex without losing recognition from host institutions.

FWIW, our Centennial History says that SAI requested and received a similar exemption in the later 70s, "claiming that Sigma Alpha Iota existed:

' . . . to foster interest in music and to promote social contact among persons sharing a general interest in that art form rather than to prepare persons for professional endeavors relating to music.'"