Famous Greeks... or are they???

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by piphiarrow234
Grace Coolidge (thanks to her, pi phi is the ONLY sorority in the smithsonian... check her dress in hall of inauguration gowns and you will see the wonderful pi phi badge)

There's also a KKG badge in the Smithsonian in the exhibit on first ladies...I'm not sure whom it belongs to, but I'm betting one of the GC KKGs does.

[lyrelyre]

All of the NPC badges are in the Smithsonian

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Martin C Jischke, President Iowa State University

Bleck! I feel sorry any fraternity has to call him a brother. Ask anyone who remembers when he was president of Iowa State, or anyone at Purdue where he's destroying things now- not a very nice guy.

Our current Universiy President, Gregory Geoffroy, is a TKE and goes out of his way with courtesy to the student body, student organizations and the greek community- a 180 turn-around from the dark days of Jischke.

[Xylochick216]

Originally posted by lyrelyre
All of the NPC badges are in the Smithsonian

I thought this was just a rumor. I've looked and haven't seen then. Does anyone know if they are really there, and if so, where?

I know our new member manual says that our badge was boted most beautiful and is on display and that ours is on the moon, but those have been said to just be rumors. If they are, I wish they'd take them out of the manual.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

OK. To clear this up again:

(1) your badge is not on the moon. There are no badges actually on the moon.
(2) Your badge may well have gone into *space.* I know Sigma Kappa had a badge go into space, and -- which shuttle was it that burned on reentry? -- a GPhiB recently was IN space.

Where're you getting this "our badge was voted the most beautiful" business? Who voted? Where? When?

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

Originally posted by Mystic Cat32
Believe it or not...Mr. Roger's(Mr. Roger's Neighborhood) is Greek...He became a brother in Phi Mu Alpha during college...He was also in the Marine Corp and was an ordained minister...Must have been interesting...Mystic Cat32

Anyone know if his brother, Dr. Roger, PhD, retired professor of University of Iowa, is a greek?

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

PS - not to say I think ours is. It certainly holds first place in my heart but as for most beautiful sorority badge, I think I'd have to include on the list...

KD's diamond
ADP's diamond
KAQ's triangle
SSS's triangle
SK's triangle
SSS's triangle
KKG's key
PBF's arrow


though I love the badges that are the org's secret letters on top of each other (like CW, AF, AGD, AOP) because they're so symbolic.

[ADPiSAI]

I was reading an article in the newest issue of Elle about Campbell Brown, the news anchor... It said that she was involved in the "sorority scene at Louisiana State" for two years before transferring to Regis College. Anyone know her affiliation?

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

reading about all the things about Kappa Alpha Theta makes me glad they're the neighbors to Phi Psi at Iowa State.

And Katie Couric a Tri-Delt- you can tell by her personality.

[Xylochick216]

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
OK. To clear this up again:

(1) your badge is not on the moon. There are no badges actually on the moon.
(2) Your badge may well have gone into *space.* I know Sigma Kappa had a badge go into space, and -- which shuttle was it that burned on reentry? -- a GPhiB recently was IN space.

Where're you getting this "our badge was voted the most beautiful" business? Who voted? Where? When?

I know I heard all during our new member period that ours was voted most beautiful, but somehow I think it's just a rumor. I have no clue who would have voted or anything, because I think every badge is the most beautiful to its own members. I just wish that our nationals or someone would stop circulating the badge on the moon and the most beautiful badge rumors.

[cash78mere]

Originally posted by Xylochick216
I know I heard all during our new member period that ours was voted most beautiful, but somehow I think it's just a rumor. I have no clue who would have voted or anything, because I think every badge is the most beautiful to its own members. I just wish that our nationals or someone would stop circulating the badge on the moon and the most beautiful badge rumors.

there's several threads on this topic somewhere on GC.

our nationals does NOT circulate these rumors, chapters do. i got a letter and photocopy of an article about the space trip FROM nationals and i guarantee there's no pin of ours on the moon. it's the sisters who need to stop spreading this crap because they just sound ignorant doing it.

(not an attack on you--i get heated when the moon thing gets brought up--check some of my other posts )

[aphibeach]

Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Phi both claim Sandra Bullock as part of their chapter.....it's unclear which she joined but she dropped out of school (East Carolina University) with one semester left to go

[sageofages]

Originally posted by cash78mere
there's several threads on this topic somewhere on GC.

our nationals does NOT circulate these rumors, chapters do. i got a letter and photocopy of an article about the space trip FROM nationals and i guarantee there's no pin of ours on the moon. it's the sisters who need to stop spreading this crap because they just sound ignorant doing it.

(not an attack on you--i get heated when the moon thing gets brought up--check some of my other posts )

Ok OK...chiming in here..and perhaps shedding some light on this discussion.

IN YEARS PAST...LONG LONG AGO, in a jewelry manufacturing facility of distant memory.....

Jewelry companies would VOTE (or however they decide) which badge the jewelers of the moment thought was most "artistic, beautiful....easy to make and thus most profitable" or whatever. Generally a different badge would be selected easy year . SO, perhaps ALL of our badges were the most beautiful to some gold pouring person at some time. What matters most is that they are the most beautiful to EACH OF US

[polarpi]

Originally posted by aphibeach
Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Phi both claim Sandra Bullock as part of their chapter.....it's unclear which she joined but she dropped out of school (East Carolina University) with one semester left to go

I've never heard that one! Interesting....if this IS true, she's never been listed on a "famous alum" list

[aey4l]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Hmmm...

I've heard this "pin on the flag on the moon" thing over and over again.

I'm wondering if Neil Armstrong had several wives, or his one wife belonged to eight or ten sororities?

In any event, I'm surprized Apollo XI ever got off the ground with that many sorority badges on board.

I'm pretty positive that she was an AXO but have been told from nationals people that the badge thing on the moon is an urban legend. There's nothing on the flag on the moon.