We do not have COUSINS

[Senusret I]

Zetas, please excuse me for intruding on this thread....

blulady, you make it sound like the SLB's and SLG's stole from PBS and ZPB. To my knowledge, that's not the case.

I also recognize and respect that Zeta and Sigma share a bond that has been constitutionalized.

That said, what's the beef with unofficial relationships? History doesn't need a piece of paper to declare a relationship legitimate. Your Sorors and Frat who do happen to acknowledge a historical relationship are certainly not forgetting the "official" bond...it seems as like another extension of healthy greek relations, especially between two underserved communities.

Cornell University was the founding place of a Latino fraternity, Lambda Upsilon Lambda. I will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart for Lambdas....never above an Alpha of course, but I recognize what they went through as Latinos on a "white" college campus in 1982. I also know, through oral history, the supportive role we had in LUL's development. To top it all off, LUL's really were kind to me and took me under their wing when I was in undergrad. So I have a personal bond, through which I learned a historical bond.

What's wrong with that?

ETA: We don't call the LULs our "cousins" across the board, but those who know the connection respect it. Just an example.