BGLO and Other GLO Relations on YOUR Campus? - Page 2

Tom Earp · #1 03-25-2005, 08:13 PM

When I went to College, We had 4 NPHC, now I think down to 2. One Fraternity, and one Sorority. According to last School Update.

All NPHC were small, but I and many of My Brothers of LXA tried to work with them. We would sit together in the Student Union.

Great Bunch Of Men and Women.

skeeliteful · #2 03-25-2005, 08:41 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Diamond4
I attend The University of South Florida in Tampa, FL...we have all 9 org's in NPHC, 13 I believe in Pan, 7 or so in IFC and 7 in UGC (our multi cultural/latin coucnil). The unity among us was non-existant. UGC and NPHC knew of IFC/PAN but they didnt know of us...some even thought we were "Fake Greeks." Lately, with our new Greek Life coordinator-a Delta and the greatest person Ive met-she has implied certain activities and restructured a new focus for all org's to help each other out, support each other, and do events in a cross-council type way. We had a President's retreat in which we realized many pros and cons and many strengths and weaknesses held by all 4 councils. It's helped a lot and the 4 councils are underway of a new existance. This could be something to look into. We have monthly Presidents roundtables (pres of each org and council), advisor roundtables, and each council has a roundtable as well. [/QUOTE

I was at USF from 96-00 and 02-04 and greek life has come a long way but STILL has a LOOOOONG way to go. During undergrad, the only time IFC and NPC even approached NPHC orgs was to teach them to step (let's not go into that; there's another thread about that already

). They looked at NPHC orgs. like step children. When I was in grad school, some of the IFC and NPC orgs. got greek housing and they just thought their $*&# didn't stink...an NPHC org had a coming out show in the Greek Quad (an area in greek housing for ALL greeks) and members of an NPC group said as they walked by "what are they doing here? They're not supposed to be here".

I must say that the new greek coordinator (who is my girl!) is doing great things for greek life at USF because having a meeting between the councils would have never worked back in the day.

Imperial1 · #3 03-25-2005, 10:53 PM

My campus doesn't count.

Imperial1

KSUViolet06 · #4 03-25-2005, 11:07 PM

BGLO relations with other councils have improved greatly here @ Kent State. This year, Alpha Phi Alpha sponsored an All Greek picnic for us all to get together, eat, talk, and play some silly games like Twister. It was the first event of its kind here and was a good start to improving relations. We continue to improve by making sure we get NPC representatives to drop by their council meetings as guests so they know when we're having things and vice versa.

When our NPC started the All Sorority socials, we made it a point to be sure that the NPHC women were aware of them so they could come socialize with us. Alpha Phi Alpha and Zeta Phi Beta both competed in our bowling tournament philanthropy this year. So we realize that we're all Greek and that there's a need for us to get tother more and are working really hard to do so.

RACooper · #5 03-26-2005, 03:48 AM

To be honest I don't really know anymore... because I'm not that involved in greek life around campus anymore.

We only have one HBGLO on campus, and Alpha Phi Alpha did have support and help from members (myself included) of other Fraternities in re-activating (well founding a new chapter - long story) their chapter here.... there was some friction about their coming to the campus - most Fraternities didn't see a need for a HBGLO, given the current membership diversity... personally I think they where worried about losing some PNM to Alpha Phi Alpha. In the end the arguement that a HBGLO would raise the profile and interest in the greeks won out...

However lately I haven't seen or heard much from the Sigma Iota chapter...

TxAPhi · #6 03-26-2005, 03:36 PM

UT has 5 Councils:
Interfraternity Council (IFC), fraternities
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), fraternities & sororities
Texas Asian Pan-Hellenic Council (TAPC), sororities
United Greek Council (UGC), fraternities & sororities
University Panhellenic Council (UPC), sororities
and an option for Affiliate Organizations

Our Order of Omega Awards includes a Cross-Council Collaboration Award - http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/gle/reco_omega.php

In recent memory, Alpha Phi had Alpha Phi Alpha over for dinner last month. We also invite all the other orgs to participate in our events i.e. philanthropy, etc.

ETA: they also had the Deltas over for dinner.

I think UT-Austin has all of the D9 except for Iota Phi Theta Fraternity - www.texasgreeks.com

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity - http://www.utalphas.net
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority - http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/aka/
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity - http://www.utnupes.com
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity - http://www.utques.com
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - http://www.utdeltas.com
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity - http://www.utsigmas.com
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority - http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~zeta
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority - http://www.geocitites.com/austinprettypoodles/Enter

UT Blacks Online offers information about the Black community at The University of Texas - Austin.
http://www.utblacksonline.com/index4.html

Tenacity · #7 03-26-2005, 05:09 PM

So, basically every campus is pretty much the same. The NPHC organizations and the IFC/PHC organizations rarely, if ever, do anything together that would be considered anything more than social.

Where are the programs to promote AIDS awareness? Where are the voter registration and mobilization programs? Where are the community outreach ventures?

If the interactions among NPHC and IFC/PHC organizations has yet to go beyond social activities like dancing, stepping, etc., you all are not actually "getting along" all that well. You are merely tolerating each other's existence.

Tom Earp · #8 03-26-2005, 05:23 PM

Tenacity,

isnt that a bit over the top?

Remember, each Seperate "GLO" has their own Charitable Organizations that they deal with.

You seem to be a little presumptious saying GLOs should go with anothers Charity. All or most Charitys are good causes and were decided on for specific reason for them.

Tenacity · #9 03-26-2005, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tom Earp
Tenacity,

isnt that a bit over the top?

Remember, each Seperate "GLO" has their own Charitable Organizations that they deal with.

You seem to be a little presumptious saying GLOs should go with anothers Charity. All or most Charitys are good causes and were decided on for specific reason for them.

I seriously want to know if English is your second language.

On to your post: No it's not over the top. Those separations don't stop NPHC organizations from working together on non-social ventures, and it hasn't stopped IFC/PHC organizations from working together on such ventures.

Tom Earp · #10 03-26-2005, 05:36 PM

Seriously, Yes it is!

EarpSpeak is My first.

Yes, it does not keep Different GLOs from working together on other than Social structures.

But depending on different Campi and the size of GLOs is how much interaction there truely can be.

Does that answer your Question?

I can only say, that your statement seems to one sided?

Yes, No, Maybe?