GLO Famous Members Urban Legends

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by klf3kids

Re: Heather Locklear...she was often confused with Heather Thomas.. Both "Heathers" were at UCLA when I attended the university in the mid-late 70's and the reason Heather Locklear is frequently and incorrectly referred to as a Chi Omega alumna.

I personally wouldn't want to claim anyone who dated David Spade anyway! LOL

[luv n tpa]

I can't tell you how many TPA chapter websites claim Sarah Jessica Parker as a famous alum. She's not; I asked her myself when she was promoting her line at Steve & Barry's. She did say she was flattered, but embarrassed to admit she never went to college.

[Penguin08]

Originally Posted by luv n tpa

I can't tell you how many TPA chapter websites claim Sarah Jessica Parker as a famous alum. She's not; I asked her myself when she was promoting her line at Steve & Barry's. She did say she was flattered, but embarrassed to admit she never went to college.

Yeah I've heard that too. It would've been cool though because we don't have any famous alums.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by Penguin08

Yeah I've heard that too. It would've been cool though because we don't have any famous alums.

I've said it before - while it is kinda neat to have famous sisters, I am far more impressed by the unsung heroes of our GLOs, those who make a difference day in, day out in the lives of their colleges, their friends, their families, their communities. I've no doubt Theta Phi Alpha can claim MANY of these wonderful women. We may not know their names, but they are the heart and soul of the NPC - all of the member glos.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

So I just heard an urban legend today....

I don't know if Key Foods (the grocery store) is a national chain or whatever, but today someone at work today said they think the founder's wife was a Kappa Kappa Gamma. Though they couldn't name the guy, they were sure it was in honor of his wife. Since this just seems very strange, I doubt it can be true.

The things people come up with is bizzare sometimes...

LOL we have Key Food here (NY/LI/Westchester/Duchess/NJ), hilarious. The ones here dont scream of anything related to the class that is sorority life.

[LegallyBrunette]

Originally Posted by PhiMuMagnolia

Susan Sarandon attended the Catholic University of America, where there is one local sorority- Kappa Tau Gamma. Just to support the Pi Phi rumor

Actually, there was a chapter of Theta Phi Alpha at Catholic while Susan Sarandon was a student there. She is not a member, however.

Originally Posted by Penguin08

Yeah I've heard that too. It would've been cool though because we don't have any famous alums.

Although I totally agree with SWTXBelle's take on famous alums, check out the post I just made in the Theta Phi forum. It contains an updated list of notable alumnae.

[sigmaceli]

Last year during my run as an LC for Tri Sigma, one of my fellow consultants told me that she had to burst an alumna's bubble and tell her that Olivia Newton-John was not a Tri Sigma. And the alumna was just not having it and didn't believe her!

We all got a kick out of it, especially because Olivia is Australian - and did not attend college here in the US where we have chapters. Even better, the alumna brought up an alumnae initiation in her defense. In all of our dreams, I guess.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by sigmaceli

Last year during my run as an LC for Tri Sigma, one of my fellow consultants told me that she had to burst an alumna's bubble and tell her that Olivia Newton-John was not a Tri Sigma. And the alumna was just not having it and didn't believe her!

We all got a kick out of it, especially because Olivia is Australian - and did not attend college here in the US where we have chapters. Even better, the alumna brought up an alumnae initiation in her defense. In all of our dreams, I guess.

I've heard alot of famous alumna rumors, but this is one I have never heard! Hilarious.

I had someone once attempt to argue me down over Betty Crocker though.

I love how a fictional woman has been claimed as a member of like 10 sororities.

[pshsx1]

So I heard Macaulay Culkin was a SigEp. What the heck? Did he even go to college?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

So I heard Macaulay Culkin was a SigEp. What the heck? Did he even go to college?

IMO, that is someone trying to make a rude comment against SigEp, considering the whole MJ thing plus Party Monster. (Not that Party Monster isn't an awesome movie but I don't think most people would want the dude in their fraternity.)

[ComradesTrue]

Bumping, because the Summer edition of the KAO magazine was just released and they debunk several myths that just won't die.

1. While Walt Disney's daughters were Thetas, he did not write Let's Go Fly a Kite for them.

2. The Kit-Kat bar was not named for Theta.

3. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the radio voice of the character Betty Crocker was a Theta, but any visual representation of the character was not a Theta.

4. Sandra Day O'Conner is not a Theta.

http://issuu.com/theta/docs/summer_2011_magazine See page 23.

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Bumping, because the Summer edition of the KAO magazine was just released and they debunk several myths that just won't die.

1. While Walt Disney's daughters were Thetas, he did not write Let's Go Fly a Kite for them.

2. The Kit-Kat bar was not named for Theta.

3. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the radio voice of the character Betty Crocker was a Theta, but any visual representation of the character was not a Theta.

4. Sandra Day O'Conner is not a Theta.

http://issuu.com/theta/docs/summer_2011_magazine See page 23.

This same article made me think of how we were always told (by upperclass women) that the founder or inventor of Budweiser (or Anheuser-Busch or someone...) had daughters who were Theta's because so many of our symbols can be found on the label of Bud Light.

[LXA SE285]

Re: Susan Lucci and Pi Phi, I'm pretty sure her daughter, Liza Huber (Passions), was a Pi Phi at UNC Chapel Hill.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by pinkyphimu

ok, i don't know if these are true or even what glo they are supposed to belong to, but i saw them on a web site and they really stood out to me as being urban ledgends...

elvis presley
florence henderson
robert reed
simon and garfunkle

ps i am too lazy to do the search to see if it is true

I know this is from '03, but Elvis Presley is an alumni/honor initiate of Tau Kappa Epsilon. He was inducted by the chapter at Arkansas State University.

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle are either Alpha Epsilon Pis or Zeta Beta Taus. I don't know if they were collegiate or alumni initiates.

As for current urban legends of Sigma Chi: Eddie Murphy and Daniel Tosh ARE NOT Sigs.

[33girl]

Eddie Murphy? Seriously? A very young person who didn't see 18 year old Eddie on SNL must have started that one.

S & G are AEPi. Everything that comes up indicates they were members in college.