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Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie
Why did the article keep referring to the NPC groups as Pan-Hellenic?
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Just as a journalism side-note:: AP stylebooks don't say anything about how to write about sorority/fraternity affairs, so most schools and newspapers are left up to their own devices to create a house style. This may be a case of house style, however incorrect. For example, to write about GLO's on our campus, we write out letters and then parenthesize their nickname (example: Sigma Delta Phi (Sphinx) will be holding a bake sale this week.) We never abbreviate the letters, unless it is a direct quote (IE. Tau Delta president Jane Jones said "I love being a TD, my sisters rock!"). But it took a while to develop that style and those rules and to teach them to our staff writers, usually bitty little freshmen. Usually, a well worded quick note to the editor does the trick. It may be a case of simply unaware, inexperienced or missed copyediting, but we always appreciate things that help us from making the same mistake twice.
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