Starting A Sorority

33girl · #1 11-30-2006, 10:54 AM

I'm not putting words in your mouth - you are the one who posted that to begin with. What other "sororities" do you mean, if you don't mean ones such as I mentioned?

And considering the multitudinous grammar screwups on that page you linked to, I'm not convinced. National link (or again, a competent ZTA) please.

blueangel · #2 11-30-2006, 11:06 AM

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Considering the multitudinous grammar screwups on that page, I'm not convinced. National link please.

Ah, so they are not "competent Zetas?"

Well, then, how about the Zetas at the College of NJ? Are they "competent?"
"Zeta Tau Alpha is known as a fraternity, not a sorority. The founders intended ZTA be designated a "fraternity" to distinguish
the organization from the sisterhoods organized in connection with men's fraternities, called sororities. "
http://www.ztaiotagamma.com/ourhistory.html

or.. perhaps Michigan State University? Do you think the Zetas there are incompetent?
http://www.msu.edu/~zta/History.htm

or maybe Robert Morris University would be good enough for you?
http://www.geocities.com/rmuzeta/history.html

How is the crow tasting?

jubilance1922 · #3 11-30-2006, 11:10 AM

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Ah, so they are not "competent Zetas?"

Well, then, how about the Zetas at the College of NJ? Are they "competent?"
"Zeta Tau Alpha is known as a fraternity, not a sorority. The founders intended ZTA be designated a "fraternity" to distinguish
the organization from the sisterhoods organized in connection with men's fraternities, called sororities. "
http://www.ztaiotagamma.com/ourhistory.html

or.. perhaps Michigan State University? Do you think the Zetas there are incompetent?
http://www.msu.edu/~zta/History.htm

or maybe Robert Morris University would be good enough for you?
http://www.geocities.com/rmuzeta/history.html

How is the crow tasting?

I think its great that several chapters have noted that information, but its been my experience that often chapter websites include incorrect information. Not saying that this information isn't correct, but for most people, they tend to trust things that are on national websites.

Drolefille · #4 11-30-2006, 11:12 AM

And I can't find this information at ZTA's national site.

I know it was founded at Farmville, were the other NPC's founded there sororities or fraternities?

kddani · #5 11-30-2006, 11:22 AM

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And I can't find this information at ZTA's national site.

I know it was founded at Farmville, were the other NPC's founded there sororities or fraternities?

KD has always been a sorority.

Drolefille · #6 11-30-2006, 11:29 AM

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KD has always been a sorority.

Thanks, I don't know that group of sororities (in the GENERAL SENSE) as well as I'd like. I just think that if this was the case it would be mentioned on the national website. If all of that information was copy and pasted from there, it would be "proof." Or another ZTA who can corroborate this information.

33girl · #7 11-30-2006, 11:56 AM

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KD has always been a sorority.

As has ASA. We were founded after ZTA, however.

blueangel · #8 11-30-2006, 12:00 PM

I suppose I will have to spoon feed this to you. From the NATIONAL WEBSITE archives:

Zeta Tau Alpha is known as a fraternity, not as a sorority. The Founders intended Zeta Tau Alpha be designated a "fraternity" to distinguish the organization from the sisterhoods organized in connection with men's fraternities, called "sororities."

http://web.archive.org/web/200304210...a.org/trad.htm

kddani · #9 11-30-2006, 12:01 PM

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As has ASA. We were founded after ZTA, however.

We were the first sorority founded on the campus (for those not familiar with the Farmville Four, they are KD, Tri-Sigma, ZTA, and ASA - I believe founded in that order).

I can assure you, and blueangel and whoever else, that we were certainly not, as blueangel stated, a sisterhood "organized in connection with men's fraternities at the time, called "sororities." "

33girl · #10 11-30-2006, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jubilance1922

I think its great that several chapters have noted that information, but its been my experience that often chapter websites include incorrect information. Not saying that this information isn't correct, but for most people, they tend to trust things that are on national websites.

AMEN.

cough cough Betty Crocker cough cough.

tunatartare · #11 11-30-2006, 11:23 AM

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AMEN.

cough cough Betty Crocker cough cough.

Or the badge on the moon.

LPIDelta · #12 11-30-2006, 11:13 AM

Ummm...yeah. BA--We all know collegians may get things wrong from time to time....and things like that do just get copied and pasted. In my own group there are websites that say things that are not true....like Bette Midler being a member (she is not) because the web has helped proliferate the error. So just because its on a chapter website, does not mean that its true.

Anyway....I didn't mean to stick my nose in. Continue.

blueangel · #13 11-30-2006, 11:23 AM

33rd girl.. you're wrong. I proved it, you know it, but you obviously aren't big enough to acknowlege you're wrong.

As they say.. soldier on!

33girl · #14 11-30-2006, 11:55 AM

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33rd girl.. you're wrong. I proved it, you know it, but you obviously aren't big enough to acknowlege you're wrong.

As they say.. soldier on!

You didn't "prove" anything. You gave me some links to some collegiate chapters' web pages. I could "prove" that Betty Crocker was in a sorority by doing the same, or "prove" that Tom Cruise is gay.

If you would stop talking about tasting crow (I think you're a little obsessed with that - maybe you need to head over to the AXP forum) and simply EXPLAIN WHAT THE QUOTE YOU POSTED OVER AND OVER ACTUALLY REFERS TO, this would be a much more pleasant thread.

GeekyPenguin · #15 11-30-2006, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by blueangel

33rd girl.. you're wrong. I proved it, you know it, but you obviously aren't big enough to acknowlege you're wrong.

As they say.. soldier on!

You must be very lucky to have advanced so far in your profession without basic reading comprehension skills. Gamma Phi Beta, who popularized the word sorority to refer to women's fraternal organizations, does not now, nor did we ever, have an official affiliation with a men's organization.

See gammaphibeta.org for more information.