Sorors' Have you seen this???

DSTCHAOS · #1 02-16-2007, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SummerChild

Anyone who has ANY knowledge about greekdom should know what "soror" means and thus, they are NEVER going to be anyone's "soror."

Way to overstate the obvious.

They are "male sorority members." Not because they are women or official members, but because they have crossed the line from auxilliary to something else. Take that up with them. LOL.

AKA_Monet · #2 02-16-2007, 09:10 PM

What I found ironic about the debacle is that when my chapter decided to participate in the AIDSWalk to raise funds for HIV/AIDS, summa dem heffas were pissed off we wore the 'nalia they so much desired...

But, now AKA corporate--yes, we've gone corporate--is sue happy and love to take folks to court. Like other D4 sororities, all our stuff is now trademarked... And we really could use the $$$.

Folks do understand that...

"And with a mouth like yours, they really gonna like you in jail..." -Ice Cube

kiml122 · #3 02-17-2007, 11:17 AM

I'm not going to comment, comment, so I what I will say is I saw the pics....and OH MY!!

SummerChild · #4 02-17-2007, 11:58 AM

Soror, why were they mad that you guys wore nalia?

The only thing about suing someone is that it makes no sense to sue someone w/out money for $$. They could probably just have legal counsel send a cease and desist letter requiring them to stop using our symbols. That would probably be good enough to at least stop the outward display of the madness. We can really see how improper use of our symbols can be hazardous by looking at this case. What if these guys wanted to participate in a parade and displayed our symbols? People viewing the parade may think that we endorse this foolishness.

Also, people should understand that common law trademark rights arise anytime one is a using a trademark in commerce in connection with goods or services. Accordingly, we had common law trademark rights arise a looooong time before we registered our trademarks with the USPTO. So even if they go to the USPTO site and do not find a trademark for one of our particular symbols, per se, they should still know that we may have common law rights in that symbol in connection with certain goods or services. Ok, so I might be a patent and trademark atty. LOL.

SC

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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

What I found ironic about the debacle is that when my chapter decided to participate in the AIDSWalk to raise funds for HIV/AIDS, summa dem heffas were pissed off we wore the 'nalia they so much desired...

But, now AKA corporate--yes, we've gone corporate--is sue happy and love to take folks to court. Like other D4 sororities, all our stuff is now trademarked... And we really could use the $$$.

Folks do understand that...

"And with a mouth like yours, they really gonna like you in jail..." -Ice Cube

pinkies up · #5 02-17-2007, 12:30 PM

You know, we're giving them exactly what they want; free publicity. They need form their own male fraternity sans any references to AKA.

SummerChild · #6 02-17-2007, 11:42 AM

DSTChaos, I do not think that the reasons why people want to justify calling them "sorors" or "male sorority members" really makes much sense. As we all know. In the Divine 9, we don't have any coed sororities or fraternities so therefore, there is no such thing as a "male sorority member" in Alpha Kappa Alpha, nor in any other sorority in the Divine 9. Further, how can you be a male sorority *member* if you're not a *member*. Would you refer to the dudes trying to call themselves members of Delta Sigma Theta as your "male sorority members"? Of course not. B/c they are not. So why use the term when it comes to Alpha Kappa Alpha?

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Way to overstate the obvious.

They are "male sorority members." Not because they are women or official members, but because they have crossed the line from auxilliary to something else. Take that up with them. LOL.

ladygreek · #7 02-18-2007, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by SummerChild

DSTChaos, I do not think that the reasons why people want to justify calling them "sorors" or "male sorority members" really makes much sense. As we all know. In the Divine 9, we don't have any coed sororities or fraternities so therefore, there is no such thing as a "male sorority member" in Alpha Kappa Alpha, nor in any other sorority in the Divine 9. Further, how can you be a male sorority *member* if you're not a *member*. Would you refer to the dudes trying to call themselves members of Delta Sigma Theta as your "male sorority members"? Of course not. B/c they are not. So why use the term when it comes to Alpha Kappa Alpha?

Um, I may be wrong, but I thought she was agreeing with you. She just wrote it facetiously.

DSTCHAOS · #8 02-18-2007, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ladygreek

Um, I may be wrong, but I thought she was agreeing with you. She just wrote it facetiously.

No, I was telling her that everyone knows they aren't sorority members. So when we call them "male sorority members," it's out of jest. So she needs to get over it.

SummerChild · #9 02-20-2007, 09:44 AM

DSTChaos, I will decide what I need to get over.
But thanks.
SC

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

No, I was telling her that everyone knows they aren't sorority members. So when we call them "male sorority members," it's out of jest. So she needs to get over it.

DSTCHAOS · #10 02-20-2007, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SummerChild

DSTChaos, I will decide what I need to get over.
But thanks.
SC

These male sorority members will decide that.

None of these discussions about them have stopped their MAC lipgloss from flowing.

OOhsoflyDELTA#9 · #11 02-20-2007, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

These male sorority members will decide that.

None of these discussions about them have stopped their MAC lipgloss from flowing.

Soror you're silly!!! lol

SummerChild · #12 02-20-2007, 09:43 AM

Ladygreek, I don't know if she was agreeing with me or not. My concern is moreso with just communicating my point as opposed to trying to figure out if someone is being facetious. I tend to read emails only for a few minutes and then I go back to whatever I was really doing (b/c usually I'm not just actually sitting at the computer on Greekchat, I peek in for a minute) so if someone is saying something facetiously, I may not even be paying enough attention to those types of nuances to even get all that.
Thanks though,
SC

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Originally Posted by ladygreek

Um, I may be wrong, but I thought she was agreeing with you. She just wrote it facetiously.

DSTCHAOS · #13 02-18-2007, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SummerChild

DSTChaos, I do not think that the reasons why people want to justify calling them "sorors" or "male sorority members" really makes much sense. As we all know. In the Divine 9, we don't have any coed sororities or fraternities so therefore, there is no such thing as a "male sorority member" in Alpha Kappa Alpha, nor in any other sorority in the Divine 9. Further, how can you be a male sorority *member* if you're not a *member*. Would you refer to the dudes trying to call themselves members of Delta Sigma Theta as your "male sorority members"? Of course not. B/c they are not. So why use the term when it comes to Alpha Kappa Alpha?

There are male "Deltas" and male "AKAs." That title makes it all the more hilarious and unofficial.

Everyone have a drink and quit worrying about this nonsense.