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Old 06-25-2007, 10:32 AM
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Where I'm from, the neighborhoods have calls and chants. Did NPHC orgs do it first? Does it really matter?
It's funny you should mention this. When I was in undergrad, BGLOs did not have calls or handsigns (nor did Deltas collect elephants.) But Black students from various states did. The Delta call sounds very similar to what was then the New York call.
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Old 06-25-2007, 04:09 PM
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It's funny you should mention this. When I was in undergrad, BGLOs did not have calls or handsigns (nor did Deltas collect elephants.) But Black students from various states did. The Delta call sounds very similar to what was then the New York call.
And when my grandmother pledged in '59, those things were not a part of her experience either.

The bolded bit is interesting.
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