HELP! I want to start this sorority, but does it already exist?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

Tau Beta Sigma is a co-ed organization. This can get complicated at schools with both a chapter of TBS and KKPsi - but, we're still family.

This is the first time I've heard about it being co-ed. Probably because many men don't join TBS. LOL.

Okay, TBS co-ed sorority and KKPsi co-ed fraternity.

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

This is the first time I've heard about it being co-ed. Probably because many men don't join TBS. LOL.

Okay, TBS co-ed sorority and KKPsi co-ed fraternity.

Generally if a school has both orgs, they have men pledge KKY and women pledge TBS. If a school has one or the other, it acts as a coed. There isn't much preventing men from joining TBS or women joining KKY because of thise situations, even if a school has both orgs.

[chickenoodle]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

This is the first time I've heard about it being co-ed. Probably because many men don't join TBS. LOL.

Okay, TBS co-ed sorority and KKPsi co-ed fraternity.

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

Generally if a school has both orgs, they have men pledge KKY and women pledge TBS. If a school has one or the other, it acts as a coed. There isn't much preventing men from joining TBS or women joining KKY because of thise situations, even if a school has both orgs.

Indulge me please. If the women join the fraternity, they are also called brothers. And if the men join the co-ed sorority are they also brothers, while the women are sisters? I can't imagine most guys would be ok with being referred to as a sister...

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Originally Posted by chickenoodle

Indulge me please. If the women join the fraternity, they are also called brothers. And if the men join the co-ed sorority are they also brothers, while the women are sisters? I can't imagine most guys would be ok with being referred to as a sister...

Someone who identifies as female will be called a brother in KKY and the same for TBS. KKY is still a fraternity and TBS is still a sorority.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by chickenoodle

Indulge me please. If the women join the fraternity, they are also called brothers. And if the men join the co-ed sorority are they also brothers, while the women are sisters? I can't imagine most guys would be ok with being referred to as a sister...

Slight hijack, but this sounds similar to the situation that Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority and Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity has, as they both are now co-ed. I only know of one male member of GSS, and he is referred to as a "male member", but in my personal experience, female members of APO (which is much much more common) are referred to as "brothers".

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by harreled

I know there is already a Drumline fraternity (Phi Buda Ruda) and several Band service fraternities (KKPsi, TBS, PMA) . . . .

Just for the record, Phi Mu Alpha is not a band service fraternity; it's a social fraternity. KKPsi and TBS are the only band service fraternities with which I'm familiar.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Just for the record, Phi Mu Alpha is not a band service fraternity; it's a social fraternity. KKPsi and TBS are the only band service fraternities with which I'm familiar.

Every time I see someone call Phi Mu Alpha anything other than a social fraternity, I just shake my head an wonder when you're going to pop up and educate them!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

Every time I see someone call Phi Mu Alpha anything other than a social fraternity, I just shake my head an wonder when you're going to pop up and educate them!

I know. I'm a broken record on the subject.

[UofISigKap]

Originally Posted by chickenoodle

Indulge me please. If the women join the fraternity, they are also called brothers. And if the men join the co-ed sorority are they also brothers, while the women are sisters? I can't imagine most guys would be ok with being referred to as a sister...

I was called a brother of KKPsi, and when my biological brother later attended EIU, he decided to become a member of TBS and was indeed called a sister. Although he and I were never at the school at the same time, there were some people, like my lil' sis, who ended up knowing both of us. They found the situation highly amusing since he was something like my sister brother, and I was his brother sister.

[Still BLUTANG]

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

Generally if a school has both orgs, they have men pledge KKY and women pledge TBS. If a school has one or the other, it acts as a coed. There isn't much preventing men from joining TBS or women joining KKY because of thise situations, even if a school has both orgs.

i've learned in my 13 years as a member, and serving in various local, district, and national capacities that this, while it *would* make sense, is not necessarily what happens.

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

i've learned in my 13 years as a member, and serving in various local, district, and national capacities that this, while it *would* make sense, is not necessarily what happens.

True, I was just speaking from my experiences and talking with brothers and sisters of said orgs.