Books about Fraternities and Sororities

[carnation]

For southern PNMs and maybe for others: Sorority Guide, Everything You Need to Know From Alpha to Zeta- by Ceil Howle and Anna Stephens.

[exlurker]

Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895 – 1945 by Marianne R. Sanua (2003, Wayne State University Press)

Recommended. Includes material regarding historically Jewish sororities, too.

+++++++++

Inside Greek U:
Fraternities, Sororities, and the Pursuit of Pleasure, Power, and Prestige
By Alan D. Desantis
Year Published: 2007

Might be worth checking out reviews of this one before buying it. Not bad, but not outstanding, either, IMO.

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by carnation

For southern PNMs and maybe for others: Sorority Guide, Everything You Need to Know From Alpha to Zeta- by Ceil Howle and Anna Stephens.

Shouldn't it be from "Alpha to Omega"? That reminds me of a class I've subbed for a couple of times. The 6th graders are covering Greece in their ancient history section. They're making a book about everything they've learned, and it's called "Greek ABC Book." Hehehe...

[naraht]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Shouldn't it be from "Alpha to Omega"? That reminds me of a class I've subbed for a couple of times. The 6th graders are covering Greece in their ancient history section. They're making a book about everything they've learned, and it's called "Greek ABC Book." Hehehe...

It should be... But
http://www.sororityguide.com/

[AZ-AlphaXi]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Shouldn't it be from "Alpha to Omega"? That reminds me of a class I've subbed for a couple of times. The 6th graders are covering Greece in their ancient history section. They're making a book about everything they've learned, and it's called "Greek ABC Book." Hehehe...

Or maybe it only has 6 things to say (Alpha to Zeta is 6 letters)

[naraht]

Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

Or maybe it only has 6 things to say (Alpha to Zeta is 6 letters)

Oddly enough, though with the distribution of the sororities in the NPC, "Alpha to Zeta" takes up more than half (15 of 26) of the sororities. There are 9 that start with Alpha, Gamma Phi Beta, 4 with Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha. For the other three "quadrants": "Eta to Mu" has 4, Theta Phi Alpha andthe 3 that start with Kappa; "Nu to Sigma" has 4, Pi Beta Phi and the three that start with Sigma and "Tau to Omega" has Phi Mu, Phi Sigma Sigma and Chi Omega.

I never realized that there are more sororities in the NPC starting with Alpha than with the entire second half of the greek alphabeta.

Note, I tried contacting them by email and through the sales phone number. The emails bounced and the sales number went to voicemail without any info. I guess not enough people bought the book.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by naraht

I never realized that there are more sororities in the NPC starting with Alpha than with the entire second half of the greek alphabet.

That's why the schools where ASA is called "Alphas" crack me up. That works fine when the ASA chapter has been there since dinosaur years, but for the majority of schools, it would be "Alpha WHAT??"

[naraht]

Originally Posted by 33girl

That's why the schools where ASA is called "Alphas" crack me up. That works fine when the ASA chapter has been there since dinosaur years, but for the majority of schools, it would be "Alpha WHAT??"

Yeah, it works at the HBCUs (the Alpha Phi Alpha brothers calling themselves Alpha) since the only other one of the NPHC that starts with Alpha is Alpha Kappa Alpha, and they *always* go by AKA.

I don't know if Alpha Phi Alpha would be less likely to go by "Alphas" at places with huge systems like U of Illinois. Given that I don't think there are any of the NIC fraternities that go by Alphas, it wouldn't surprise me.

And anyone who gets ASA confused with APhiA needs more than their eyes checked.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by 33girl

That's why the schools where ASA is called "Alphas" crack me up. That works fine when the ASA chapter has been there since dinosaur years, but for the majority of schools, it would be "Alpha WHAT??"

Interesting.

At Murray State, four of the five NPC sororities start with Alpha. At the NPC peak (i.e. seven NPC chapters on campus), five of seven started with Alpha. Of the five, all had Alpha or an "A" in their nickmame, but none were referred solely as Alpha.

Side note: When Alpha Phi Alpha chartered at Murray State, they were - from day one - called Alpha. And Alpha Kappa Alpha was (is) AKA.

My guess is that is that what ever the local chapter decides to call itself, becomes the norm on campus.

[als463]

naraht, I'm sooooo glad you started this thread! Thanks to everyone who put up some book suggestions, I just ordered two books from Amazon! I can't wait to get my summer reads in the mail!

[naraht]

Originally Posted by als463

naraht, I'm sooooo glad you started this thread! Thanks to everyone who put up some book suggestions, I just ordered two books from Amazon! I can't wait to get my summer reads in the mail!

No problem.

Though even with Pledged and Sanday's book out there, I think the books about fraternities and sororities are better on average than the movies. *shudder*

[als463]

Originally Posted by naraht

No problem.

Though even with Pledged and Sanday's book out there, I think the books about fraternities and sororities are better on average than the movies. *shudder*

Wasn't there talk that "Pledged" was going to be made into a movie? Maybe I am going crazy but, I thought there had been a discussion about it somewhere on here. I could be wrong but, I'm willing to bet the movie will be just as dumb as the book, provided they actually put it on film....