Type of Sorority or Fraternity

[Zetagymnast]

Originally posted by AXORissa

Phi Alpha Delta is a law fraternity. While there are chapters on college campuses for pre-law, I believe most of the chapters are in law schools.

They have been trying to start PAD chapter on my campus for the past 3 years. But, if it doesn't happen I will join in law school.

[BaylorBean]

Sigma Kappa is also one of the NPC social sororities. We also have members of all ethnic backgrounds and religions. One of my honorary littles was actually from Singapore.

Alpha Chi Sigma is a co-ed professional chemistry fraternity. It is open to chemistry majors and other students who go through at least organic chemistry (mainly science majors).

[IluvSirFidel]

Phi Mu is a NPC sorority....(actually a women's fraternity). While traditionally Caucasian, I believe that there are now many different races, creeds, and religions represented across our many chapters!

~Phi Mu~

[SIAsensacion]

Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc. (also known as SIA) is a national Latina-based service sorority.

National--We have chapters in the North, South, East, and West, but most of the chapters are located on the east coast.
Latina-based--A lot of our service, programs, events, etc. deal with/educate about the Latin community, and the majority of our membership is of Latin heritage. HOWEVER, we are TRULY a diverse organization and we open our doors to qualified, hard-working women REGARDLESS of race, ethnic background, religion, etc.
Service--Serving the community is our most important order of business, but we also participate in social activities.


Also, not to sound like a hater or anything, but many of the "traditionally caucasion but have all different races etc." orgs represented on this thread are 99-100% White at my school. There would be a token "other" here and there in a couple of the orgs, but most of them were keeping up the all-white tradition. In case you are wondering, I attended the University of Maryland, which is not an all-white school at ALL. But I do have to admit that some of the sororities on my campus, even while being 99-100% white, did manage to have diverse membership (as in religions, majors, interests, etc.). But of course we also had the complete cookie cutter sororities as well. I really hope that the situation is different at other schools, that there really IS ethnic diversity on other campuses, and I hope that the social sororities on my campus can find a way to bring diversity to their chapters.

[BaylorBean]

Many schools do have large ethnic diversity but some do not. The major thing to look at though is who participates in NPC rush. For example if a majority of caucasian students apply to a certain school while only a few people of other ethniticity apply obviously that school will look to be a primarily caucasian school due to the applicant pool. I think the same goes with GLO's and rush.

[Senusret I]

being familiar with SIAsensacion's school, the problem is not that U Maryland is overwhelmingly white, because it isn't.

But let's not hijack the thread too much.

[AXORissa]

Originally posted by SIAsensacion



Also, not to sound like a hater or anything, but many of the "traditionally caucasion but have all different races etc." orgs represented on this thread are 99-100% White at my school. There would be a token "other" here and there in a couple of the orgs, but most of them were keeping up the all-white tradition. In case you are wondering, I attended the University of Maryland, which is not an all-white school at ALL. But I do have to admit that some of the sororities on my campus, even while being 99-100% white, did manage to have diverse membership (as in religions, majors, interests, etc.). But of course we also had the complete cookie cutter sororities as well. I really hope that the situation is different at other schools, that there really IS ethnic diversity on other campuses, and I hope that the social sororities on my campus can find a way to bring diversity to their chapters.

My sister is a Theta at Maryland, and she tells me that she chose her chapter because it wasn't cookie cutter like many of the others. We're Jewish, and she's a legacy to AXO and DPhiE, but she chose Theta over DPhiE (or the other "Jewish" sororities) in part because she wanted more diversity (among other things).

EDIT: this is just from the information she tells me, I dont personally know, I haven't met her sisters...

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by SIAsensacion
Also, not to sound like a hater or anything, but many of the "traditionally caucasion but have all different races etc." orgs represented on this thread are 99-100% White at my school.

If we are all fair and honest, we will probably admit that this is true just about everywhere. I'm sure there are some exceptions.

I suspect it could be said about traditionally Afro-American and other ethnic organizations as well.

Why that's true is the topic for a different thread. There have already been a few of them, in case someone wants to search, but the reasons aren't necessarily that we are all racist or bigoted or all around bad people. Sometimes it is as easy as being honest and saying that you feel more comfortable with people with which you have more in common.

It's a great thing to stretch your personal comfort zone -- but some never will.

[cammykaze1920]

Originally posted by Zetagymnast
Here's another poll:


Can everyone identify what kind of GLO they are in?
Also, identify if it is traditionally Multicultural, Black, White, Latino, Asian, etc.



I will start, Zeta Lambda Psi is a Service organization.
It is a traditionally Black Sorority.

Hey I didn't know you are in BK, I was over there 2 wks ago, im in Jersey.

[cammykaze1920]

Zeta Phi Beta is a national sorority that is historically African American. We have chapters is West Africa, Germany and the Virgin Islands. We are one of the divine nine (a collective group of the African American fraternities and sororites).

In our Fall 2003 line that just crossed, our #1 is caucasian!

[kappaloo]

Kappa Kappa Gamma is an international woman's fraternity which, I guess, is historically "caucasian".

At my school... I would say we pull most from the section of my campus that is first-language (or very early second language) English.

I find that we tend not too pull from the large international (or almost international - aka moved to Canada in just before the end of highschool) communities. I suspect that this is because we have very large ethnical clubs that attract these student based on heritage and language.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by kappaloo
Kappa Kappa Gamma is an international woman's fraternity which, I guess, is historically "caucasian".

At my school... I would say we pull most from the section of my campus that is first-language (or very early second language) English.

I find that we tend not too pull from the large international (or almost international - aka moved to Canada in just before the end of highschool) communities. I suspect that this is because we have very large ethnical clubs that attract these student based on heritage and language.

"ethnical?"

[kappaloo]

Originally posted by russellwarshay
"ethnical?"

Sorry... my habit of making up words confuses everyone but me.

ethnical = ethnic-based (aka the Chinese club, the Sikh Club, the South Asian Club etc)

[TexasOphiA]

Omega Phi Alpha~Service Sorority

[Taualumna]

Alpha Gamma Delta is historically Caucasian, but here at Tau, we have people of various cultural backgrounds (hey it IS the University of Toronto). However, a Kappa that recently posted is right. Most of the girls speak English as a first (or early second) language, and there are next to no students who are "Recent Canadians" (i.e. came to Canada in high school). I suspect that it is because they still don't feel too comfortable speaking English 24/7 nor are they too familiar with GLOs.