White group's step' win sparks debate
...off black campuses, with large sponsors hosting events, Kimbrough said. Before then, competitions were mostly organized by fraternity and sorority chapters. As the phenomenon expanded, other Greek groups began participating. Now, it's not uncommon for white...
Whites' win in 'stepping' ignites a cultural debate
...off black campuses, with large sponsors hosting events, Kimbrough said. Before then, competitions were mostly organized by fraternity and sorority chapters. As the phenomenon expanded, other Greek groups began participating. Now, it's not uncommon for white...
Gholson: What's in a name? Ask the Hoyas or Hokies
...as a chant for the Georgetown baseball team ? then called the Stonewalls ? back in the late 19th century. A student combined a Greek word and a Latin word to come up with ?Hoya Saxa,? which translates to ?What Rocks.? If you don?t like that, then how about...
Joan's World: Olympic tunes
...by Spyridon Samaras, is played when the Olympic flag is raised. The lyrics are taken from a poem by Kostis Palamas, a Greek poet and writer. The music was performed for the first time in 1896 at the opening ceremonies for the first modern day Olympics in Athens. "Olympian...
Online debate rages over white group's step win
...off black campuses, with large sponsors hosting events, Kimbrough said. Before then, competitions were mostly organized by fraternity and sorority chapters. As the phenomenon expanded, other Greek groups began participating. Now, it's not uncommon for white...
Fraternity suspended Isaacman before shooting
...houses near NIU are privately owned, said Angela Dreessen, the university's director of student and leadership involvement. Greek Affairs is a sector of Dreessen's department. "Some of the houses have local landlords but others have housing corporations related...
A White Sorority From Arkansas Wins The Sprite Step-Off Challenge | Bossip.com [del.icio.us]
...sizes is why it didnt look as much preceision tuned?? I have to admit, they performed well, but it seemed a lot like a fraternity routine. The women step differently because they don?t want to look the same as the guys. I don?t know if it would have had the...
Can We At Least Keep Stepping to Ourselves?
...earning an estimated $75,000 per organization, there was nothing in their agreement that prevented a non-African-American fraternity or sorority from competing. Enter Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority from the University of Arkansas. Immediately after word got out that...
Sorting Through Race Relations AT UCSD
...around in Togas and always have wild sex and binge drinking parties. We need to end this racist negative stereotype of Greeks in all College and Universities! You know, if I had a dollar for every time I have heard about, been invited to, and/or attended a...
Mostly White Sorority Wins National Step-Off Competition. Debate Ensues Over Their Participation
...Alpha Sorority, from Xenia, Ohio who attended the Atlanta, Ga. event to support the eventually winning Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity step team from Central State University, was impressed by ZTA. ?I thought it was pretty amazing that [the Sprite Step Off] had...
