Tag: Fraternities & Sororities: Page 20

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Purdue Storm Chasers Hit Pay Dirt During Outbreak

Three Purdue University students who rejected a professor’s warning and became storm chasers during last week’s tornado outbreak say they hit pay dirt during their adrenaline-fueled trek.

November 26, 2013

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Campus Conversations About Race Now Heating Up the Twitterverse

Social media has created a space for students to connect and participate in national conversations related to race, identity and representation.

November 24, 2013

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Judge Hears Voting Lawsuit Involving University of Alabama Greeks

University of Alabama sorority and fraternity members, many of whom registered to vote illegally, wrongly swayed a city election after being urged to the polls by illegal offers of booze, concert tickets and peer pressure, a lawyer for a failed candidate told a judge Tuesday.

October 15, 2013

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UNC-Charlotte Fraternity Under Investigation

A fraternity at the University of North Carolina Charlotte has been suspended as college officials and law enforcement investigate a pledge’s hospitalization.

October 2, 2013

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Negative Qualities Ascribed to Blacks at Root of Discrimination by White Greek-Letter Groups

Many observers and experts on Greek life point out that stories of racial exclusion among White Greek-letter organizations are not just an Alabama phenomenon.

September 30, 2013

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UA Forms Task Force to Review Diversity on Campus

University of Alabama faculty members are forming a task force on diversity following allegations of racism within the school’s Greek-letter social organizations.

September 25, 2013

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Ala. Leaders Tread Lightly on Forcing Segregation for U of Ala. Greeks

From the governor to a U.S. attorney, state and other leaders say they want to move past failed efforts and find a way to permanently end racial segregation in the University of Alabama’s Greek system. But for now they’re treading lightly in forcing change on sorority row.

September 22, 2013

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Ex-Student Leaders: End Greek Segregation at University of Alabama

Former student leaders at the University of Alabama went public Thursday in support of more diversity within the school’s racially segregated sorority and fraternity system, and a federal prosecutor said her office is watching for signs of change on campus.

September 19, 2013

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Several Hundred March Against Greek Segregation at University of Alabama

Several hundred people marched Wednesday at the University of Alabama to oppose racial segregation among the school’s Greek-letter social organizations.

September 18, 2013

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University of Alabama President: Sorority Decisions Based on Race

The University of Alabama is ordering changes in its sorority system amid charges of discrimination in the Greek-letter organizations, which the president acknowledged Tuesday are segregated by race.

September 17, 2013

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Sororities Investigate Member Intake Process at UA

National representatives of several sororities say they’re investigating the member recruitment process at the University of Alabama after some groups were accused of rejecting two potential members because they’re Black.

September 15, 2013

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Vice Chancellor–Student Affairs

The University of California, San Diego is conducting a nationwide search for its next Vice Chancellor – Student Affairs. UC San Diego invites letters of nomination, applications (letter of interest that includes the individual’s contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion; resume/CV;

August 28, 2013