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UT’s Greek Week Raises $62,000 in Seven Days In seven days, UT’s Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) community raised almost $62,000 to help several philanthropies that are important to all 20 active UT chapters.  “It’s phenomenal,” said Ryne Burds, assistant director of FSL. “It’s a record for us.” Greek Variety Show and overall Greek Week champions Delta Zeta, Alpha Tau Omega and Zeta Phi Beta lift the Greek Unity Cup in celebration. Photo courtesy of Katarina Georgelas ’21...

Penn State has no shortage of clothing startups run out of dorm rooms and apartments. “Frenemy Designs,” operated by sophomores Chloe Warner and Mary Griswold, is a newcomer to the market that’s already making a big splash. Frenemy was created by Warner while she was abroad and looking for something to do with her newfound time during the coronavirus pandemic. Griswold, who is Warner’s roommate, is already coming in with designs for the brand after joining the team just a few weeks prio...

Photo by Megan Turner. UCF Student Government is nearing the end of its 2021 Presidential Elections, and the university has left the public in the dark through the process. Each spring, the UCF student body elects a student leader to represent and serve the student body of almost 72,000 and pays them using student fees. Advertisement The SG President is the only student member on the UCF Board of Trustees, but this year, the public has had no knowledge of election violation hearings befor...

UC San Diego Goes to Washington University alumni tapped to serve in the Biden administration Five University of California San Diego alumni have been nominated or appointed to positions within President Joe Biden’s administration, adding to a long list of university alumni and faculty leaders who have served the nation in high-level roles. In addition, one alum was tapped to serve as part of an agency review team for the Biden-Harris transition. These UC San Diego-connected individuals will ...

Black sororities and fraternities working to get people into the vaccination line Black sororities and fraternities working to get people into the vaccination line MICHELLE SMITH: Reaching out to spread the COVID vaccine. Here’s an uplifting story from The Guardian: It’s about an effort by historically Black fraternities and sororities to help get Black Arkansans vaccinated for COVID-19. Advertisement The national experience has been that the minority community has been underserved in the ...

Even 15 years later, the memory of slain UND student Dru Sjodin lives on The University of North Dakota student from Pequot Lakes, Minn., a small town of 2,100 about 200 miles southeast of Grand Forks, was taken in a public setting while leaving at Columbia Mall. During a phone call with her boyfriend, Chris Lang, the line suddenly disconnected, but not before she uttered, “Oh my God.” Written By: April Baumgarten | × Dru Sjodins homecoming queen crown from Pequot Lakes, Minn...

Traditionally excluded from Duke’s predominantly white fraternities and sororities, it wasn’t until 11 years after being admitted on campus that Black students could find social outlets in the University’s Greek life scene. Now, 46 years later, Duke's NPHC is currently in&#...

Niles Bryant Named Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Bowdoin College K. Niles Bryant will become the next senior vice president and chief investment officer at Bowdoin College, where he will be responsible for managing the College’s $1.8 billion (as of June 30, 2020) endowment, the largest portion of which is permanently restricted to the support of student financial aid. Niles Bryant Bryant’s appointment is effective July 1, 2021. He will succeed Paula Volent, who annou...

BoolaBoola2 Skull and Bones was formed in 1832 by William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft. According to some accounts, the society was formed after a dispute over elections to Phi Beta Kappa. Other sources conjecture that Russell modeled the society after European groups he encountered while studying in Germany. The society’s original name was the Eulogian Club. It was incorporated in 1856 as the Russell Trust Association. The emblem of the society is a skull and crossbones with the numb...

Black Greek-lettered organizations carry on the legacy to uplift their communities Black Greek-lettered organizations carry on the legacy to uplift their communities By Brandy McGill | February 24, 2021 at 5:36 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 7:01 PM BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - More than 100 years ago, young African American women strived to uplift their community in a positive way. Black Greek-lettered organizations known as the ‘Divine Nine’ allowed them to do that. Here on the Gulf...