the divine nine
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Stepping Into Irrelevance?
I’ve got a question for you. What if black fraternities and sororities were asked by President Obama to place a moratorium on stepping for exactly one school year? Instead of devoting the time toward practicing and performing steps, or attending step show for that matter, they would instead use that time to create an innovative…
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Around The World of Black Greekdom VI
Hello everyone, and welcome to our weekly round up of the who, whats, whys and how in the worlds of black Greekdom. But before we do that, I want to let you know that we’re going to have some interesting blog entries coming in the next few weeks. We’ll talk about non African Americans in…
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Around The World in Black Greekdom V
Welcome everyone to our weekly roundup of the coming and goings of the Divine Nine and its members. And man, what a week it’s been! And this week, I’ve decided to do something different. Instead of listing the news in the order of founding, which can get a bit boring fast, I’m going to list…
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You Should Know This…AKA
Wanna know a pet peeve I have with our Divine Nine organizations? We’re great at listing all of the notable achievers from the era when television was broadcast in black and white, but we’re terrible at spotlighting current members who are breaking barriers in HD. Sure, we all know that so and so did this…
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Around The World in Black Greekdom IV
It’s time for the weekly Divine Nine roundup of the good, the great and the not so great news happening with black Greeks. Remember, if you have something going on in your chapter, and you have a news link or website to connect to, then email me the link at [email protected]. I’ll be happy to…
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Frats and Sorors in Name Only? You Might Need to Get Dropped
It’s time to take out the old wallet and pull out the chapter dues for the year. And that got me thinking. We like to brag to white fraternity and sorority members that the difference between our organizations and their organizations is that we belong to our organizations beyond college. We’re supposedly active from the…
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Around The World in Black Greekdom III
It’s time for the weekly Divine Nine news roundup! Remember to come through each week to see the great, the good, and the…uh…not so good happenings within the Divine Nine. The city of Columbus turns out to celebrate the life of an Alpha brother…and at the University of Alabama, the Alphas get political. The AKA’s…
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The Street Soldiers of the Omega Boys Club
My grandfather was from Texas, and he used to say that most people in life are “fixin’ and finnin’” as in they’re fixin’ to do this, and finnin’ to do that. But in the end, they end up doing nothing. Well, don’t put Dr. Joseph Marshall, Jr. in that fixin’ and finnin’ column. With his…
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Welcome to the Underground Pledging Season!
Editor’s note: This blog posting about pledging is from our archives. Keep checking The Root for continuing coverage of the lawsuit against SAE. Ah, it’s time to go back to school, and boy, have you had a great summer as a black Greek! You’ve chilled with your frat or sorors, attended umpteen Divine Nine picnics,…
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Around The World in Black Greekdom II
If it’s Monday, it must be time for the weekly Divine Nine news roundup! Remember to come through each week to see the great, the good, and the…uh…not so good happenings within the Divine Nine. Over in Charlotte, the Alphas decided to invite a Tea Party leader to a forum as part of their Political…