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Annual Alpha Phi Alpha step show draws a crowd at George Washington Univ.

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Despite snowstorms and postponements, an electric, energetic crowd filled Lisner Auditorium Sunday night for “Step Your Game Up,” Alpha Phi Alpha’s 13th annual step show that featured step teams from schools along the East Coast and the D.C. area.
The show, which featured a judged competition of various step teams – some from the D.C. area, [...]

Omegas beat Sigmas at the buzzer in Auburn intramural basketball game

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As the semi-finals and championship quickly approach, the intramural basketball playoffs are in full swing.
During Tuesday’s match-ups, Omega Psi Phi beat Phi Beta Sigma at the buzzer 39-38 during the small fraternity league playoffs.
“It was a thrilling victory; it felt really great,” said OPP team member Keydrick Barlow, senior in math. “We really worked hard [...]

Rutgers center Iota Frater Hamady Ndiaye, to say farewell friends on Senior Night

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As Hamady Ndiaye ducks through the door frames inside Busch Dining Hall, the other Rutgers students fix their eyes straight ahead until the 7-footer is just about even with them. Then they have no choice but to dart a look upward.
They can’t help but notice Ndiaye while they bump into each other trying to stare [...]

Alpha Chapter Zetas win Pittsburgh’s 13th Annual Steel City Step Show

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Howard University’s Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated, Alpha Chapter clenched a first place win and $1,000 prize money at the University of Pittsburgh’s 13th Annual Steel City Step Show.
The step show, hosted by the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NHPC) was held at the Soldiers and Sailors Stadium in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Feb. 27.
After participating in the [...]

Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority step show win causes fiery debate over integration of traditional black activity

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Visit any of the nation’s more than 100 historically black colleges or universities and you’ll see clusters of men and women engaged in the rhythmic clapping and foot stomping routines known in black Greek circles as “stepping.”
Now a white Arkansas team’s win in an Atlanta step competition has started a fiery debate over the African-inspired [...]

[Photos] Sprite Step Off 2010: Atlanta, GA

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20 Feb 10: Sprite Step Off 2010 in Atlanta, GA @ the Atlanta Civic Center
Photography by Quinne Lowe of Crush Media Group & Progressive Greek

Greek Block Show at Johns Hopkins celebrates black history

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Imagine the perfect block party: neighbors gathering together to celebrate their community through music, dance and the sharing of experiences. On Friday, the Black Student Union (BSU) put its own unique twist on the block party.
Students piled into the Glass Pavilion to watch students perform step-dancing for the Greek Block Show. Greek organizations Alpha Phi [...]

Stepping with attitude, groups stomp Texas Hall for $1,000 prize

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Delta Sigma Theta sorority members took home $1,000 at the Homecoming Step Show on Thursday night in an almost packed Texas Hall.
Delta Sigma Theta had the crowd screaming at their performance. The girls wore khaki and Converse shoes and stepped to hip-hop, heavy on the bass. The empowering theme and no-nonsense attitude the girls exuded [...]

AKA-Tau Chapter and Zeta Tau Alpha to share title in amended Sprite Step Off judging decision

As taken from Sprite’s Facebook Fan Page
The Sprite Step Off was initially created as a way to recognize talented college students and give out scholarships to help support their higher education. If we put on some entertaining step shows and brought people together along the way, all the better.
After the National Finals Competition this past [...]

Greeks battle at at NC A&T ‘stroll off’ hosted by Iota Phi Theta

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Hundreds of students and guests came to Moore Gym on Thursday for the fourth annual
Stroll Competition presented by the Zeta chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.

Chapter member and Mister A&T, Austin James, hosted the show for the evening. The four National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and the National Honorary Band fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi and [...]