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South Jersey Sigmas and Zetas Celebrate Reading & Black History
The Men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc, Zeta Rho Sigma Chapter, Amicae and our Sisters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Omicron Omicron Zeta, Gamma Nu Zeta and Chi Rho Zeta chapters celebrated Black History Month by doing a Read-In at Wiggins College Prepatory Lab School in Camden, New Jersey. Each Zeta and Sigma was [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha launches asthma management program
Source Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority has embarked upon a national multi-year campaign to educate the community about how to manage asthma through its Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative. The sorority will galvanize thousands of members who will fan out to the nearly 1,000 communities worldwide where Alpha Kappa Alpha has chapters. Locally, Mu Alpha Omega [...]
Phi Beta Sigma presents check from fund-raiser to girl needing surgery
Source After a successful Dollar Day fund-raiser to raise money to cover the expense of surgery for 12-year-old Dijae Dean, the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity presented a check for $2,000 to Dean Wednesday evening. Dean, who is inflicted with a non-cancerous tumor that is growing in her mouth and her mother Mizpha Mitchell joined the [...]
Zeta Sorors Jasmine Johnson, Vanessa Obafemi finish 10th season as teammates
Source Jasmine Johnson and Vanessa Obafemi spend just about every waking moment together. They’re roommates, Zeta Phi Beta sorority sisters, healthcare administration classmates and fellow Campus Activities Board members. On top of all that, the two DeSoto, Texas natives are senior WKU basketball players in the thick of their 10th year playing the sport together. [...]
Alpharetta-Smyrna Kappas Boosts STEM Education
Source Since 1996, the Alpharetta-Smyrna Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi has conducted its mentoring and tutorial program with the goal of making a positive impact among male middle school students. Since then, over 350 youth have been guided to more positive social interactions and higher scholastic pursuits. Today, the Kappa collaboration with the Georgia Tech Research Institute is [...]
Wiley College Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Faces Hazing Allegations
Source Six Wiley College students have been banned from the campus while school officials investigate an alleged hazing. Administrators tell KSLA News 12 that a few students have come forward saying they were physically abused while trying to join the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. The six fraternity brothers that were suspended said they are innocent. “The information they provided [...]
Phi Beta Sigma Fundraiser will assist 12 year old with surgery
Source A local fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma will hold a fund-raiser on Saturday, February 18 to raise funds for the surgery of a 12-year-old girl inflicted with a non-cancerous tumor in her mouth. The fraternity will hold a dollar drive on the corner of The Mall and Pioneer’s Way to collect funds for surgery that [...]
Omega Psi Phi fraternity hosts Women’s Appreciation Week
Source “Can we choke you?” joked the self-defense instructor before asking the 25 seated girls whether they were up for a live demonstration of an attack. This exchange took place Thursday night at Café 58 inside Irvine Auditorium, where students attended a self-defense workshop, designed to teach girls about public safety and how to respond [...]
Warrants issued in Youngstown State hazing case
Source Police issued warrants for eight people Thursday in connection with the beatings of two Youngstown State University students in what is believed to be part of a fraternity initiation. All eight people charged face two counts each of felonious assault for the beatings of Resean Yancey, 20, and Breylon Stubbs, 22, over a period [...]
Obituary: Kappa Frater William Jefferson Sr, 75
Source William Jefferson Sr., age 75, of Liberty, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at Reid Hospital. Born June 21, 1936, in Trenton, Ky., to Malcolm and Rosa Martin Jefferson, he moved to this area in 1974. Bill graduated from high school in 1954 and was an alumnus of Kentucky State University. He served in the [...]
