Fraternities - The Greek System

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I've been wanting to do a thread on FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES and other similar organizations for some time. Today I will start the thread and build on it over time because there is a lot of info to cover.

The primary reason for my interest in fraternities is the symbolism on their emblems, their level of secrecy and ritual, and also the fact that a lot of influential people (controllers of the world) are members of fraternities.

I won't go into too much depth on each one, so with that in mind, I'll get started...

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Alpha Epsilon Pi
Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the United States and Canada.

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Motto:

No one could tell me where my soul might be; I searched for God, but He eluded me; I sought my brother out and found all three.

- Poet Howard Crosby




Well Known Alumni:

Irving Azoff, Illinois 1970 - chairman and founder of Azoff Music Management Group, Inc.; former president of MCA Records

Herbert Baum, Drake 1958 - Former president, Quaker Oil

Newton Becker, Kent State 1952 - Founder, Becker CPA Review Course

Gary Bettman, Cornell 1972 - Commissioner, National Hockey League

[The National Hockey League's "Holy Grail" was named after Freemason, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showpost.php?p=58884&postcount=12), 16th Earl of Derby.]

Wolf Blitzer, SUNY Buffalo 1970 - Journalist, Author, CNN Correspondent

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Wolf Blitzer in his Situation Room for CNN

Myles Brand, R.P.I. 1964 - President, NCAA

James Brooks, NYU 1958 - Academy Award and Emmy Award winning Producer/Director

Ken Chertow, Penn State 1989 - U.S. Wrestling Team

Rabbi Stanley Davids, Case Western 1961 - President of Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA)

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Rabbi Stanley Davids at a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (http://www.conferenceofpresidents.org/content.asp?id=69)


Wayne Firestone, George Washington - President, Hillel (http://www.hillel.org/index)

Richard H. Frank, Illinois 1964 - Former president of Walt Disney Studios

Steven Friedman, Illinois 1968 - executive producer of NBC Nightly News

Art Garfunkel, Columbia 1964 - Singer/Composer

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Art Garfunkel

Frank Gehry, USC - Architect, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

Leonard Goldberg, Pennsylvania 1955 - Former Chairman of 20th Century Fox

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Steve Goldman - Executive Vice President, Paramount Pictures, Illinois 1964

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Nathaniel Goldstein, NYU 1915 - Former New York Attorney General (Deceased)

Sheldon Good, Illinois 1955 - International Realtor, Former World President of FIBICA [wtf is FIBICA?]

Sanford Grossman, Alabama 1957 - Director of NFL telecasts for CBS and now FOX

Patrick Harker, Pennsylvania 1981 - Dean of the Wharton School of Business

Russ Herman - Past President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America

David Horowitz, Bradley 1959 - Television Personality/Consumer Advocate

H. Robert Horvitz, M.I.T. 1968 - Nobel Prize recipient in Medicine

William Immerman, Wisconsin 1959 - former senior VP for 20th Century Fox/Film Producer

Allan Jaffe, Pennsylvania 1957 - Family Owner of New Orleans' Preservation Hall (Deceased)

Richard Joel - President, Yeshiva University

Martin Leaf, Illinois 1947 - Family Owner, Founder, Leaf Candies and Donruss Baseball Cards

Jerry Lewis - Comedian/Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Richard Lewis, Ohio State 1969 - Actor/Comedian

Howard Lorber, C.W. Post 1970 - CEO/President, Nathan's Famous and Vector Group

Bernard Marcus - Founder, Home Depot

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Home Depot

David Markin, Bradley 1953 - Former Chairman of U.S. Tennis Association

Perry Mendel, Emory 1943 - Founder, Kinder Care Day Care Centers

Charles Moskowitz, NYU 1914 - Former President/Treasurer, MGM Studios (Deceased) - Interesting reading here (http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/metro_goldwyn_mayor.htm)

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Jerrold Nadler - 8th Congressional District of New York, Columbia

Louis Nizer - Lawyer/Novelist, Columbia (deceased)



Source (http://www.aepi.org/site/pp.asp?c=geJQIUOwErH&b=2117027)

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Alpha Epsilon Pi (Continued)

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Well Know Alumni (continued)


Robert Novak - Columnist, pundit and Panelist on CNN Crossfire, Illinois '52 (source) (http://www.nuaepi.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=11&MMN_position=16:9)

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Carl Rove (Bush ass-licker and nazi) with Robert Novak

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In case you missed it, right wing hack & Jon Stewart's (http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml) "Douchebag of Liberty" Robert Novak was suspended by CNN after swearing on-air & walking out of an interview. Notifed ahead of time that he would be asked about his role in Plamegate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plamegate), Novak lost his cool during a rather banal back & forth with James Carville, blurting out, "Well, I think that's bullshit & I hate that. Just let it go." Novak then pushed his chair away from the table, stood up, took off his microphone & left the studio, leaving Carville to finish chatting with moderator Ed Henry. Novak was suspended shortly thereafter & CNN apologized for his potty mouth. Media Matters has a transcript and video, as does Crooks & Liars, who does a nice job of summing up the various responses to the slip-up from the lefty (reality-based) blogosphere. Novak's flip-out happened in the early afternoon, allowing The Daily Show to offer its take on it during last nite's show.

The Big Ticket Blogspot (http://the-big-ticket.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html)


Ron Popeil, Illinois 1957 - Inventor, Infomercial Producer, Owner, Ronco Industries

Stanley Prusiner, Pennsylvania 1962 - Nobel Prize recipient in Medicine

Jerry Reinsdorf, George Washington 1957 - Owner of Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox

Abe Saperstein, Illinois - Former owner of Harlem Globetrotters (Deceased)

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Harlem Globetrotters

Alexander Schindler, WPI - Past President of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Deceased)

Alan Schulman, NYU 1955 - Retired CEO/Chair of Board, Ecolab, Inc.,

Michael Schwerner, Cornell 1961 - Civil Rights worker killed June 21, 1964, depicted in Mississippi Burning

Samuel Shapiro, Illinois 1929 - Former Illinois Governor (Deceased)

Rabbi Levi Shemtov - Director Chabad (http://www.chabad.org/), Washington, D.C.

Fred Silverman, Syracuse 1958 - Independent Producer, Former President NBC Television

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NBC Logo

Chet Simmons, George Washington 1950 - Founder of ESPN

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Paul Simon, Queens 1963 - Singer/Composer

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Paul Simon

Jack Stahl, Emory 1976 - Former President, Coca Cola

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Steve Stone, Kent State 1969 - Cy Young Winner, Chicago Cubs Announcer

Sanford Weill, Cornell 1955 - Co-chairman, Citigroup

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Gene Wilder, Iowa 1955 - Actor/Producer/Director

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Gene Wilder in Willy Wonker and the Chocolate Factory

Walter Winchell, Miami - Early Gossip Columnist/Radio Personality (Deceased)

Scott Wolf, George Washington 1991 - Actor

H. Albert Young, Delaware 1926 - Former Delaware Attorney General (Deceased)

Samuel (Sam) Zell, Michigan 1973 - real-estate entrepreneur, co-founder and Chairman of Equity International (http://www.equityinternational.com/home.html), a real-estate private equity firm

Mark Zuckerberg, Harvard 2006 - Creator of the Facebook

Source (http://www.aepi.org/site/pp.asp?c=geJQIUOwErH&b=2117027)

Alpha Epsilon Pi Homepage (http://www.aepi.org/site/pp.asp?c=geJQIUOwErH&b=2116949)

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Phi Kappa Sigma
Members are known as "Phi Kaps" or "Skulls"


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Motto:

Stellis Aequus Durando ("Equal to the Stars in Endurance.")

The obvious symbolism with this coat of arms is the Skull and Bones, the Ouroboros at the top left of the shield, the Seal of Solomon, the Maltese Cross and the burning lamp (for illumination).

Maltese Cross: The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, now commonly known as the Knights of Malta, can trace their origin to a group of monks attached to a hospice built in the Holy Lands to aid pilgrims. Over time, the monks started offering armed escort to travellers as they passed through perilous Syrian territory. Following the success of the First Crusade, the Hospitallers evolved into a military order.
Source: GuideToMalta.net (http://www.guidetomalta.net/maltese_cross.htm)

Skull and Bones: Because secret societies are secret, it is difficult to provide concrete facts about them. There are reportedly about a dozen senior-only societies, only a few of which have tombs. The first, Skull and Bones, was founded in 1832. Not all secret societies date back nearly that far; some are recent upstarts formed in response to the entrenched elitism of their better-known counterparts. Most choose a number of juniors and conduct a series of interviews (though some do accept applications).

You might not even realize the societies exist until Tap Night, an April evening when societies invite select juniors to join their ranks. Cloaked and hooded seniors lead the blindfolded "taps" around campus in obscure initiation ceremonies, that often involve screaming and bizarre behavior. This year, for example, Book and Snake taps were led blindfolded to Cross Campus to perform "The Humpty Dance."
Source: Yale Herald Online (http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/frosh/1998/blue/secret.html)

George W. Bush and his child molesting father (according to Cathy O'Brien), George H.W. Bush, and his nazi supporting grandfather, Prescott Bush, were all initiated into the Skull and Bones.

Seal of Solomon (Pentacle):

In Medieval Jewish, Islamic and Christian legends, the Seal of Solomon was a magical signet ring said to have been possessed by King Solomon, which variously gave him the power to command demons (or jinni), or to speak with animals. Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Solomon)

In Ashkenazi Hebrew and Yiddish is a generally recognized symbol of Jewish Community and Judaism...With the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 the Star of David on the Flag of Israel has also become a symbol of Israel. Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_David)



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Stamp of Approval
March 2001 -- Special Tercentennial Edition
by Dan Oren '79, '84MD

While everyone who has received a Yale degree has at least glanced at the University's seal impressed on the document, few know the stamp's history, especially the origins of the apparent incongruity between a college founded by Christian divines and their choice of a Hebrew inscription. Even the origin of the Latin presents a puzzle.

A Yale diploma has long been a passport to opportunity, but explaining the equivalent of the customs stamp that validates it remains something of a challenge. To unravel the mystery, one must go back to Yale's origins, and beyond.

Although Yale's early leaders had spiritual aspirations for their college and saw themselves as American successors to the ancient Israelites, why would such a group of ardently Christian ministers have placed Hebrew words at the center of their corporate logo, and why the particular Latin accompaniment?

[I would have thought they would have had EDUCATIONAL aspirations for the college...?]

The two Hebrew words (Urim v'Thummim) at the center of the official Yale seal appear eight times in the Hebrew Bible. Jewish sources considered them oracular gems worn by the high priest Aaron. And their presence in Leviticus 8:8 -- the middle verse of the Pentateuch -- suggests that they identify the book on the Yale seal as the Bible itself.

We have no proof yet that a seal was actually employed before 1736, when Yale's Latin diplomas began to note the college's sigillum. The 1749 master's diploma of future Yale President Ezra Stiles -- donated to the University last year by his great-great-great-granddaughters Ann Prouty and Martha Munro -- displays the oldest surviving and legible Yale seal known. It is strikingly similar to the one used today. It is also similar to a Harvard seal produced in 1650. Where Harvard had then written, In Christi Gloriam, "For the Glory of Christ." Yale inscribed the familiar, Lux et Veritas -- "Light and Truth." Where Harvard had placed three blank books and a chevron, Yale depicted one book with two Delphic Hebrew words.

Lest Harvard partisans assume that Yale usurped Harvard's Veritas motto, adding a touch of Lux to it, they should know that although a 1643 Harvard sketch shows Veritas drawn on three books, in fact Harvard did not make Veritas its motto or use it on its regular seal until 1843, nearly a century after Yale had selected its motto. Harvard historian Samuel Eliot Morison conjectured that the common teaching of theologian William Ames at Yale and Harvard inspired both institutions in their search for appropriate language. Yet the answer for Harvard may not have been the solution for Yale, and the reasons must be sought in the theology of the day.

Clarification of the Hebrew words may reside in Yale's primary divinity text, Johannes Wollebius's The Abridgement of Christian Divinitie, which was then studied all afternoon every Friday by Yale students as part of the long preparation for the Christian Sabbath. Wollebius's book was of such importance, Samuel Johnson (Class of 1714) noted sarcastically, that it was "considered with equal or greater veneration than the Bible itself." In Wollebius's text we find an interpretation of the Hebrew words that might surprise 21st-century readers: "Urim and Thummim.did signify Christ the Word and Interpreter of the Father, our light and perfection." Harvard's 1650 In Christi Gloriam motto celebrated the glory of Christ. In their own way, Yale's Hebrew words may have done no less.

The 1726 Yale college laws, reflecting such devotion, characteristically ordained that: "Every student shall consider ye main end of his study.to know God in Jesus Christ and answerably to lead a Godly sober life." To the ancient Hebrews, the Urim and Thummim reflected the oracular will of God. To the Puritans who shaped early Yale, that oracular will was represented by Jesus. Their seal proclaimed it!

The Urim and Thummim seal may have had religio-political overtones as well. The date on which the trustees first applied for a seal, October 17, 1722, was no random one in Yale history. Meeting in New Haven, the trustees were likely preoccupied with the greatest scandal in the University's history. Rector Timothy Cutler had just publicly challenged the ordination of virtually every minister in New England, thereby attacking the foundations of New England society. Cutler's earthshaking Anglican-Arminian declaration has been compared by Yale historian Brooks M. Kelley to the 20th-century equivalent of a Yale President declaring that Russian communism was superior to American democracy.

On October 17, 1722, the Yale trustees fired Cutler and instituted a confession of faith to be required of Yale faculty. The Wollebius book, with the anti-Arminian stance that it took, would therefore have been an especially fitting source for the Yale motto. In this context the request for a seal that day had far more than decorative significance; it was likely a declaration of Yale ideals.

If we return to the Latin Lux et Veritas, a remaining question is of how the common translation from that era of Thummim as "perfection," became Veritas or "truth." By 1735 (the year before the Yale seal began to appear on Yale diplomas), under the stimulus of Jonathan Edwards, theological battles between "New Lights" and "Old Lights" were raging in Connecticut. The "New Lights" attacked the established order by questioning the value of education outside of understanding Jesus. Many "Old Lights" thought religious knowledge was central to an education, but hardly sufficient for one. The latter opinion prevailed at Yale. Mathematics and metaphysics, insisted Yale's leaders, had to go hand in hand with theology and ethics. By choosing to translate Urim V'Thummim as Lux et Veritas, it seems -- in contrast to the one-dimensional approach of Harvard -- Yale insisted that its college offered the essentials of proper learning: the "light" of a liberal education and the "truth" of an old New England religious tradition. the end Source: Yale Alumni Magazine (http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_03/seal.html)


I don't want there to be any confusion, this fraternity did not start at Yale University. I was just trying to demonstrate the connection between the "Star of David and the Skull and Bones, which is a Secret Society at Yale University.

This is the history on the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity;

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Phi Kappa Sigma was founded by Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell at the University of Pennsylvania on August 16, 1850.

Dr. Mitchell was an outstanding member of the Masons...

The idea of establishing the Fraternity at the University of Pennsylvania was first recorded in Samuel B.W. Mitchell's personal papers on August 16, 1850, which was also his twenty-second birthday. The date of his birthday, as well as that of the Fraternity, was destined to have a further significance when Dr. Mitchell died on August 16, 1879. When college opened for the fall term of 1850, Samuel B. W. Mitchell had developed the basic principles of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. These included the Constitution and Ritual, the order's name, and the design of the badge - a Maltese cross supporting the six-pointed star, the letters Phi, Kappa, and Sigma, and the Skull and Bones. No modification, except in size, has ever been made to the badge originally designed by Dr. Mitchell.

Fraternities were not welcomed by faculties and administrators of many universities prior to the American Civil War. Many chapters were forced to exist sub-rosa or become extinct, as a result of the antagonism evidenced toward social fraternities. Along with other fraternities, Phi Kappa Sigma was banned from the University of Pennsylvania campus in 1852. Dr. Mitchell was called before the Board of Trustees and asked "Why do you wear that 'Piratical' ensign?" His answer was not recorded, but he must have been convincing since the fraternity was allowed to maintain a sub-rosa existence with headquarters in Mitchell's rooms at the Philadelphia Hospital, where he later served as Assistant Physician.

[He undoubtedly bewitched them]

While the fraternity operated at the clandestine level...Meetings of the Chapter were held in rented chapter rooms, without dormitory or dining facilities, in various sections of downtown Philadelphia until 1896, when a house was purchased adjacent to the university campus in West Philadelphia.

Read full article... (http://www.pks.org/history.shtml)


It seems this fraternity is so secretive that a list of members is not readily available. Why the big secret?

On behalf of the 66 member fraternities of the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC), and the 26 sororities of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), let us welcome you to the Capital Fraternal Caucus (CFC) website. Now more than ever we need your help to ensure policymakers in Washington enact laws that allow us to sustain and grow Greek life.

Capital Fraternal Caucus (http://www.fraternalcaucus.com/)

[Influencing Government...]

Fraternity website (http://www.pks.org/)

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Alpha Phi Alpha:
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Notice the fasces

Here is a "rival" fraternity's symbol, Phi Beta Sigma:
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Hmm, fasces again!

Omega Psi Phi.
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Genie in a bottle baby?

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Alpha Delta Phi
notice the inverted Baphomet style star.

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Mio Fratello (My Brother) by Diavoletto | iCompositions - Music

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Pobratimstvo lica u svemiru (http://www.borut.com/library/texts/tin/poetry_u.htm#Braca)

Ne boj se! Nisi sam! Ima i drugih nego ti
koji nepoznati od tebe žive tvojim životom.
I ono sve što ti bje, ču i što sni
gori u njima istim žarom, ljepotom i čistotom.

Ne gordi se! Tvoje misli nisu samo tvoje! One u drugima žive.

.... Tin Ujevic - Brotherhood of Persons in Universe

Tr.(two ending verses)

I am in some unknown, and on a faraway
star, unentwined, but a single string here,
in a dying flower, shattered in the world that drifts,
so when am I finally going to be there in my essence?

But I am I, stubborn, even when I am gone
I am the spike from the top sacrificed in the masses;
Oh, universe! I live and die in everyone;
I namelessly live on in brothers.

Die Verbrüderung der Menschen im Weltall (http://www.poezija-gedichte.com/scg/projekti.html)

Sei ohne Furcht! Du bist nicht einsam, nicht allein,
Das gleiche Leben wird von anderen geführt,
Und neben dir wird stets ein andrer sein,
Der deinen Wunsch nach Wärme und nach Schönheit spürt.

Sei ohne Stolz! Du denkst, was auch ein andrer denkt,
Du bist mit ihm den selben dunklen Weg gegangen,
Beachtung wird nicht dir allein geschenkt,
Uns prägt das gleiche irrige Verlangen.

Wir kommen, innig nah verwandt,
Aus alten Zeiten und aus großen Fernen,
als Ebenbilder oft und Hand in Hand,
wie Kinder, die den eignen Namen erst erlernen.

Wir tun Verwerfliches auf gleiche Weise,
die selben Träume werden uns gesandt,
und unsre Seelen nährt die selbe Speise,
das gleiche Mal der Selbstsucht ist uns eingebrannt.

Es ist der Mensch des Menschen Feind,
im Glauben, dass er über Niedrigkeit und Bosheit richte,
doch im vergoss´nen Blute eint
uns alle die gemeinsame Geschichte.

Dem Eiteln ist es Grund zum Umbehagen
und dem Verzweifelten ein Hoffnungszeichen,
dass wir die selbe Last des Schicksalstragen
und uns im Leid und in der Freude gleichen.

Ich bin auf einem anderen Planeten
In einem Unbekannten, ihm mein Ich zu leihn,
in einer Blume, welk, zertreten,
wann bin ich dort in meinem eigenen Sein?

Ich bleibe ich, auch wenn ich nicht mehr bin,
ich bin der Einzige, auch einer Masse preisgegeben;
mit allen Wesen sterbe ich dahin
und werde namenlos in meinen Brüdern weiterleben.


http://www.aidanederland.nl/agenda/2005-2006/images/Poem%20read%20by%20Nino%20-%20Tin%20Ujevic%202.jpg

Tin Ujevic ( Vrgorac, 1891.- Zagreb, 1955.)
is considered to be the greatest Croatian poet of all times. (http://www.aidanederland.nl/agenda/2005-2006/Poem%20-%20Read%20by%20Nino%20Zalica.html)

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Genie in a bottle baby?

GENIE:

Genie is the English term for the Arabic جني (jinnie). In pre-Islamic Arabian mythology and in Islam, a jinni (also “djinni” or “djini”) is a member of the jinn (or “djinn”), a race of supernatural creatures. The word “jinn” literally means anything which has the connotation of concealment, invisibility, seclusion, and remoteness.

Types of jinn include the ghul (“night shade”, which can change shape), the sila (which cannot change shape), the Ifrit [i'fɾɪt], and “marid” [mʌ'ɾɪd]

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie)


Genie in a bottle? Uh yeah, I believe so!


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Delta Tau Delta

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Motto:
"Committed to Lives of Excellence"




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The most obvious symbolism is the all-seeing-eye, the seven-pointed star, and the chevron. Can anyone enlighten me on the constellation? Edit?

Chevron:
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This structure is common in military and heraldic contexts, and is often called a chevron. It denotes rank when used on military uniforms; when doubled or tripled, the rank increases. Chevrons can be found on the clothes of high-ranking chiefs already about 3000 B.C.
Note how the car manufacturer Citroën has taken the chevrons as the emblem of its cars. Although said to have originated from the new angled form of cogwheels used by Citroën, (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?p=41586&highlight=chevron#post41586) the fact remains that the emblem of the car is an old Western military ideogram denoting high rank.

Source (http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/04/041.html)



Seven Pointed Star

...The septagram is important in Western kabbalah, where it symbolizes the sphere of Netzach, the seven planets, the seven alchemical metals, and the seven days of the week.

The seven pointed star is an important part of the seal of the A.·.A.·. (http://www.thelema.org/aa/index.html) the inner order of the OTO (http://www.oto-usa.org/mission.html), the secret society made famous by Aleister Crowley [and the religion Thelema] (http://www.thelema.org/temple_of_thelema/index.html)

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Septagram (http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefsseptagram.htm)





Netzach

"Just like a loving parent may seem cruel when harshly disciplining a child in order to instill good values, the "tactical" sefirot of netzach and hod are often not what they seem."

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Aish.com (http://www.aish.com/spirituality/kabbala101/Kabbala_20_-_Netzach_and_Hod_Means_to_an_End.asp)




Notable Delta Tau Delta alumni

Current Government Officials

Governors

* New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
* Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry
* Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher (University of Kentucky)

U.S. Senators

* South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson
* Delaware Senator Thomas R. Carper

U.S. Representatives

* Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan
* Ohio Representative Tim Ryan
* Kentucky Representative Ed Whitfield (University of Kentucky)

U.S. Federal Agency Leaders

* U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox


Former Government Officials

* U.S. Vice President Henry Agard Wallace
* U.S. Vice President and Senator (KY) Alben Barkley
* U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan
* U.S. Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Attorney General Thomas C. Clark
* U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark
* U.S. Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snow
* Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons James Jerome
* U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Champ Clark
* Florida Governor Reubin Askew
* Kansas Governor and Senator Henry Justin Allen
* Kentucky Lt. Governor and Attorney General Steve Beshear
* Colorado Senator Hank Brown
* Connecticut Governor and Senator Raymond Baldwin
* Michigan Governor James J. Blanchard
* Indiana Senator William E. Jenner
* U.S. Ambassador to China Nelson T. Johnson
* West Virginia Senator Henry Kilgore
* White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater
* Ohio Representative Donald Pease
* Illinois Representative James Robert Mann
* U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge George MacKinnon
* Nebraska Governor Adam McMullen
* Nebraska Governor Arthur J. Weaver


Business and Philanthropy

* Cintas Founder Richard T. Farmer
* America's Second Harvest Food Bank Founder John van Hengel
* CEO of General Motors Richard Wagoner
* Vice President of ESPN Vince Doria
* Noted Attorney Melvin Belli
* Sakrete Chairman Arthur Avril
* Columbia Sportswear President Tim Boyle
* Halliburton CEO Thomas Cruikshank
* Ball Corporation Chairman Emeritus John W. Fisher
* Daimler Group Robert C. White, Jr.
* Walgreen Co. Senior Vice-President John W. Gleeson
* Hardee's Restaurants Chairman Jack Laughery
* Dow Corning Chairman John Ludington
* Albertson's Chairman Gary Michael
* Mirant Vice-President Robert McClure
* Devon Energy Chairman J. Larry Nichols
* Fuddruckers Founder Marno McDermott
* Anheuser Busch Vice Chairman Jerry Reidel
* The Wharf (Holdings) Limited Chairman Peter Woo
* J.C. Penney CEO Myron Ullman
* Tenneco Chairman Michael Walsh
* SBC CEO Edward Whitacre
* ARCO President Robert Wycoff
* Aaron Rents Senior Account Manager F Kirk Hopkins
* Wagner Industries President John E. Wagner Jr.

Astronauts

* M. Scott Carpenter
* Ken Mattingly


Academics

* Peter Likins, former President, The University of Arizona
* Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
* Hank Brown, former Senator and current President of the University of Colorado
* William Kirwan, Chancellor of the University of Maryland System
* Martin C. Jischke, President of Purdue University
* Tom Huddleston, Vice President of the University of Central Florida
* Denny Roberts, Associate Vice President of Miami University
* Duane Cummins, Dean, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University


Print and Journalism

* Sports Writer Tony Barnhart
* Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan
* Forrest Gump author Winston Groom University of Alabama
* Harper's editor and author Willie Morris
* NBC-TV Reporter Bob Dotson
* The New Republic founder Willard Straight
* Novelist John D. MacDonald
* Author James Houston Turner
* MSNBC Host Dan Abrams of The Abrams Report
* Mythology writer Joseph Campbell
* Max Ehrmann
* Chuck Clark, journalist
* Author Richard North Patterson




Actors, Directors and Comedians

* Actor Colin Bain
* Actor Drew Carey
* Comedian Chip Chinnery
* Actor Will Ferrell
* Film director Fielder Cook
* Actor Bill Fagerbakke
* Actor Frederic Forrest
* Director-screenwriter Stephen Gaghan
* Actor Joel Higgins
* Comedian Eddie Ifft
* Actor Roy Jenson
* Actor Aron Kincaid
* Actor Thad Luckinbill
* Actor James Marsden
* Actor Matthew McConaughey
* Actor Austin Miller
* Documentary host Roger Mudd
* Actor Jim Nabors University of Alabama
* Host Pat O'Brien
* Actor Robert Peters
* Actor David Schwimmer
* Actor Johnny Sheffield
* Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo

Music

* Oak Ridge Boys vocalist Duane Allen
* R.E.M. lead guitarist Peter Buck
* Singer John Denver
* Singer Jim Fredley
* Bread lead vocalist David Gates
* Restless Heart guitarist Greg Jennings
* Red Dirt Rangers singer Rob Piccolo
* Singer Al Staehely
* Dog's Eye View singer Peter Stuart
* Singer/Songwriter Creede Williams
* Virtuoso Bassist Dan Champeau
* Country singer Keith Anderson
* French Hornist Sir Charles Halsted III


Sports and Sports Related: 60+

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notable_Delta_Tau_Delta_alumni)



So, whatcha think? You think that these fraternities are churning out people that affect our perceptions? You betcha!

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I-w-h-y-?

http://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orientering_hoepelzonnewijzer.htmhttp://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orient4.jpg AYA AY I EYE
-----------> http://www.crystalinks.com/bearconstellation.jpg
http://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orient1.gif ^________^^^^
Delta Tau Delta

http://www.globalfailure.com/images/DeltaTauDeltaCrest.jpg

Motto:
"Committed to Lives of Excellence"


http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/divider.jpg


The most obvious symbolism is the all-seeing-eye, the seven-pointed star, and the chevron. Can anyone enlighten me on the constellation? Edit?




So, whatcha think? You think that these fraternities are churning out people that affect our perceptions? You betcha!

Ummmh....Beer ? or Bear ? http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/ig204_01_00.jpg...Apples? http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/hf_techw_spccooking_iss_00.jpg & The (Majestic) Big Dipper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ? http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/template_images/elements/org//spcquiz_txtbanner02_749x69.gif
("The.. (http://www.space.com/quiztrivia/)Bear") @ P-ol-Ar-e-Is ?
http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/hf_ns_ursamajor050610_01.jpg
Big Dipper
Stars in Summer Sky
(http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050610_big_dipper.html)
Ursa Major - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Big Dipper, yes. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Big_dipper.triddle.jpg/300px-Big_dipper.triddle.jpg


Big Dipper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Hindu astronomy, it is referred to as (Vrihat) Sapta Rishi meaning "The Seven (Great) Sages".

Throughout eastern Asia, these stars compose the Northern Dipper. They are colloquially named "The Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper" (Chinese: 北斗七星; Pinyin: běidǒu qīxīng; Japanese Romaji: hokuto shichisei; Korean: 북두칠성). Vietnamese : chòm sao Bắc Đẩu

In Malaysia,it is known as Buruj Biduk (The Ladle).
UMA ( URL )
(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000235/)WAAR VINDEN WE URSA MAJOR ? (http://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orientering_hoepelzonnewijzer.htm)
http://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orient3.gif

http://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orient5.gifhttp://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orient2.gif
http://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orient6.gif http://home.scarlet.be/~ory/Orient7.gif
; ) .....two spinning worlds,... bird goddess bear indeed ...two spinning whorls, Jela 1 and 2, with almost identical marks, and ....The whorl inscriptions would read "bear — goddess — bird — goddess — bear — goddess–goddess" which he interprets as "bear goddess and bird goddess: bear goddess indeed", ..... (http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:GcKR0V4pzWIJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_script+The+Bird+Goddess+is+Bear+Goddess+inde ed&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=nl)
Hi...UM....UMA...Ma ~
&... smilies (http://www.godlikeproductions.com/images/smilies/custom/pghcohce.gif) ; )

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Memories of Earth (http://www.yessy.com/johnlautermilch/Creations.html?i=16406)

Rhododendron's Creation (http://www.yessy.com/johnlautermilch/Creations.html?i=22759)
"Abstract 1-05" (http://www.yessy.com/johnlautermilch/Abstracts.html?i=4238)
http://img.yessy.com/1332560120-27046a.jpg"David" "Myster of the Snowflake" (http://www.yessy.com/johnlautermilch/newworks.html?i=10331) & "Cosmos" (http://www.yessy.com/johnlautermilch/Creations.html?i=24314)
http://www.brushstokes.com/images/covenant.jpg
COVENANT "The Promise Fulfilled"

Creations - oil paintings - Free at Last - 24" x 36" original oil on board. (http://www.yessy.com/johnlautermilch/Creations.html?i=6885)
http://img.yessy.com/1332560120-29088b.jpg
"New Heaven and Earth"
"The Birth of Wisdom"
http://www.brushstokes.com/images/wisdom_2_2006.jpg
BRUSHSTOKES.COM (http://www.brushstokes.com/)

[tinmenace]

I love you, Edit

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The map is not the territory.
http://www.crystalinks.com/gridsplanets.jpg
“There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or
to doubt everything.
Both ways save us from thinking.”
Alfred Korzybski (http://www.crystalinks.com/ezine.html)
Quotes (http://thinkexist.com/quotes/alfred_korzybski/)

[tinmenace]

Zeta Beta Tau

http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/zbt.jpg



Motto:
"A Powerhouse of Excellence"




The symbolism on this one is off the scale. The ones that caught my eye right off the bat, are the skull and bones (again), the Seal of Solomon, the fasces, the (Freemason/Mormon?) handshake and of course the lamps. What is that...a pine cone?

Founding

The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was inspired by Dr. Richard J. H. Gottheil, a professor of languages at Columbia University and a Zionist. On December 29, 1898, he formed a Zionist youth society with a group of Jewish students from several New York City universities. The society was called Z.B.T., the first letters in the Hebrew phrase "Zion Bemishpat Tipadeh", which translated means "Zion shall be redeemed with justice". This is taken from Isaiah 1:27 - "Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness." ZBT has interpreted Isaiah's prophecy to mean in its ritual that "All Men Are Brothers". At the time Jews were not allowed to join other fraternities due to rampant anti-semitism, thus there was a need for an exclusively Jewish Greek letter fraternity. Z.B.T. changed to Zeta Beta Tau in 1903.

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Beta_Tau#Founding)


...Changed to Zeta Beta Tau on the surface, but judging from their symbolism, I'm guessing that the original Zionist principals remain :rolleyes:



Notable Alumni

* Lawrence S. Bacow - President, Tufts University
* Stephen Joel Trachtenberg - President, George Washington University
* Walter Annenberg - Founder/Publisher, TV Guide; Former Ambassador to England
* Burton Baskin - Founder, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream
* Henry W. Bloch - Co-founder H & R Block
* Richard Bloch - Co-founder, H & R Block

* Sidney Factor - Max Factor Cosmetics [Do you remember Andrew Luster? The heir to Max Factor and serial rapist - with the use of date-rape drug Rohypnol/GBH]

http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/Max-Factor-w-Michnometer200.jpg
Max Factor with Michnometer

http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/andrewluster.jpg
Andrew Luster

* William Gaines - Publisher, MAD Magazine
http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/madmagazine.jpg

* Bernard Gimbel - Chairman of the Board, Gimbel's Department Stores
* Samuel Goldwyn - Film Producer, Director; MGM Productions
* Don Green - Co-Founder, Roots Athletic Wear
* Stanley Marcus - Founder, Neiman Marcus Department Stores - served as ZBT president
* Stanford J. Newman - Chairman, J.C. Newman Cigar Co.

* William S. Paley - Founder, Chairman of the Board, CBS
http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/cbs_sunday_morning.jpg

* Irving Rabb - Founder, Stop and Shop supermarket chain
* Samuel Rosen - Chairman of the Board, 20th Century Fox
* Jack Warner - President, Warner Brothers

* Rudy Boschwitz - Senator, Minnesota
http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/Boschwitz61.jpg

* Steve Cooley - Los Angeles County District Attorney
* Martin Frost - Former Representative, Texas (CD24)
* Arthur Goldberg - Former Supreme Court Justice
* John Lindsay - Former Mayor of New York City
* Sam Massell - Former Mayor of Atlanta
* Newton Minow - Former FCC Chairman
* Richard Newberger - Senator, Oregon
* Abraham Ribicoff - Representative/Senator, Connecticut

* Robert Shapiro - Lawyer
http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/robert_shapiro.jpg

* Kenneth Duberstein - former White House Chief of Staff 1988-89
http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/sum04Duberstein.jpg

* Jack Benny - TV & Radio Comedian; Actor
* Leonard Bernstein - Composer; Conductor

* Benjy Bronk - Comedian and Writer: The Howard Stern Show
http://www.globalfailure.com/images/fraternities/stern_show.jpg
Notice the similar clenched fist that appears on the fraternity shield

* Keith Gale - Senior Director, National Promotion, RCA Records Nashville
* Michael Ovitz - Former Head of Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
* Jerry Herman - Playwright: Hello Dolly!, La Cage aux Folles
* Robert Klein - TV Comedian, Motion Picture Actor
* Harold Ramis - Screen Writer & Actor: Animal House, Stripes, Ghostbusters
* Ari Sandel - Oscar-winning short film director & writer: West Bank Story
* Don Dannemann - Sang lead vocals for the 1960's "frat rock" band The Cyrkle
* Mel Allen - Sports Broadcaster
* Howard Cosell - Sports Broadcaster
* Marty Glickman - Hall of Fame Announcer & Sports Writer
* Jim Nantz - CBS Announcer
* Dick Schaap - Sports Broadcasting
* Mike Wallace - TV News Commentator
* Robert Zelnick - Former World News Tonight Pentagon Correspondent and Chairman, Boston University Department of Journalism
* Alan Cohn - President, New York Knicks & New York Rangers
* Sid Gillman - Professional Football Coach
* Sid Luckman - Member of College & Professional Football Hall of Fames
* Robert Nederlander - Former General Manager of New York Yankees
* Abe Pollin - Owner, Washington Wizards
* David Werblin - Founder, New York Jets
* Donnie Edwards - All-Pro NFL Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs

[thoth]

Tinmenace, I am with you on the Jinn thing. A good friend of mine is Muslim and we have had many convo about the Jinn. Jinn is also a character from the vidoe game Tekken. He is supposed to be half man half God. Ghul, is short for the Ghoolies, like the movie.The Ghoolies were interdimensional demons that were called upon from people in this frequency. The pine cone maybe symbolic of fibbonacci series, as the pine cone is a perfect example of a spiral. Notice the inverted of oblong square. This frat is definitely brotherhood material.

[edro9494]

I'm a Sigma Nu

Anybody got any dirt on them?

I know Jim Beam was a SNU, my brothers wear that one as a badge of pride, haha.

Whats even creepier is our symbol which is a pentagram with a Snake.:eek:

[tinmenace]

Well, you're an insider with the fraternity, go ahead and tell us about it. ;)

[graflok]

Interesting info, tin. Thanks. ;)

The name Harold Ramis pops out at me. He's one of those writers I always
admired but now I'm not so sure.

I used to think Ghostbusters was one of the great film comedies but now it
looks more like a set-up for the "End Times" crap. The dead rising from the
grave, dark occult beings taking over the world and all that.

Still, I can't find much fault with his Groundhog Day film. Seems like
a harmless and clever movie. But then I haven't seen it lately. I should
rent that and have another look at it.

A lot of these guys that I used to think were so creative and clever -- now I
realize they were just writing from someone else's script all along. :(

[tinmenace]

Interesting info, tin. Thanks. ;)
A lot of these guys that I used to think were so creative and clever -- now I
realize they were just writing from someone else's script all along. :(


You're welcome, SuperGraf! :)

You know the thing is that they really ARE clever, but just as the loomies have done for thousands of years, they suck it all the information and brilliance out of the general population and hog it for themselves, and then keep it behind the doors of secrecy in fraternities and other secret societies such as Freemasonry and Skull and Bones.

The thing is that the vast majority of the lower ranking initiates don't realize that their brilliance and energy is being harvested by the sorcerers higher up, to more successfully perform their dark magick.

They're sold the lie that it's a noble thing to belong to a fraternity or secret society. It appeals to the reptilian part of their brain, to which status and ego resonates.

I know that you know that there are gems of light in dark places. This information just cautions us that not all is as it seems, but doesn't change our enjoyment of what it offers at a superficial level ;)

[graflok]

You're welcome, SuperGraf! :)

You know the thing is that they really ARE clever, but just as the loomies have done for thousands of years, they suck it all the information and brilliance out of the general population and hog it for themselves, and then keep it behind the doors of secrecy in fraternities and other secret societies such as Freemasonry and Skull and Bones.

The thing is that the vast majority of the lower ranking initiates don't realize that their brilliance and energy is being harvested by the sorcerers higher up, to more successfully perform their dark magick.

They're sold the lie that it's a noble thing to belong to a fraternity or secret society. It appeals to the reptilian part of their brain, to which status and ego resonates.

I know that you know that there are gems of light in dark places. This information just cautions us that not all is as it seems, but doesn't change our enjoyment of what it offers at a superficial level ;)

That's a good way of looking at it, thanks.

The thing about this subject that intrigues me is I wonder how much of this
the artists are really aware of. For example, I'm sure a lot of actors are
clueless -- they just accept their roles and their huge paychecks and don't
ask questions. While some other actors are reps themselves or
mind-controlled slaves.

But, the writers and directors must be more hip to what's going on. I just
wonder how much they know and to what degree they've "sold their soul" and
what justifications they may have, if any.

BTW, there's an interesting Albert Brooks comedy movie called The Muse. It's
about a person who secretly influences the biggest creative minds in Hollywood.
I think there's more truth to it than most people realize (though it's all
presented as harmless & funny).

[tinmenace]

Six fraternities suspended after San Diego drug bust

SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed members of three fraternities in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.

Deputy District Attorney Damon Mosler, center, points out guns and drugs seized during the San Diego drug bust.

The probe -- prompted by the cocaine overdose death last year of a freshman sorority member -- led to the arrests of 96 people, 75 of them San Diego State students. A second drug death occurred during the investigation.

Twenty-nine people were arrested early Tuesday in raids at nine locations including the Theta Chi fraternity, where agents found cocaine, Ecstasy and three guns. Eighteen of those arrested were wanted on warrants for selling to undercover agents.

Theta Chi and five other fraternities have been suspended pending a hearing on evidence gathered during the investigation, dubbed Operation Sudden Fall. Video Watch police escort handcuffed students »

Authorities said some fraternity members openly dealt drugs, and that one sent a mass text message advertising special prices on cocaine. Two kilograms of cocaine were seized in all, along with 350 Ecstasy pills, marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, hashish oil, methamphetamine, illicit prescription drugs, several guns and at least $60,000 in cash, authorities said.

Profits may have been used to finance fraternity operations, according to an affidavit.

A member of Theta Chi sent out a mass text message to his "faithful customers" stating that he and his "associates" would be unable to sell cocaine while they were in Las Vegas for a fraternity formal, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The text promoted a cocaine "sale" and listed the reduced prices on bulk quantities.

"Attn faithful customers both myself and my associates will be in Vegas this coming weekend," the 19-year-old student wrote in the text message, according to the DEA. "So stock up, we will be back Sunday night."

Those arrested included a student who was about to receive a criminal justice degree and another who was to receive a master's degree in homeland security.

The Greek system at San Diego State has about 3,000 students, but Fraternity Row plays an outsized role in campus life. It sits a block from Cox Arena, home to many college sporting events.

Dale Taylor, national executive director of Theta Chi, said he was "obviously shocked and saddened" by the allegations. Theta Chi prohibited the San Diego chapter from group activities such as parties or sports activities and will investigate additional disciplinary measures, up to expulsion of members or the entire chapter.

The San Diego chapter, founded 61 years ago, was the first national fraternity on campus and has 65 members.

The chapter declined comment. It occupies two low-slung homes a block off Fraternity Row, with large red and white Greek symbols propped on the roof.

Theta Chi has 131 chapters in the U.S. and Canada and more than 161,000 initiates. It was founded in 1856.

Besides Theta Chi, the other suspended fraternities are Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Mu.

University police launched their investigation into drug sales on campus after Shirley Poliakoff, 19, died from a cocaine overdose in May 2007. Investigators discovered many students in fraternities were aware of organized drug dealing within their houses.

As the investigation continued, another student, from Mesa College, died of a cocaine overdose at an SDSU fraternity house on February 26, the DEA said.

Some drugs bought and sold by students were traced to gangs linked to Mexican cartels, according to the DEA. Agents collected about $100,000 worth of drugs that were being advertised in "resale quantities" between members of the fraternity and other students.

CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/07/sdsu.drug.bust.ap/index.html)



Hardly a surprise. :rolleyes:

[tinmenace]

Besides Theta Chi, the other suspended fraternities are Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Mu.


THETA CHI

http://spiritual-nature.com/images/THETACHI.jpg


The fraternity's International Headquarters is currently located in Indianapolis, Indiana (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2172).

Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_Chi#Theta_Chi_today)


Distinguished Alumni of Theta Chi Fraternity :rolleyes:


Steven Spielberg, Movie Producer, Writer & Academy Award winning Director

Joel McHale, Talk show host for "The Soup" on the E! network.

James E. Perkins, Former President, Paramount International Pictures, Inc.

Charles Addams, Cartoonist for New Yorker Magazine & creator of The Addams Family

Rob Corddry, Screen Actor and "Senior Correspondent" on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Phil Vassar, Country Music Star

Lee Iacocca, Former Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation

J. William Grimes, Former President and CEO, ESPN

Alfred Lynch, Former CEO and International President, JC Penney Co., Author

Crawford H. Greenewalt, Former CEO of DuPont, worked on the "Manhattan Project"

Dennis Cardoza, Current U.S. Representative for 18th District of California

Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Former CEO and Chairman, AT&T Communications, Former Chairman, President and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, Author

Christopher E. Dorworth, Current Florida Representative for 34th District of Florida

Harry Reasoner, Former news anchor of ABC & CBS, Editor of 60 Minutes

Radley Balko, Senior Editor, Reason Magazine

Dr. Owen Chamberlain, Former Professor of Physics, joined "Manhattan Project" 1942-1946, Winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics

Dr. Edward G. Gibson, Former NASA Astronaut, spent 84 days aboard Skylab

Dr. Daniel T. Barry, Former NASA Mission Specialist aboard 3 Space Shuttle mission. Also appeared on the TV show Survivor: Panama.

MORE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Alumni_of_Theta_Chi_Fraternity)

[tinmenace]

Besides Theta Chi, the other suspended fraternities are Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Mu.


Lambda Chi Alpha

http://spiritual-nature.com/images/Lambda_Chi_Coat-of-arms.png


...headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2172), it was founded by Warren A. Cole, a Freemason.

LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_A._Cole)


Most notable members of the international Lambda Chi Alpha


Ron Paul, U.S. Member of Congress from Texas and 2008 presidential candidate

J. Michael Bishop, immunologist.

Kenny Chesney, country musician.

Thomas Akers, NASA Mission Specialist STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79.

Richard N. Richards, NASA Pilot STS-28; Commander STS-41, STS-50, STS-64.

Terrence W. Wilcutt, NASA Pilot STS-68, STS-79; Commander STS-89, STS-106.

MORE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_members_of_Lambda_Chi_Alpha)

[tinmenace]

Besides Theta Chi, the other suspended fraternities are Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Mu.

Phi Kappa Psi

http://spiritual-nature.com/images/PhiPsiCrest.jpg


Founded by Charles Page Thomas Moore and William Henry Letterman, a Freemason.

MORE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Letterman)


Creed

I believe that Phi Kappa Psi is a brotherhood of honorable men, courteous and cultured, who pledge throughout their lives to be generous, compassionate, and loyal comrades.....more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Psi#Creed)


:rolleyes:

On the night of 4 October 1984, a member of the University of Virginia chapter of Phi Kappa Psi drugged seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Schimpf, and that on the morning of 5 October 1984, William Beebe and members of the fraternity gang-raped Miss Schimpf.

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Psi#Controversy)


And now a drug bust...yes very honorable men indeed http://vb.spiritual-nature.com/images/smilies/icon_wank.gif


....and keeping with that fucked up culture, here's some more info to consider:


Over 100 Phi Psis have served as members of the U.S. Congress, including 17 Senators :eek:

Members have served in the following positions with the U.S. government: President of the United States, Attorney-General, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Army, Postmaster General, Director of the Peace Corps, FDIC Chairman, and U.S. Ambassador :eek:

At least 12 members have served as state (or territory) governors :eek:

More (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Psi#Statistics)


Notable Phi Psis


Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, founder of Bloomberg L.P.

President Woodrow Wilson, (1913-21)

John F. Kennedy, Jr., son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, founder of George Magazine

Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder and CEO

MORE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Psi)

[megafish33]

Frats can be cool and useful, but most are just groups of dumbasses getting drunk and acting up. Just MHO...