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In comparison, and reflective of historical trends, the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), comprised of both African-American fraternities and sororities, includes nine organizations and forty-three individual members, and the Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) includes four fraternities and sororities, and twenty-three individual members (MGC was not examined in this study because of its relatively new formation in 2008 and its affiliation with the National Multicultural Council in 2013) (UT 2015 Greek Coordinator).

Selection and socialization effects of fraternities and sororities on US college student substance use: A multi-cohort national longitudinal study.

As African American students in predominantly white colleges and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) began to apply for and gain membership in Greek fraternities and sororities the necessity of a parallel Greek organization that mirrored African American social experience came into existence.

Editors Torbenson (geography, Wichita State U.) and Parks, an independent scholar, have collected research articles and essays that discuss such topics as religious diversity in Greek organizations, heterosexual models of brotherhood and the contributions of Asians, African- Americans, Native Americans and Latinos to fraternities and sororities. A final study by Matthew H.

Fraternities and sororities are among the key groups that foster this culture of drinking on campus.

He ranked the top 10 fraternities and sororities on campus and judged this year's sorority pledge classes by attractiveness.

Despite our flaws, the fact remains; the presence and goals of African-American fraternities and sororities have withstood the test of time.

This Washington D.C.-based company specializes in step, the foot-stompin', hand-clappin' dance form based on African call-and-response traditions and popularized by African American fraternities and sororities. But their performances are tinged with other styles as well, including hip hop and South African gumboot dancing.

Cultural Hangups also offers designs that reflect Latino, Native American, and Asian American heritage and cultures, and black fraternities and sororities. Last year it launched Cultural Accents, a line of coordinating bath accessories.

African American Fraternities and Sororities enables the casual or academic reader to understand a sociological phenomenon that continues to meet the social, political and spiritual needs of newly enrolled black students at America's universities and colleges.

That survey indicates that by not providing a nurturing, accepting, and inclusive environment for gays and lesbians, fraternities and sororities are losing out on potentially strong members and powerful leaders.