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Ludacris to Host Sprite Step-Off Competition

DOCU-SERIES ON MTV2 PREMIERING SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 Playtime is over and the showdown begins on the new MTV2 docu-series – Sprite Step Off — premiering on Sunday, January 31. Hosted by Hip-Hop Superstar and Actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, the series follows six step teams from fraternities and sororities across the country as they give their all in competing in the Sprite Step Off, the largest national step team competition in history with a combined prize pool of $1.5 million in scholarships. [caption id="attachment_839" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Get Ready to Stomp: Ludacris to Host “Sprite Step Off” Docu-Series on MTV2 Premiering Sunday, January 31"][/caption] “I ...

Haiti native, Alpha man, seeks locals’ help

The paradise Gael Cleophat remembers — the one with picturesque mountainsides, relaxing beaches and historic monuments — is a distant memory. Sure, the mountains and beaches and most of the monuments remain, but the image most people have had of Haiti since a massive earthquake struck the island nation on Jan. 12 is one of toppled buildings, homeless crowds and the often futile searches for survivors amongst the never ending rubble. [caption id="attachment_832" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Gael Cleophat, a native of Haiti and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, sits on the Nicholls State University campus Wednesday afternoon."][/caption] Tens of thousands of people were ...

Greek students step up to mentor at Belmont Boys & Girls Club

The power of a college education was on display in Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood Saturday, punctuated by the rhythmic stomps and claps of fraternity and sorority step teams. More than a dozen teams from the Carolinas and beyond taught routines to kids from area Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs - and urged the kids to prepare for college. [caption id="attachment_826" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="L-r Tyler Newkirk, Austin Blackmon and Deregaryl Covington of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity of North Carolina A&T State University perform for kids at the Salvation Army Belmont Boys and Girls Club Saturday. College step teams from across the region ...

Greeks performed stepping routines for a crowded Jorgensen

They say your distance from a strike of lightning can be measured by the number of seconds between seeing the bolt and hearing the thunder. Well if that’s the case, then a storm was engulfing the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts as a strike of lightning slammed into the stage in the form of electric stepping routines on Saturday night. [caption id="attachment_822" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority perform their step routine at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Saturday night, for the ‘Step Into Action’ show, which was partially sponsored by SUBOG and the NPHC. "][/caption] With ...

Young men inspired by fraternity event… go to college together

When Keymarian Washington was in eighth grade, he was shot at while hanging out with gang members on a Pasadena street. By Bruce Palmore's sophomore year, his father feared that his son's poor grades and lack of motivation meant he would never finish high school, much less make it to college. Tevin and Terrill Jones grew up [caption id="attachment_803" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Four Blair High graduates team up to succeed at college All are freshmen at Langston University. They support one another on campus and offer inspiration to younger students at their alma mater."][/caption] in a South Los Angeles neighborhood they said was ...

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Alpha Kappa Alpha lawsuit dismissed

Barbara McKinzie - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority A D.C. Superior Court judge yesterday dismissed a widely reported lawsuit aimed at ousting the leadership of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest African-American sorority in the United States. Judge Natalia Combs Greene used just 17 pages — and several pointed words — to eviscerate the claims of the eight... [Read more of this article]

Local Black Greek Lettered Organizations unite to support Haitian relief efforts

Black Greek Lettered Organization Haiti Relief Support The local chapters of the three oldest college educated Black Greek organizations Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity have united in support of the Haitian Relief Efforts. On Saturday, February 6, 2010, at Food Dance Caf, 401 E. Michigan Avenue in... [Read more of this article]

Seventh annual Step Show will encourage greater interaction with the public

South Dakota State University Step Show Choreography, African American culture and a large crowd. Queen Ekobena, president of SDSU’s Black Student Alliance, promises all three of these in the Seventh Annual Step Show. “The Step Show shows African American culture and a different kind of dance, and people get to see that,” said Ekobena,... [Read more of this article]

Invictus Community Inc. presents… Greek V~Day Weekend Love Affair : Haiti Relief Effort Feb. 13th

Invictus Community Inc.’s Mission: Our mission is to provide Black Greek Letter Organizations in the Atlanta Metro Areas a marketing outlet for their service & social projects as well as provide the individual Greeks targeting that same community a promotional vehicle for all Greek related vendors, products, events, etc. year round. We will... [Read more of this article]

Sigma Gamma Rho honors phenomenal women in the community

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (Bergen County, NJ)-Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc-Iota Alpha Sigma announced it will host a Women’s Day Brunch on March 20, 2010 to honor seven phenomenal women of the community who have demonstrated they are “Dedicated to Service, Committed to Progress”. Sigma Gamma Rho is pleased to be honoring seven women in... [Read more of this article]