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View Article  Free Greek Website Contest sponsored by Black Greek Network

Black Greek Network has proudly partnered with the leading provider of Greek websites and web-based communication tools for Greeks! As a special promotion to launch this partnership, Black Greek Network will be giving away 10 free custom websites over the next 2 months.  To enter this contest you must fill out this online form and enter the discount code "BlackGreekNetwork".  Even if you don't win, your house is instantly eligible for a 10% discount just for entering.  Also, we promise that 10 sites will be given away and to verify this, the winners will be announced on this site along with a review from a few of the officers from the winning houses   more »

View Article  Omega named director of the Center for the African American Male at ASU

Albany State University has named W. Frank Wilson director of the Center for the African American Male.
 
Wilson, a graduate of William Bryant High School in Moultrie, will oversee the center’s day-to-day activities while developing collaborative relations throughout Southwest Georgia. His duties will also include developing programs that help to support the growth and development of young men in the university’s 26-county service area.

“Frank brings a great deal of experience in developing and managing programs to enhance the marketability of young people including his recent roles as a career counselor in    more »

View Article  Greeks' new reputation will take time

In 2006, a Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge ended up in the emergency room, his blood alcohol level a dangerous 0.49 percent -- more than six times the legal driving limit. The pledge recovered, but university officials rightly suspended Sigma Phi.

No one should have to die for such activities to stop. There has not been a hazing-related death at the Purdue unless you count the 1913 death that occurred during a "traditional battle under a water tank," according to Hank Nuwer, author of Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge-Drinking. But hazing can kill. In 2005 a 21-year-old man died during a fraternity hazing at California State University, Chico. Cause of death? Water intoxication, which caused the swelling of his brain and lungs.   more >>

View Article  Greek of the Month: July 2007

Name: Kenneth Sr. & Jacquelyn (Moore) Payne
Greek Affiliation: Omega Psi Phi & Delta Sigma Theta
Occupation: Information Services

Kenneth Sr. & Jacquelyn(Moore) Payne, owners of NMP Information Services have a true passion for what they do. NMP or NoMorePain Information Services assists in promoting your services, products, events, employment, bids, business opportunities and community news through two publications, six websites, and email advertising. NMP offers several free email club memberships with weekly informative news, resources and chances to win great prizes from their advertisers in East Tennessee and Nationwide. NMP also offers online shopping, resources, referrals, special events, website design, NMP radio, charitable contributions, and more! Their target readers are nationwide. www.nmpinfo.com  

NMP is currently working on the 8th issue of the East Tennessee Black Pages formally the Knoxville Black Pages with over 350 advertisers and a distribution of 25,000. The next issue will be released in January 2008.  For more information or to advertise visit: www.easttnblackpages.com   more »