Edwina Hancock, the treasurer of Pi Chi Zeta Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., said the inaugural pageant — the 2005 Parade of Fashion "Blue Revue" — held June 18, was a bigger success than she could have imagined.

"We were all so pleased with the event," Hancock said. "Our emcee was Evangeline Parker, the coordinator of the Miss Teen Promise Pageants in the southeast part of the state. She was complimentary of our event and gave us some good suggestions for next year."   more >>

On paper, the Buffalo Pagan Community and the Friends of John Denver would seem to have little in common.

But paper - actually the tons of fast-food wrappers, coffee cups and other trash that motorists casually fling out their windows - draws those two groups and a number of other diverse organizations to area roadsides as volunteer cleanup crews.   more >>

The women of the Plainfield Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority strive to provide services in the community to all mankind. The 73 members always are working to accomplish these goals.

Some of the ways they have helped to serve the community in the past include the "Trim a Tree" holiday party for local senior citizens at Richmond Towers in Plainfield. The sorority members not only made food and fed the seniors, but they also played games and sang songs with them.   more >>

The Tau Eta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta sorority has been kicked off campus by the university, ending a 29 year stay at the university.

Thomas Wallace, vice chancellor of student life and associate professor of leadership, would not say what specifically was done by sorority members in order to justify their removal from the Ole Miss Campus, but did say that it definitely involved hazing.

The M-Book states that the University of Mississippi prohibits hazing in any form.   more >>