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Bid Day activities delayed due to computer glitch

Elizabeth Elkin • August 12, 2016

By Elizabeth Elkin | StaffBid Day activities have been moved back four hours on Saturday due to a computer glitch affecting today's final round of rush activities, according to Chris Bryant, interim director...

To Greek Women, From Greek Women

To Greek Women, From Greek Women

Leigh Terry, Sarah Huff Moore • August 18, 2015

We all know the names of the major Greek scandals of recent years. The University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s racist chant. Georgia Tech Phi Kappa Tau’s “luring your rapebait” email. The...

25 African American women among 2,261 who received bids in 2015 rush

25 African American women among 2,261 who received bids in 2015 rush

Arielle Lipan • August 18, 2015

The University of Alabama’s new sorority recruitment tradition of being the largest in the nation continued this year for the sixth time in a row.The number of women who registered for recruitment this...

Alpha Phi chapter removes recruitment video after national criticism

Alpha Phi chapter removes recruitment video after national criticism

Elizabeth Elkin • August 18, 2015

The University of Alabama’s Alpha Phi chapter deleted a recruitment video posted to YouTube after criticism that it objectifies women and is “racially and aesthetically homogenous.”The video gained...

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard release album of spacey folk jams

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard release album of spacey folk jams

Jordan Cissell • January 11, 2015

Yeah, yeah. Their name may sound like the title of a long-lost Dr. Seuss book, but don’t write off King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard just yet. On “I’m in Your Mind Fuzz,” this seven-piece Australian...

Making progress, one step at a time

Kyle Simpson • September 2, 2014

For the second year in a row, The University of Alabama’s Greek system made national news for something a little less than positive. Although it is not as widespread as last year’s incident, the negative...

Over 2,000 women receive bids at Fall 2014 Bid Day

Over 2,000 women receive bids at Fall 2014 Bid Day

Andy McWhorter • August 16, 2014

Only a single black woman, Carla Ferguson in 2003, had ever been given a bid from a Panhellenic sorority during formal recruitment before today. But this year 21 black women and 169 women who identified...

Rush process needs reform

Michael Patrick • November 29, 2011

As the fall semester is coming to a close, many sorority sisters are settling into their new homes as official members of their respective greek organizations, thus indicating that they have survived pledgeship...

The Trunk sells greek letters, custom jerseys for Alabama students

The Trunk sells greek letters, custom jerseys for Alabama students

Lauren Ferguson • November 21, 2011

In addition to supplying sorority pledges with their famous Bid Day packages, The Trunk offers a variety of original Alabama and greek products for students and alumni of UA. Owner Rich Anders shares his...

Barriers still stand in sorority rush process

Barriers still stand in sorority rush process

Will Tucker • September 14, 2011

The first headlines in newspapers across the country on Sept. 11, 2001 didn’t come from New York City. Before four airliners changed course and changed history, one of the top national stories that day...