by Gregory Parks | Mar 28, 2016 | BGLOs
It’s political season. That’s not just the case nationally in presidential, senatorial, and congressional races. It’s also political season in organizations like black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs), and no race is more hotly contested than the one who decides...
by Gregory Parks | Mar 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
For much of the Twentieth Century, black Greek-letter organizations (“BGLOs”) had few, major—e.g., deaths, law suits, major press—hazing incidents. But once the 1970s came, everything changed (deaths in red): 1977 | ALPHA | Bradley University 1977 | OMEGA | North...
by Gregory Parks | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m an active member of a number of black organizations—fraternal and professional. In one of the professional organizations, I serve on two committees and have done so for a few years. Last year, during the national convention for this organization, candidates for...
by Gregory Parks | Mar 7, 2016 | BGLOs
One of the great threats that bedevil black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs)—not simply in the context of hazing but more generally as well—is blind allegiance. Blind allegiance is a concept typically studied in the context of patriotism or group identification...
