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  • August 2008
    • Anthrax Suspect Was Obsessed With Sorority

      Anthrax Suspect Was Obsessed With Sorority

      (AP) - The top suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks was fixated on a sorority that has a chapter within 100 yards of the New Jersey mailbox from which the toxin-laced letters were sent, the AP reports. Federal officials say scientist Bruce Ivins had been obsessed with Kappa Kappa Gamma since his college days at the University of Cincinnati in the 1960s, the AP reports. More »

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      anthrax   Bruce Ivins   bioterrorism   sororities   Fort Detrick

  • June 2008
  • March 2007
    • Pretty Faces Make Profitable Sororities

      Pretty Faces Make Profitable Sororities

      (Newser) - An Indiana sorority that elicited national outrage for kicking out 23 overweight or non-white members did so not just for "Aryan uniformity" but for the sake of the almighty dollar, writes the New Republic 's Alexandra Robbins. The DePauw University's flagging Delta Zeta chapter believed that a prettier sisterhood would attract more women—and their money. More »

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      race   discrimination   fraternity   sororities

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