Sorority Can Tell If You Have AIDS in 20 Minutes

Rapid Answers on AIDS Test

Sorority girls from the University of North Carolina's chapter of Delta Sigma Theta are giving free AIDS tests today and can let you know your results just 20 minutes later.

The test is "completely painless and doesn't include needles or blood," said Justin Smith, a project manager from UNC's school of medicine who is helping the girls.

The sisters are administering the tests at a local Wal-Mart. It wasn't reported if they in fact plan to take the test themselves.

South Carolina's Delta Sigma Theta Releases 55 Luft Balloons

Sorority to Celebrate by Releasing Red BalloonsTo celebrate the 55th anniversary of their sorority, the University of South Carolina's Delta Sigma Theta blew up 55 balloons.

The girls just didn't blow. When they were finished blowing, they brought the balloons to the rooftop of a building on campus and released them into the air.

"We decided to mark this memorable event with a balloon release," Delta Sigma Theta sister Francine Cayruth told a South Caroline newspaper. "We want the community to know when they see the red balloons in the sky what it is all about."

Black is the Color of Love

Black Sororities Offer 'Lifelong Love'

“The main thing that black sororities offer if lifelong membership and love," said Alpha Kappa Alpha sister Shawna Newbill from Richmond, Va.

The Tuscaloosa News reported Sunday in an article that was a primer for those unfamiliar with black sororities.

Washington State University's office of Greek life stated “It is important that each person commit to the purpose of their founders and the organization’s goal for the upliftment of the black race."

The article also identified the "divine nine" international Greek letter organizations: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

These organizations are members of the National Pan Hellenic Council, which was formed in 1930 at Howard University, the traditionally black college.