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Originally posted by STRANGER711
TNE has also been referred to as THE MACHINE.
I have a few TNE engravings that to an outsider would look pretty sinister, but I am sure it is all one big inside joke. TNE is not a cabal. It is a a sophomore college honor society.
Originally posted by STRANGER711
I have a few TNE engravings
Originally posted by Boatphone
The first chapter was chartered by Skull & Bones, but they broke ties with the group after two years. They are fully part of the greek system.
-- Boat (the link above provides this information; plus I know many schools with TNE at it).
Originally posted by Boatphone
It is no longer a sophomore college honor society; it is a college fraternity.
Originally posted by Boatphone
LadyD,
Were you able to get any more information from your parents? Have you looked into joining any of the groups?
-- Boat
Originally posted by Taconicus
'Red Dots' was a nickname for a women's society associated with Theta Nu Epsilon at Kansas. Short for Rho Delta. Something of a 'Sweetheart's Club', depending on your point of view.
Nebraska, Kanasa, and Kansas State were breakaway chapters that somewhat lost the point of the society, and basically turned it into a combination drinking society / quasi-conspiracy. They had their own initiation, and it does seem to cross the line into offensive behavior.
I say quasi-conspiracy since they seem to have been largely ineffectual in any practical sense.
The chapter at Alabama, (another lone breakaway), is usually known as 'The Machiene'. They actually did seem to have been successful at exercising some actual control at Alabama. Nice Wikipedia article for them.
Originally posted by Boatphone
I believe that some of the chapters of TNE are now not part of the national TNE fraterity. Maybe the chapter at KS is one of them. Are you just speaking of the KS chapter?