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Facility names (see "Building and Facility Names")
Faculty Senate (proper name)
fall semester
See semester.
Fight Song
See entry "ASU Loyalty Song."
First-year, first-time
Use the compound adjective “first-year,” rather than “freshman," to refer to students who are arriving at A-State for their inaugural year. Examples include: first-year residence hall, the First-Year Experience program, first-year scholarships. Increasingly students arrive with concurrent credit hours from high school that make them academically sophomore (or second-year) students. Many programs are directed at these first-time, first-year students, and for clarity, do not use the term “freshman.”
Fowler Center
In most cases, it is Fowler Center – not "The" or "the Fowler Center." Never use “performing arts” as part of title. Fowler Center contains: (proper names)
- Bradbury Art Museum
- Grand Hall
- The A-State Theatre
- Riceland Hall
- The Simpson Theatre
The Fowler Center Series, ticketed professional performances, includes some presentations that are designated part of the Riceland Distinguished Presentation Series. The Delta National Small Prints Exhibition is an annual event in the Bradbury Art Museum.
fraternities, sororities
The full, formal name should be used on first reference: Tau Kappa Epsilon . Abbreviations are acceptable on second reference, but avoid nicknames like Pike.
In reference to a fraternity’s or sorority’s building, the word house should be capitalized when it follows the name of the organization: Tau Kappa Epsilon House; fraternity house.
Greek-letter fraternities and sororities that are chapters of national organizations, with their campus charter date and nickname, are listed here; if the group has a house on campus, that is noted:
Fraternities:
- Alpha Gamma Rho, 1973 (AGR), house on Aggie Road near university farm
- Alpha Phi Alpha, 1973 (Alpha)
- Alpha Tau Omega, 1967 (ATO)
- Iota Phi Theta, 2010 (Iota)
- Kappa Alpha, 1967 (KA), house on University Loop
- Kappa Alpha Psi, 1975 (Kappa)
- Kappa Sigma, 2014 (Kappa Sig)
- Lambda Chi Alpha, 1959 (Lambda Chi), house on University Loop.
- Omega Psi Phi, 1973 (Omega or "Ques")
- Phi Beta Sigma, 1979 (Sigma)
- Phi Delta Theta, 2021 (Phi Delt)
- Pi Kappa Alpha, 1948 (Pike), house on University Loop
- Sigma Chi, 1987 (Sigma Chi), house on University Loop
- Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1949, recolonized 2016 (Teke)
Sororities:
- Alpha Gamma Delta, 1948 (Alpha Gam), house on Aggie Road
- Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1973 (AKA)
- Alpha Omicron Pi, 1949 (AOPi), house on Aggie Road
- Chi Omega, 1961 (Chi O), house on Aggie Road
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 2021 (Delta)
- Delta Zeta, 1991 (DZ), house on Aggie Road
- Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, chapter colonized 2021 (SIA)
- Sigma Gamma Rho, 1999 (SGRho)
- Zeta Phi Beta, 1986 (Zeta)
- Zeta Tau Alpha, 1968, recolonized 2012 (Zeta), house on Aggie Road
Fight Song
Although it is commonly known as the "fight song," the name is "ASU Loyalty Song," credited to George L. "Pop" Hodge.
Freshman, freshmen
The plural form of the noun is freshmen. However, as an adjective, freshman is always correct.
fund raising (n.), fund-raising (adj.), fund-raiser (n.)
Follow the examples:
Fund raising is difficult.
They planned a fund-raising campaign.
A fund-raiser was hired.