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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.