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Bad Santa: A mall Santa and his elf have plans for Christmas Eve: they plan on cracking the mall safe and making off with all the money. Their plans get side-tracked when a young boy helps them remember the real meaning of Christmas.
Scrooged: High-spirited high jinks on Christmas Eve put Frank Cross in a ghostly time warp in this hilarious take on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
The ref: An unfortunate cat burglar becomes trapped in a fate...
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It's a new era at Adams College. The nerds have taken over, making the Tri Lambda fraternity the most popular on campus and the entire campus not just nerd-friendly but nerdocentric. But when Alpha Beta alumni campaign to regain their former turf, the nerds are forced to call in the cavalry: the original nerds.
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"Delve into the world of the Black Greek organizations, a hidden culture teeming with a dynamic sense of brotherhood & sisterhood. A history that can be traced back to ancient times to find its origin in the Masonic order. The first installment of documentary trilogy"--Container.
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The first African American fraternities and sororities were established at the turn of the twentieth century to encourage leadership, racial pride, and academic excellence among black college students confronting the legacy of slavery and the indignities of Jim Crow segregation. With a strong presence that endures on today's campuses, African American fraternities and sororities claim legendary artists, politicians, theologians, inventors, intellectuals,...
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"On December 4, 1906, seven black men ... founded one of the greatest and most enduring organizations in American history on the campus of Cornell University. ... Alpha Phi Alpha was founded to instill a spirit of high academic achievement and intellectualism, foster meaningful and lifelong ties, and invoke the desire for racial uplift in those brothers who would join its ranks. ... [The] editors have assembled a team of scholars to analyze the fraternity...
90) Hazing
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"Hazing, from award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt, offers a powerful, deeply personal look inside the culture of hazing in fraternities and sororities, sports teams, marching bands, the military, and beyond. Hurt, who belongs to a fraternity himself, talks to members of Black and historically white Greek-letter organizations and other groups that practice hazing, and gives voice to survivors of severe initiation rituals and the families of young people...
92) Steppin'
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A group of college students get ready for the fight of their life ... when fraternities and sororities battle it out in a step show competition.
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"Black Greek 101 is the first book to provide a complete analysis of the culture of historically Black fraternities and sororities. Based on over ten years of research, Black Greek 101 presents a detailed history of Black fraternalism as a whole. As a unique culture within the college environment, these organizations are fascinating examples of the ways students form groups with their own artifacts, rites, customs, stories, and rituals that help them...
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His ex-wife, Renee has been kidnapped, that same weekend; a young student is beaten and dumped at the ER. As Jackson retraces Renee's movements and handles a high-tech, fast-moving ransom demand, Detective Lara Evans must identify the assault victim, then track down the assailant with no leads to go on, except the whispered rumor of a secret sorority. As the ransom goes wrong, Jackson grows more fearful that Katie's mother will be lost forever.
100) The perfect scream
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Investigating the grisly deaths of several Tau Upsilon fraternity members, Detective John Stallings discovers that this case is linked to his missing daughter, Jeanie, and must expose a twisted killer who is hiding in plain sight.