Editing Lambda Lambda Lambda (section)

==History==
Inspired by the movies ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'' and ''National Lampoon's [[Animal House]]'', Lambda Lambda Lambda is a small co-ed social fraternity, unaffiliated with the [[Interfraternity Council|Interfraternity]] and [[Panhellenic Council]]s, dedicated to the enjoyment and enrichment of pop culture and to the camaraderie of its members.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Melissa |date=January 18, 2010 |title=Friends Start Fraternity From Scratch |url=http://www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2007/01/25/News/Friends.Start.Fraternity.From.Scratch-2677754.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120084421/http://www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2007/01/25/News/Friends.Start.Fraternity.From.Scratch-2677754.shtml |archive-date=20 January 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |website=The Daily Campus}}</ref> The ''Alpha chapter'' was founded as a student group at the University of Connecticut on January 15, 2006 by ten members, nine male and one female.<ref name="UConntact">{{cite news |author=UConntact |title=Lambda Lambda Lambda |url=https://uconntact.uconn.edu/organization/lambdalambdalambda |publisher=The University of Connecticut}}</ref> The fraternity was founded on changing what a fraternity is back to its original meaning. The "openness of the fraternity" leads it to be a place in which to create a "network of support" among its brothers and sisters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2007/01/25/News/Friends.Start.Fraternity.From.Scratch-2677754.shtml|title=Friends Start Fraternity From Scratch|date=January 25, 2007|author=Melissa Bishop|publisher=The Daily Campus|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130120084421/http://www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2007/01/25/News/Friends.Start.Fraternity.From.Scratch-2677754.shtml|archivedate=January 20, 2013}}</ref>

The ''Beta chapter'' at [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|SUNY Buffalo]] was chartered in the fall of 2008. This was followed by chapters at [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]]; [[Western Washington University]]; and [[Bowie State University]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |author=Katherine Skachkov |date=October 5, 2012 |title=The battle for Greek row rages on |url=http://www.westernfrontonline.net/features/article_c5ad110f-7c0b-5d5d-9dc5-9a33566cc0cd.html |publisher=The Western Front}}</ref> Chapters that fail to induct new members became inactive, as occurred with the ''Beta chapter''.