Originally a Catholic sorority, Theta Phi Alpha has opened its doors to women of all faiths and celebrates a proud tradition of religious diversity amongst its members.

Originally, Delta State had only local organizations, such as organizations called Delta Alpha Omega or the Cavaliers, which existed until the mid-1960s, when their members joined Kappa Alpha Order and Pi Kappa Alpha respectively.

Originally the peripheral processors were to be Intel 8086, but those proved inadequate and the system was introduced with Motorola 68000 series processors.

Originally, they used 486 processors from Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ).

Originally, most operating systems were written in assembly language for a particular processor or family of processors.

Originally developed in 2002 for use in high-performance computing ( HPC ) and scientific computing, ACML allows nearly optimal use of AMD Opteron processors in compute-intensive applications.

Originally, the main types used were various compositions of polyesters.

Originally pebbles ( calculi ) were used.

Originally intended as assistants to the tribunes, they exercised certain police functions, were empowered to inflict fines and managed the plebeian and Roman games.

Originally BBSes were accessed only over a phone line using a modem, but by the early 1990s some BBSes allowed access via a Telnet, packet switched network, or packet radio connection.

Originally, demonstration aircraft were navy blue ( nearly black ) with gold lettering.

Originally, climes were defined in Ancient Greece to describe the weather depending upon a location's latitude.

Originally, individuals were recognized as saints without any formal process ( as it is still done in the Orthodox Church ).

Originally, however, this referred to certain key priests of important churches of the Diocese of Rome, who were recognized as the cardinal priests, the important priests chosen by the pope to advise him in his duties as Bishop of Rome ( the Latin cardo means " hinge ").

Originally, cane toads were used to eradicate pests from sugar cane, giving rise to their common name.

Originally, the members of the Cheka were exclusively Bolshevik ; however, in January 1918, the Left SRs also joined the organization The Left SRs were expelled or arrested later in 1918, following the attempted assassination of Lenin by an SR, Fanni Kaplan.

Originally simply a list of kings with reign lengths, the other details contained in the Poppleton Manuscript version were added from the tenth century onwards.

Originally simply a list of kings with reign lengths, the other details contained in the Poppleton Manuscript version were added in the 10th and 12th centuries.

Originally, computer monitors were used for data processing while television receivers were used for entertainment.

Originally, the runtimes were only installed by games or explicitly by the user.

Originally DBMSs were found only in large organizations with the computer hardware needed to support large data sets.

Originally, these privileges and immunities were granted on a bilateral, ad hoc basis, which led to misunderstandings and conflict, pressure on weaker states, and an inability for other states to judge which party was at fault.

Originally electricity and magnetism were thought of as two separate forces.

Originally ælf / elf and its plural ælfe were the masculine forms, while the corresponding feminine form ( first found in eighth century glosses ) was ælfen or elfen ( with a possible feminine plural-ælfa, found in dunælfa ) which became the Middle English elven, using the feminine suffix-en from the earlier-inn which derives from the Proto-Germanic *- innja ).

( Originally, the Fujiwara were descended from relatively minor nobility, thus their kami is an unremarkable one in the Japanese myth world.

Originally, faunal stages were only defined regionally ; however as additional stratigraphic tools, and especially geochonological ones, were developed, stages were defined over broader and broader areas.

Originally Hitler's designated successor and the second highest ranking Nazi official.

Originally called Semaine Internationale des Sports d ' Hiver (" International Winter Sports Week ") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France between January 25 and February 5, 1924, organized by the French Olympic Committee, were in retrospect designated by the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) as the I Olympic Winter Games.

Originally designated in 1891 as the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School, UNCG was established as a school to train women educators, based on the assumption that if women received training they would, in turn, educate their children and ultimately improve the level of education and literacy in the state.

Originally seen as a spur route, to be designated Interstate 297, it was planned to be built along the Maryland Route 3 corridor, but the proposed route was canceled because of local opposition.

* Originally called Semaine des Sports d ' Hiver (" Week of Winter Sports ") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held in Chamonix between 25 January and 5 February 1924 were later designated by the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) as the I Olympic Winter Games.

Originally named Hervey Range by John Oxley in 1817, the area was reserved in 1897 as state forest because of its importance as a timber resource, and was designated a national park in 1995.

Originally established in November 1943 as the Navy Commendation Ribbon, designated as the Navy Commendation Medal in September 1960, and renamed the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal in 1994, this decoration is awarded by operational commanders, requiring the signature of an Officer in the grade of O-6.

Originally developed as a resort, a central portion of Bon Air has been designated as a National Historical District with many structures of Victorian design from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Originally designated Block IA Unitary ( MGM-140E ) the new Block IVA variant was designed to carry a unitary HE warhead instead of the M74 bomblets.

Originally Argus was designated Hardtack-Argus, and later FLORAL.

Originally, the Reds allowed Nashville to use a designated hitter in their lineup.

Originally created to serve airmen at Laughlin AFB just across the border, " Boy's Town " is an entertainment district that is located in an area south of Ciudad Acuna and contains a few after-hours bars and brothels, but is designated off-limits to U. S. military personnel.

Originally designated as " N300 ", they formed the next generation of shinkansen vehicles jointly designed by JR Central and JR West for use on both Tōkaidō and Sanyō Shinkansen lines.

Originally, the holder of the post was designated " Colonial Treasurer ", but this term was replaced with " Minister of Finance " shortly after New Zealand ceased to be a Colony and became a Dominion.

Originally, on September 24, 1918, the area was designated a national monument to protect the area around the major 1912 volcanic eruption of Novarupta, which formed the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a, pyroclastic flow.

Originally designated as a mosque, it was later converted into a Christian church, before being destroyed in the 1522 earthquake.

Originally designated the Pluto Fast Flyby, it was scheduled to reach Pluto by 2012 or 2013.

Originally an independent town, it was included in the Milton Keynes " designated area " area in 1967.

Originally, the parkway was built and designated all the way to the Bronx – Whitestone Bridge.

Originally, tollway officials designated the new road I-355.

Originally its posts were designated for three years terms.

Originally planning to re-use the old bricks from the Talbot Inn on the northeast facade of the JLC, the City of London suddenly had the building demolished on the morning of Sunday, June 3, 2001 — without a demolition permit or delisting the Talbot Inn's facade as a designated heritage property.

Originally conceived to follow the UK Prestel specifications, and developed on contract by IBM Germany, Btx added a number of additional features before launch, including some inspired by the French Minitel service, to create a new display standard of its own, which in 1981 was designated the CEPT1 profile.

Originally Hawthorn was a terminus with a single platform, now designated as platform 1.