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GREEK LIFE SPOTLIGHT: KAPPA ALPHA THETA

Posted on March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 by Publisher: Rudo Kazembe

By Rudo Ellen Kazembe ’20 Features Editor Kappa Alpha Theta is an international sorority that was founded in 1870. According to President Emily Norris ’21, “Kappa Alpha Theta was the very first Greek life organization for women that was founded so that women could feel safe and empowered by each other.” This sorority was founded by Bettie Locke Hamilton, Alice Allen Brant, Bettie Tipton Lindsay, and Hannah Fitch Shaw at DePauw University. These women were…

GREEK SPOTLIGHT: ALPHA PHI OMEGA – ALPHA ZETA DELTA

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Publisher: Rudo Kazembe

By RUDO ELLEN KAZEMBE ‘20 FEATURES EDITOR Alpha Phi Omega is a National Service Fraternity and was founded on principles of Leadership, Friendship, and Service in 1925 at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. The Alpha Zeta Delta Chapter was founded in 2006 at Lake Forest College. According to President Bridget Whited ‘19, there are “a total of 48 members in [the]chapter” which are inclusive of “25 actives [and]23 associates.” A member of the fraternity, Jennifer…

Freshman Finds Her True Self Through Total Conformity to Sorority

Posted on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 by Jack Loessberg

Sally Donaldson ’19 is a first-year student who has finally “found herself” in college after having joined Kappa Upsilon Lamda Tau (or KULT for short). Sally spent her first semester at Lake Forest College aimless, unsure what her true purpose was. Her only friends were people with similar interests, hobbies, and values, but she never felt a true connection with any of them because there was no hierarchal structure telling them to love each…

Rushing Greek: Majority Rule or Anyone’s Game?

Posted on February 9, 2016February 13, 2016 by Camille Lemieux

News stories on the lack of cultural diversity in college Greek life organizations have made national headlines in recent years. The resulting backlash against institutions of higher learning for having homogenous fraternities and sororities begs the question: how do Lake Forest’s Greek organizations measure up? Sierra Clark ’18, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, has mixed feelings about the issue of diversity within Greek life. “I am split in terms of not being able to speak for all Greek…

Why Greek Life at Lake Forest College?

Posted on October 21, 2015December 19, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

The subject of Greek Life has been riddled with controversy due to issues surrounding hazing, sexual assault, drug abuse, racial discrimination, queer-phobia, and other concerns. So why would anyone join a Greek Letter Organization? To better understand why many Foresters decide to join Sororities and Fraternities, we need to determine where problematic issues arise and review the values, traditions, and benefits Greek Life has to offer in the context of campus culture. To explain this,…

LFC’s First Fraternity From ‘bout 120 Years Ago

Posted on October 21, 2015December 19, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

Secretly, eleven men gathered interests and developed a proposal to be directed to Lake Forest’s president to accept the petition of forming the first Greek organization on campus. “There is nothing in Lake Forest University’s constitution that can prevent the formation of a Greek organization on campus” Dr. Coulter, member of the Faculty said. Not only was he in favor of the establishment of Greek life on campus, but he also actively supported students and…