GREEK LIFE SPOTLIGHT: KAPPA ALPHA THETA

GREEK LIFE SPOTLIGHT: KAPPA ALPHA THETA

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…

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Freshman Finds Her True Self Through Total Conformity to Sorority

Freshman Finds Her True Self Through Total Conformity to Sorority

  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…

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Rushing Greek: Majority Rule or Anyone’s Game?

Rushing Greek: Majority Rule or Anyone’s Game?

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…

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