By: Anonymous

Anonymous
Sat, 09 Jul 2016 08:04:25 +0000

Kappa Kappa Gamma has a long history of hazing. Being an ex Kappa pledge, my experience is that hazing is subtly condoned by the National Organization. My parents warned me of this from when they were Greeks at different schools. They said that Kappa hazing on their campuses was notorious. Kappa is concerned about image and will not pull at chapter’s charter, because they want to look good. Image is extremely important to the organization.

In the eighties, Kappa pledges were branded and burned with lit cigarettes at DePauw University. The National Organization of KKG did nothing except send a recently graduated ‘consultant’ to monitor the chapter. Any other sorority would have closed their chapter down or taken severe disiplinary actions.. Dateline even dididn’t an expose on this terrible incident.

From news reports, Kappa Kappa Gamma has been suspended or expelled for hazing at the University of Connecticut, Ohio State University, Washington State University, and.Colorado State University ,within the last 3 years. Rollins chapter was shut down last year for moral charges and hazing. This year the SMU chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma is facing suspension because the seniors were videotaped dancing topless the first night the pledges received their bids to be new members. They had only in pledges a few hours before they had to witness girls dancing topless and suggestively in front of them, and they were expected to enjoy it. One of the members said this is a long standing Kappa tradition at many schools. One of the seniors did not want to do it but was forced. One of the girls who was expelled from the sorority is suing the National Organization for $1,000,000. Not only is this the weirdest ritual, it is hazing.

When I was a pledge, I was told that I was nothing, and lucky to be a Kappa. We were to go on Greek Rank and down vote Pi Beta Phi sorority and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Because the PI Phis were known to be the most exclusive sorority on campus, we were supposed to spread rumors that they were slu $$y, which was not true.The Pi Phis were beautiful, had a higher GPA, and were more popular with the top fraternities. We were told to say the Thetas were ugly and fat. Part of our pledge duties was to go online and upvote Kappa, and download the other two sororities whom Kappas saw as national competition. Our chapter had a poor sisterhood and was divided into cliques, a common occurrence within the organization’s chapters.

I’m glad I left Kappa by depledging (3 of us left) so that I was eligible to join another sorority the next year. It was an entirely different experience, National was very involved and would immediately investigate and take appropriate action, if there was any hint of hazing whatsoever. There never was anything that made me feel physically, emotionally, or mentally uncomfortable. In fact, the first night the president stood before us, and said how wonderful we were, and how intensely they recruited us. She said that we are treasures and will treated as such. They made us feel like close sisters immediately.

I’m telling you this because hazing is an inherent aspect of the Kappa organization. It has been going on for decades if not since the founding. When I was a pledge, 23 chapters were on social probation for hazing, moral issues, drugs, or alcohol abuse. All of these could be considered life-threatening situations, and the feeling was one of nonchalant. I should have listened to my parents and save myself a lot of grief.