Kappa Random
 

It's about darn time we had a random thread!

I couldn't find one...so here it is!

My randomness: modcloth.com has so many cute owl things! I found a bunch in the accessory section.

This was a terrible attempt at a Kappa random thread. Anyone? Bueller?

The homecoming queen at Akron this year is a Kappa! Yay!

and Happy Founder's Daaaaay!

This year at Greek Week, we had a dessert competition for all the sororities. The Kappa cakes were INCREDIBLE. One of our sisters attended professional cake decorating boot camp and is an amazing baker. Unfortunately the pics aren't great because it was raining and the cakes had to stay covered... but one is a 3-D owl sitting in an edible nest, and the other is a 5-foot-long replica of our badge.

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They were too good not to share!

And in the spirit of Panhellenic love, Phi Mu's quatrefoil cake was pretty cute, too:

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Those are so cool! My cousin is really into cake decorating, and my mom used to be. She has a bunch of cool tins. Did I show you guys this picture of my birthday cake? Ok, I looked and looked and looked but couldn't find it!

So here's a pic of the cake we did for my mom's b-day. It's a mermaid!
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I suddenly want an oversized hoodie. Except mine is regular sized. Even though I'm 4 years out of college with no real reason to buy another Kappa sweatshirt, I'm tempted. But hey, I've never had one with just letters on it...

When does the 2009 ornament come out?

Does anyone else think The Key Source (www.buykappa.com) needs a major update and/or facelift?

^^ Ugh, yes! I have bought a few things from the Key, but the website causes me pain. I bought a really cute sweatshirt once, but I called and custom ordered it. It's white with pink argyle letters.

Holy crap that is awesome. Then again as we saw a mascot, I might be a little bit biased.

The Key Source could use some improvement, but I am glad we have it. I was surprised to see past ornaments on there and thought "great, I'll buy the 2002 ornament for my initiation year!" only to see that you have to purchase one and hope they someday make another batch? Thought that was odd.

So continuing the spirit of Kappa random... tonight I'm giving a Toastmasters speech on the founding of GLOs (basically how men's groups were in reaction to the American Revolution and pursuit of freedom/improvement, and women's were in reaction to the women's movement & Civil War in pursuit of equality). I did a research paper on it in college focusing on Pi Phi and Kappa, since variables are roughly kept in check by being established at the same school. Anyway... I wore my badge today for the speech, and I was adjusting it in the bathroom at work. A woman I've never met saw it and asked if it was a sorority pin, and said her daughters are in DZ and DG. It was so cool and a great mid-afternoon mind break! :D I have yet to encounter a Kappa this way, but I'm bound to run into one at some point. Oh, I also found out that one of my coworkers is a Sigma Kappa this morning. I had no idea and it spawned a great chat.

^^ sounds like you've had a very Greek day! Cool!

Good luck with your speech!

Lurking keepers......there is a NM pin and a '04 badge on ebay just begging to be rescued!

How did a NM pin end up on ebay?

^^ it probably didn't get returned when it was supposed to and no one ever hunted them down. That's my best guess.

That's generally what happens. And to be honest, this is most likely a member selling her own pin.

I think those cakes are AMAZING! What a cute idea for a campus activity.

The badge cake would be great for an initiation celebration/dinner.

Random Kappa stuff:
I was at my home chapter this past weekend initiating my daughter. My other daughter was there (she is a chapter officer) and so was my mother. All three of us pinned her and I also pinned my mother-in-law's badge on her! She was quite the initiate sporting four family keys!

If you can't answer this because of ritual I understand. So for initiation you can be pinned with the badges of any related sisters you have?

That seems so early! My undergrad chapter is on quarters, so they won't have initiation for a while still. Congrats, though! That's so exciting!

Tonight I have a Night Owls dinner- a total of 6 attendees including 2 I've never met. I'm hoping to add two new Night Owls to the roster!

Oh, and one of the Director of Alumnae's daughters just pledged Kappa at U of Oregon! She has at least one other Kappa daughter.

To make three items, my husband went to Chicago this week for a business trip. I made him bring me back Vosges chocolate. The owner of Vosges is a Kappa, she was in The Key a few years ago. We actually ordered truffles from Vosges once for recruitment and it was such a great conversation starter. Not only are the flavors unique (one of my favorites is the chocolate + curry, and I also love the ones with sea salt) but we got them through Kappa connections! Is anyone else addicted to these things? I can't eat regular chocolate the same way anymore. Luckily Whole Foods carries a variety of their bars :D

And yes, I have had a very Greek week indeed!

Yes, it seems early to me as well. All of the chapters on this campus initiate in about 8 weeks (except for XO). NPC seems to be pushing for this across the country. It is supposed to cut down on hazing, but, imo, it just means these girls know even less about the fraternity than usual. This chapter petitioned to move initiation to 10 weeks and was denied. I really think the "forest is getting lost for the trees" when it comes to new member programming....but that is a post for another, yet to be started, thread!

I feel pretty sure I am not violating anything by answering this...but yes, if you have a family member who is/was a kappa, you can be pinned with that badge. New members don't get their own badges for several weeks, so they often wear their Key Sis's badge or a family members until their own arrives. It is pretty special to have a family member participate in initiation.

That's just silly. There are a certain number of NM programs every chapter HAS to do. I guess you can combine some of them. I can't think of them all (and yes, I could look them up on the website) but it takes time! We were always super squished for time being on quarters. Recruitment then formal pledging the next meeting, then alllll of the NM programs, I-week, then initiation!

Word to the Wise....
 

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Hello, and welcome!

Greek Chat can be a lot of fun, and there are some great/silly people on here. Make sure you do your research and check the date of a thread before posting on it. Many people will be quick to jump all over you if you make a mistake or say something that could be deemed offensive.

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We were on trimesters, which is pretty much like quarters without the summer option. We were always very squished too, since we only had 10 weeks per term plus 1 week of finals. "10th Week" was like a dirty word at my school, essentially meaning that all the papers and projects are due, lots of presentations, and of course cramming for finals. It's pretty much the most dreaded week on campus (even moreso than finals week)... yet we often had to have initiation the weekend before 10th week because recruitment was during week 2 (to get the 8 week new member period). Sometimes we were able to move it up a bit and headquarters was pretty understanding when the program was first released, but it definitely caused added stress. 6 weeks would've fit in much better with our academic calendar. Women weren't able to relax and enjoy it as much as we would've liked- and it should be an incredible time for all involved :)

Then again, at least we had the 8 weeks to be sure it was the right choice. We did have one person while I was there depledge the week before initiation... it would've been sad for everyone involved if she had made that decision the week or two after initiation instead. If we were on semesters I'm sure 8 weeks wouldn't have felt as crunched, or even 10 weeks could've been nice. It's a challenge when all schools operate so differently.

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Oh, and one of the Director of Alumnae's daughters just pledged Kappa at U of Oregon! She has at least one other Kappa daughter.

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She has two daughters, and the older one is also a Kappa. ;) As is her sister, and her niece. It's a very blue and blue family!

The very best kind. :D

They are, aren't they? The sister who baked them got a big recognition at chapter meeting, along with a gift for all her hard work. She's an amazing baker!

We're trying to convince her to do the badge one for Bid Day :D

That is so cool! You're so lucky to have so much Kappa heritage in your family!

My younger sister is probably going through recruitment this Spring, and if she goes Kappa (so far, that would be her first choice if she did rush) I would LOVE to pin her at Initiation. My Big's stepmother secretly flew all the way from Arizona to Maryland to be at her Initiation a few years ago - she didn't even know she was there until Initiation began. It was really special for her.

Having my sister at my initiation is one of my absolute best Kappa memories.

Did I ever tell you guys what a nerd I am? I can name an AWFUL lot of chapter designations. I know almost all of the active single-letter chapters (but I often forget Rho @ Ohio Wesleyan) and all of the Eta *something* chapters. I know most of the CA schools and a bunch of other random ones. Quiz me! Quiz me!

Nah, then you'll think I'm cheating and just looking it up online...

My association had our third annual afternoon tea today. We had perfect fall weather for it too. But I wish it wasn't so hard to get people involved.

Update on my chapter designation nerdiness: I quizzed myself and got 59 right. Omg I'm such a freaking nerd!!! There are a few in CA I still can't remember because they rhyme (Epsilon Psi - UCSB, Epsilon Pi, UCR, Epsilon Xi - CSUN). I wonder if there's a position for "Historian in Training"? Or maybe just "Supreme Kappa Nerd"?

Here's a test, put the following chapters in order according to founding date (no cheating! ;) ).

Kappa
Gamma Rho
Beta Tau
Sigma
Alpha Deuteron
Beta Zeta
Chi
Theta
Delta
Beta Delta

I'll let our self-proclaimed Supreme Kappa Nerd go for this, but is this a trick question? Or is really it as (relatively) easy as I think it is?

ETA: This makes me think of an incident yesterday in the elevator at work. Someone asked if I was enjoying the sunshine, which sounds like a simple question. But I didn't know whether she was being serious (because it was sunny) or sarcastic (because it's fall and gloomy and rainy). When I looked out the window after I got to my floor, I saw there was indeed sun so she was being serious. But I didn't know how to respond when she asked :D Part of living in Seattle, I suppose!

Aww I know there are some weird Beta ** ones. Are we talking original founding dates?

Alpha Deuteron - Monmouth
Delta - Indiana
Theta - Missouri
Kappa - Hillsdale
Chi - Minnesota

Ha! I'm not gonna pretend to know where BZ, BD, BT, and GR go. Well Gamma Rho must be last. Allegheney? I can't spell that at all! Wahhh my bubble has been burst! Ok, I'm gonna go look now.

ETA: How the hell did I get Allegheny right? Wooo! Ok, I put it in the wrong place, but I'm stoked I got the right school!

It should go: Alpha Deuteron, Delta, Theta, Chi, Kappa, Beta Zeta, Beta Tau, Gamma Rho, Beta Delta. Hmmm weird!

It was a trick question (I know, so mean).

In order:
Alpha Deuteron - Monmouth - 1870
Delta - Indiana - 1872
Theta - Missouri - 1875
Chi - Minnesota - 1880
Kappa - Hillsdale - 1881
Beta Zeta - Iowa - 1882
Beta Tau - Syracuse - 1883
Sigma - Nebraska - 1884
Gamma Rho - Allegheny - 1888
Beta Delta - Michigan - 1890

Yes, so mean indeed. Do you know why they went out of order, by chance? The only thing I can think of would be that A colonized earlier than B but B chartered first?

Or maybe it was just for fun to confuse people? At Microsoft there's an inside joke that new employees are sent to building 7 to get their badges... Building 7 was never built, and badges were actually in bld 8. But people usually figured it out because 8 is right by where 7 theoretically would be. Although now it's not as fun because a new orientation building was constructed so badges are no longer at bld 8. But I'm sure people will find another way to bring up the illustrious bld 7.

Are we going to get a 2009 ornament anytime before Christmas?

No offense, but you really didn't have to. It wasn't that hard to figure out.