kappa sigma
 

I heard from a friend last night that the Kappa Sigma chapter at Northwestern University was closed over the weekend. anyone know any details on why or for how long they are gone? I think they were one of the biggest houses there

That would surprise me.

They are/were a strong chapter. I'd met a couple of the guys at Conclave and they seemed really cool, really with it. I'm wondering what the hell happened.

your answer...
 

IFC, NU suspend Kappa Sig frat
Return banned until 2007 after incident at Shedd

By Elaine Helm
June 26, 2003
Kappa Sigma fraternity no longer can operate at Northwestern after being suspended by the university and Interfraternity Council on June 23 for violating the terms of a May probation agreement.

The fraternity's national organization also suspended the chapter's charter Wednesday, according to Executive Director Mitchell Wilson.

Sanctions against the chapter resulted from an incident at Kappa Sig's June 4 formal at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Fraternity members engaged in acts of major vandalism, alcohol use, animal endangerment and reckless behavior, said Kyle Pendleton, NU's associate director of Greek Affairs.

A Shedd Aquarium official could not provide an account of the incident.

Kappa Sig is not the first fraternity to receive harsh university sanctions in the past few years.

Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity was suspended in 2001 for an alcohol-related incident at an off-campus party. In 2000, NU's chapter of Sigma Chi was kicked off campus after its charter was suspended by the national organization.

Sigma Chi is slated to return to campus in Fall Quarter.

The earliest Kappa Sig may return to campus is January 2007, after all its current members graduate.

"Overall there are good men and strong leaders in the chapter," Pendleton said. "But the undergraduate chapter as a whole has exhibited an unwillingness to uphold the standards of the university and the fraternity."

Pendleton said Kappa Sig "left IFC no other option than to recommend suspension," with repeated violations throughout its probationary period, which was scheduled to end in Spring Quarter 2004. The fraternity was placed on probation after a February incident involving a "pledge dad hunt" that sent an intoxicated freshman pledge to the hospital.

The university is providing housing alternatives for fraternity members who planned to live this summer in the Kappa Sig house at 2251 Sheridan Rd., Pendleton said. As of June 22, the house is closed until further notice.

Although saddened by the loss of the opportunity for Kappa Sig's members to be involved in the Greek community, IFC President Jeremy Esposito, a Medill senior, praised university officials for their willingness to work with IFC to determine sanctions for the fraternity.

"I sincerely hope that the IFC judicial board's handling of this matter proves to the university that not only can Greeks govern themselves, but that they are committed to governing themselves effectively and responsibly," he said in an e-mail to The Summer Northwestern.

IFC's are generally sell-outs . .. sigh.

An alum laments...
 

Here's the link to a Sports Illustrated Online writer that mentioned this incedent in his "mailbag" article:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ins...andel_mailbag/

Here's the excerpt:

My old fraternity gets kicked off campus : (Figured our largely college-oriented audience might appreciate this one.) Sad to say, the once-proud Kappa Sigma chapter at Northwestern is no more following a formal at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium that went haywire. Without going into detail, all you really need to know is that one of the charges was "animal endangerment." Even the writers of Old School couldn't have dreamt that one up.

This should be good...:rolleyes:

The story didn't give the specifics.
What did they do? Barbeque a koi?

I don't think we're going to get any official story on what actually happened . . . but if I had to take a guess from what we know of the charges, it would be that they got really drunk, wrecked some displays and some of the guys tried to climb into the dolphin tank.

Whatever they did, assuming the newspaper story is correct and it involved some vandalism and animal endangerment, it was a mistake to do it at the Shedd Aquarium, which is one of Chicago's major world-class cultural and educational icons, right up there just behind the Art Institute, the Field Museum, and so on. Causing damage and messing with the animals is not likely to win you any friends in the Chicago power structure. Actually, I'll go out on a limb and say it was a big fat mistake, because the president of Northwestern is a member of the board of trustees of the Shedd, according to his biography on Northwestern's web site at
http://www.northwestern.edu/president/shortbio.html

hehe, figured one of us would mention the dolphin tank!!!:D i was actually thinking the same thing.

as far as other Greek events gone haywire...well, we can always hope that no one submits anything. but we know that won't happen. my guess is there are going to be a lot of
"I'm not in a sorority/frat because i don't buy my friends (or something eqaully moronic) but one of the frats on my campus had this huge party and........"

::sighs:: this is NOT going to be good PR....

Jeez, if this a SI writer, what a slug especially if he really is KS!!


Greek Bashing will flow like the monsoon in season!!!!!:(

Kappa Sigmas are cool, and I like them.




(barbeque a koi... heh heh heh....)

It's always unfortunate when any GLO is suspended, but at the same time, like the article [that shadokat posted] mentioned, " 'I sincerely hope that the IFC judicial board's handling of this matter proves to the university that not only can Greeks govern themselves, but that they are committed to governing themselves effectively and responsibly' "

Thanks...I think we're pretty cool too.

It is a hell of a shame. I always liked the Northwestern guys I met, and it's never a good thing to lose a chapter.

Kappa Sigmas at Davidson College (Davidson, NC) also lost their charter during the spring. New Members beat a goose to death with golf clubs in a public park -- after luring it to them with bread crumbs. It was admitted that this was part of their initiation - i.e. Hell Week. This was a hundred year old chapter. My son is a Kappa Sig and he was understandably upset by the actions of that chapter. Personally, I was just upset as a Greek!