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Originally posted by ChaosDST
At HBCUs, damn near every student-run organization takes on some traditions that we commonly associate with BGLOs.
I don't have a problem with KKPsi, but I DO have an issue if people do not show respect to where their traditions come from. Same applies to BGLOs who are unaware, and do not show respect to, where our traditions come from.
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EXACTLY!
When I was first in KKPsi, freshman year, I went to the Southeast District Convention, and this was when I was first exposed to stepping of any kind. The convention that year was in Greensboro, NC, and the first night there was a step show on NC A&T's campus. It was really neat! I had never heard about anything like this from any of the brothers in my chapter. I think that ChaosDST said it best...if there is a KKPsi chapter that is an HBCU, what is wrong with them stepping and exhibiting this kind of behavior? If that's how all the orgs on your campus behave, what precludes KKPsi or any other org. from being allowed to behave this way?
Now, I will say, that not every chapter has steps or calls or signs or other things. I think that the chapters on HBCU campuses pick these things up, then when they go to conventions, they exhibit these behaviors, and other chapters say, "hey, that's really neat, teach us how to do that!" and thus the behavior spreads. But, like I said before, not every chapter picks this up. So I can't tell you any one point along the history of KKPsi where individual chapters started picking this stuff up...it's definitely not a national thing though.