Kappa Random

LucyKKG · #1 10-22-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gee_ess

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!

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!

gee_ess · #2 10-24-2009, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by LucyKKG

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!

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!

LucyKKG · #3 10-24-2009, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by gee_ess

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!

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!

thetygerlily · #4 10-26-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by LucyKKG

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!

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.