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Old 02-23-2008, 07:17 PM
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I went to the SCSU website - while Kappa Gamma is listed in the student organizations, it is not listed under the sororities. Also, the link from the student org. site does not work. Hmmmm . . . .
http://community.webshots.com/user/kappagammasisters

You can totally see the right half of a key here on their shield: http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...58690019MvRceQ

Looks like their Alpha Class happened in 2001.

ETA: I wonder if their official website isn't working because action has already been taken against them? Their listing on the campus website seems as if it hasn't been updated in over a year.

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Old 02-23-2008, 07:37 PM
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Old 02-23-2008, 07:38 PM
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They have pictures from NGLA up on their webshots, so my guess is that Kappa has to at least be aware of their existence.
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Old 02-23-2008, 07:41 PM
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They have pictures from NGLA up on their webshots, so my guess is that Kappa has to at least be aware of their existence.
My guess is that they already were, but if they weren't, they are now.
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Old 02-23-2008, 07:54 PM
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Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Kappa Kappa Gamma. The following is my own opinion, gut feeling, or hunch, and may be wrong.

I checked Southern Connecticut State U's "profile" in U.S. News and World Report's handy listings, and it doesn't look like the kind of institution that I would immediately think Kappa Kappa Gamma would be strongly interested in colonizing if it opened for more NPCs.

As I said, though, that's just me. Who knows.
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Old 02-23-2008, 08:02 PM
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^^ I think there is zero chance that this is a colony since they have been there since 2001 and KKG has never announced it as a colony.
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Old 02-23-2008, 08:10 PM
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^^ I think there is zero chance that this is a colony since they have been there since 2001 and KKG has never announced it as a colony.
Right, skylark, I knew it wasn't a colony. I meant that in my opinion it's not likely that Kappa Kappa Gamma would put a high priority on colonizing at Southern Connecticut State.
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Old 02-23-2008, 10:11 PM
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What confused me was that the sisters talk about affiliating with kkg like its an easy thing to do i got the impression that they just went to kkg and said they wanna be a chapter and if they decided to do it then it would happen. . . But from everything ive read on this site it seems like its actually a huge process to charter an npc so is it as easy as they make it seem or is it mostly talk. . . also they have a myspace its www.myspace.com/kappagammasisters. . . .

I never intened to start any trouble for the sorority with this post im just trying to make an informed decision about greek life
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Old 02-23-2008, 10:27 PM
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also they have a myspace its www.myspace.com/kappagammasisters. . . .
Ok, first, what's with the chica in the full-length fur coat?!? Part of her college wardrobe?!?!?? Lordamighty.

And second, wow, those lettered hoodies could not be MORE of a ripoff of KKG if they tried.

I assume they'll be hearing from Kappa KAPPA Gamma HQ very soon if they haven't already...
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Old 02-23-2008, 11:07 PM
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IF they ever thought they'd like to have Kappa Kappa Gamma come to campus and take them - I'd think they have pretty much blown it.
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Old 02-23-2008, 11:59 PM
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Ok, first, what's with the chica in the full-length fur coat?!? Part of her college wardrobe?!?!?? Lordamighty.


And second, wow, those lettered hoodies could not be MORE of a ripoff of KKG if they tried.

I assume they'll be hearing from Kappa KAPPA Gamma HQ very soon if they haven't already...
It looks like they were dressed up in costumes for 101 Dalmations. Like I'm sure YOU never dressed up in a silly costume for a theme party or Greek Week event...

Their myspace page says they are changing their symbols and badge. So I'm sure that they've been clued in to the fact that they are copying another GLO. Move on, people...

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Old 02-24-2008, 12:04 AM
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It looks like they were dressed up in costumes for 1001 Dalmations. Like I'm sure YOU never dressed up in a silly costume for a theme party or Greek Week event...

Their myspace page says they are changing their symbols and badge. So I'm sure that they've been clued in to the fact that they are copying another GLO. Move on, people...
I don't know that they "needed" to be clued in. They have been (at least according to the OP) telling people they are affiliating with KKG which is not true.. so they were basically mimicing them knowing full and well that everything was copied.

I would imagine that their local website is not working because KKG may have already contacted them maybe in the recent past? And it's possible that is also why they are changing things about their org.


....and I think if Furcoat Girl would have at least used that costume hair color spray to make half of her head white it would have been a little more obvious (the whole 101 Dalmations thing). Maybe it's my contacts being crazy, or my small computer screen... but I didn't even see the other's costumes until you pointed that out

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Old 02-24-2008, 07:23 PM
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It's not unheard of for a local group to form with the goal of becoming a chapter of a national org. My own chapter started out as a local sorority - they wanted to affiliate with AEPhi from the start, but the campus wasn't open to expansion at the time. When Panhel did open the campus for expansion, then we were able to become part of AEPhi.

Kappa Gamma went astray, though, when they selected letters, colors, and symbols so similar to those of Kappa Kappa Gamma as to be nearly indistinguishable, and when they stated that they were definitely affiliating with KKG. KKG may not even be interested in colonizing at SCSU!

It's a bit like a PNM showing up to recruitment dressed head to toe in the colors of one particular sorority and saying things like, "WHEN I am an XYZ..." Offputting, to say the least.
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Old 02-24-2008, 07:37 PM
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Their myspace page says they are changing their symbols and badge. So I'm sure that they've been clued in to the fact that they are copying another GLO. Move on, people...
It says that, but it also says they were doing that in fall of 2007, and according to the OP, the group is still touting themselves as a potential interest group of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Until they publicly change their image, symbols, colors, etc... I won't move on. It's not fair to us who are sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma to see another group appropriating these things that have great meaning to the fraternity. Likewise, it's not fair to local groups, such as yours, who have worked hard on your own symbols and meanings.
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Old 02-24-2008, 07:49 PM
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It's not unheard of for a local group to form with the goal of becoming a chapter of a national org. My own chapter started out as a local sorority - they wanted to affiliate with AEPhi from the start, but the campus wasn't open to expansion at the time. When Panhel did open the campus for expansion, then we were able to become part of AEPhi.

Kappa Gamma went astray, though, when they selected letters, colors, and symbols so similar to those of Kappa Kappa Gamma as to be nearly indistinguishable, and when they stated that they were definitely affiliating with KKG. KKG may not even be interested in colonizing at SCSU!

It's a bit like a PNM showing up to recruitment dressed head to toe in the colors of one particular sorority and saying things like, "WHEN I am an XYZ..." Offputting, to say the least.
Totally agree. At my first university, there was a local formed with the intent to eventually affiliate with a NPC. They did not, however, hone in on one NPC org and literally copy everything about them They chose their own name/symbols/colors etc even though they were in existance for only a short time before becoming a colony of a NPC.

There was another local on that same campus whose local name started with the letter Zeta and went by the nickname of "Zeta" around campus. When the school finally did agree to bring on NPCs, they wanted ZTA sooooooooo bad just so they could still be called the "Zetas" . ZTA did not choose to even present when the campus was opened.. but they happily joined another NPC.
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