Why Paris Hilton Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma

[Scandia]

Why was Kappa Kappa Gamma picked if Kappa was not founded in the South and thus is not usually considered to be a "Southern" sorority?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Scandia

Why was Kappa Kappa Gamma picked if Kappa was not founded in the South and thus is not usually considered to be a "Southern" sorority?

Kappa IS considered a Southern sorority. They were founded in Illinois, but you don't see a heavy Kappa concentration in the midwest...at least, not like it is in the SEC.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Kappa IS considered a Southern sorority. They were founded in Illinois, but you don't see a heavy Kappa concentration in the midwest...at least, not like it is in the SEC.

Yeah you do. Especially our older chapters. Granted, we aren't at every single school in the Midwest, but we are definitely here.

[FSUZeta]

perhaps the author has some alligence to kkg, or perhaps it sounded the best in the title or perhaps she was granted permission to use the name.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Scandia

Why was Kappa Kappa Gamma picked if Kappa was not founded in the South and thus is not usually considered to be a "Southern" sorority?

Because the author is a Kappa.

[MSKKG]

I don't think Maryln Schwartz is a Kappa.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by MSKKG

I don't think Maryln Schwartz is a Kappa.

I saw an interview with her when the book first came out (the one with Princess Margaret), and she said then that she was a Kappa. Of course, she could have been lying, but that's from the horse's mouth.

[MSKKG]

I looked in my directories and didn't see her name, but that's no guarantee. I haven't been able to get to the national site for a couple of days, so I can't check online (wonder what's going on?). I just don't remember anything in any issues of The Key about her being a member--I haven't seen her listed as a famous alum either. Maybe she has Kappa friends or family members?

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by Scandia

Why was Kappa Kappa Gamma picked if Kappa was not founded in the South and thus is not usually considered to be a "Southern" sorority?

I guess it's kind of strange that a northern founded sorority is considered Southern, when the opposite is somewhat the case for DG. For example, Delta Gamma was founded in Mississippi...and it's not usually mentioned in the first few names of sororities when people are referring to "Southern Sororities"

i.e. they'll usually name Phi Mu, ADPi, and XO first, before they mention Delta G. Who knows, maybe Georgia and Arkansas are considered more "Southern'y" than Mississippi. <shrug>


And...I'd give a bid to Princess Margaret before I'd bid Paris. Margaret's only gaffe (that I know of) was smoking while standing up (oh horrors!!), which I think is forgivable.

[Scandia]

From what I have read, while Princess Elizabeth was (and is) very prim and proper, Princess Margaret liked partying and got into trouble more often.

Maybe that is why they put her in the title.

But I do not think that she got into trouble with the law like Paris Hilton did.

[techzbt]

Paris Hilton couldn't be in any sorority because she's too stupid to get into a college that doesn't include "community" or "junior" in its name.

[sageofages]

Originally Posted by techzbt

Paris Hilton couldn't be in any sorority because she's too stupid to get into a college that doesn't include "community" or "junior" in its name.

I though Ms. Hilton never even graduated from High School, dropping out of formal education at something like age 15.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-12...nterview_x.htm

"Now, Paris, the oldest daughter of Rick Hilton and his wife, former child actress Kathy Richards, wants to be taken seriously. She was born in New York, raised in Los Angeles and attended a slew of posh schools on both coasts, including Professional Children's, Dwight and Buckley and a school for troubled kids in Utah. Her father won't confirm if she ever earned a high school diploma"

[irishpipes]

I definitely think of KKG as more midwestern than southern.

[aephi alum]

Not to mention she'd be a risk management nightmare...

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Not to mention she'd be a risk management nightmare...

... so would Lindsay Lohan