Word: kappa
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...although the nine Sigma Chi brothers now living in the house pay rent to Pi Eta Speakers Associates, they are distinctly separate from the defunct Pi Eta social club, according to Jon D. Doolittle '97, president of the 33-member Kappa Eta chapter of Sigma...
Harold Varmus is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College, Class of 1961, where he majored in English. He was also the editor of your counterpart, the Amherst Student...
English concentrator Alice S. Chen '96 is a Rhodes Scholar, a Junior Phi Beta Kappa inductee, chair of Phillips Brooks House's CHANCE committee and a house committee officer who took five classes almost every semester...
Employers understandably value real-world experience and skills, and students are incorporating that message into their college planning. Simply witness the recent backlash against joining Phi Beta Kappa by many graduates who have either never heard of it or do not care enough about its guiding liberal arts principle, "Philosophia Biou Kybernetes," or "Love of wisdom is the guide of life." A love of wisdom has sadly metamorphosed into a love of financial security...
...program, but I am urging an increased effort by liberal arts colleges to make their ideals nationally known and their leadership nationally felt. Then, perhaps, the dichotomy between majoring in the humanities and landing a well-paying job will narrow. Then, perhaps, students will not wonder what Phi Beta Kappa is but will take to heart its motto of wisdom...