Word: kappa
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Some were "very excited," others "vaguely surprised." But all 12 women elected to Phi Beta Kappa this week received the honor of being the first members chosen for the prestigious academic society from Harvard's Class...
...committee of current undergraduate Phi Beta Kappa members and faculty representatives nominated twice the number of eligible students who were selected, said Jackie Weiss, Harvard's Phi Beta Kappa representative...
...Beta Kappa holds three elections per class, Weiss said. Twelve women and twelve men are chosen in the spring of junior year, 24 of each gender are chosen in the fall of senior year, and the remainder are selected just prior to graduation. Ten percent of each graduating class become members, Weiss said...
Although the proposal may be an important news item, just as newsworthy are the many forums and service projects that Black fraternal organizations, like Alpha Kappa Alpha, have implemented to enhance campus and community life for people of color. It disturbs me that neither The Crimson nor The Independent has published an article on the fact that each of the Black fraternities and sororities represented on this campus has established its own scholarship fund to help needy students. Nor have the papers covered any of our forums on South Africa, on improving racial awareness or on images of minorities...
...doesn't the campus media publish articles on the attributes of black fraternities and sororities? Maybe because they are too numerous to mention. Sharon E. Epperson '90 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Lambda Upsilon Chapter