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Dressed alike, the students `on line' march in caterpillar-like fashion to and from specific events and are not allowed to speak to or acknowledge people who are not members of their fraternity or sorority, says Jeff Schaeffer '91, who rooms with a Kappa Alpha Psi (KAP) member. The pledges' identical outfits change as the weeks pass. The uniform can include red sweatshirts, jean jackets, red berets and red satchels...
...Black frat members say their organizationsdo not haze. Says Jay Grant '89, a Harvard memberof the MIT-based Kappa Alpha Psi, says "We're nota hazing fraternity. It's a lot of discipline.People get the wrong impression seeing themrunning through the Yard in formation...
...Black Greek system developed in partbecause Black students felt they needed such agroup, members say. Kappa Alpha Psi was founded atIndiana University in 1911 by the only 10 Blackmen then attending the school, Grant says. "Thepurpose was to unite Black men in an alienenvironment...
...freshman says national affiliation would provide "a certain degree of structure, plus a nationally recognized name." Land says she is in contact with several sororities, including Kappa Alpha Theta and the "TriDelts...
...students eligible for the societysubmitted letters of recommendation from facultyin their departments to the Phi Beta Kappaselection committee, Sorensen said, adding, "acommittee of students, faculty, and alumnae, whoare all Phi Beta Kappa, select the finalists...