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In a lengthy profile, USA Today offers a window into the sorority experience of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Ca. “Her sorority sisters say Harris was born to lead, and she got some of her earliest training as an Alpha Kappa Alpha woman at Howard,” writes Nicquel Terry Ellis. The story goes on to detail various ways Harris’s sorority sisters are helping to fuel her candidacy, including hosting fundraisers, attending events, and…

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According to The Advocate, two Louisiana State University (LSU) students who pledged Phi Delta Theta Fraternity with Max Gruver in 2017 told a Baton Rouge jury Wednesday that Matthew Naquin, a member of the LSU chapter of Phi Delta Theta at the time, targeted Gruver the night he died of alcohol poisoning by peppering him with questions during an initiation ritual and ordering him to chug hard liquor every time he gave a wrong answer. Naquin faces up to five…

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The End All Hazing Act introduced in the U.S. House last week could change how institutions deal with hazing through increasing transparency, according to The Daily Iowan. The legislation would require universities to maintain a website featuring clear information on the policy violations of student organizations, including fraternities and sororities. Colleges would also have to contact law enforcement within 72 hours of hazing-related injuries. 

Florida…

Holiday Closing

Kappa Alpha Theta headquarters will be closed Thursday, July 4, in recognition of Independence Day.

Theta Representation on the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) Student Advisory Committee

Now in its second year, the Student Advisory Committee helps to support the work of NPC to advance the sorority experience together, represent the college woman’s perspective, provide suggestions on existing NPC Panhellenic programs, and offer ideas for new initiatives. Ten students…