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Sorority girls anxiously wait to greet their new members on Bid Day.

Kent State sororities celebrate bid day

Kayla Sturm September 20, 2015

Women of Kent State gathered on the student green Sunday Sept. 20 waiting for the new sisters to be welcomed into their chapters.Bid Day is the last event of recruitment, when the new members join their...

Members of one of Kent State's sororities walk to the second floor of the Student Center for a recruitment event on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. 

Sororities begin recruitment process

Kayla Sturm September 17, 2015

Kent State women will be going through recruitment in search of sisterhood and their home away from home until Sept. 20.Approximately 600 women will go through recruitment, said Dana Palumbo, the vice...

Members of Delta Zeta, Kappa Sigma and Phi Kappa Tau dance in a Candyland-themed number at Songfest in the Student Center Ballroom on Nov. 15, 2014.

To rush or not to rush: Kent State Greek Life

Emily Mills August 28, 2015

Greek life is often one of the first things people think of when they think of college, but deciding whether or not to become a part of a fraternity or a sorority can be a difficult decision with several...

Zachary Downes is a junior journalism major. Contact him at zdownes@kent.edu.

Opinion: Greek life on thin ice

Zachary Downes April 16, 2015

Lately, Greek Life has been all over the media. I’m sure everyone has heard of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon racial issue at the University of Oklahoma, the incident with the USC student at the Pi Kappa Alpha...

Panhellenic Council votes to add new sorority to expand Greek life on campus

Zabrina Hvostal April 15, 2015

Kent State sororities voted to bring a new chapter to campus for Fall 2016 due to increasing interest in joining Greek life.Kent State’s Panhellenic Council currently has seven chapters on campus. All...

Order of Omega accepting applications

Zabrina Hvostal March 19, 2015

Order of Omega, a national Greek organization on campus that recognizes fraternity men and women who have high standards of leadership, scholarship and community involvement, is accepting applications...

Our View: Actions of a few

KS Editors March 15, 2015

Summary: Greek life as a whole should not be held responsible for comments or opinions made by individual organizations within the community.Last Thursday, we discussed the recent complications of the...

Members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity play three hyenas in the thier version of "The Lion King" during the Delta Zeta lip sync on March 1, 2014.

Greek chapters will lip sync, fundraise for hearing impaired

Zabrina Hvostal February 25, 2015

Delta Zeta will host its fifth annual Lip Sync to raise awareness for speech and hearing impaired. Twenty-three sororities and fraternities will participate in the event Saturday in the Student Center...

Junior political science major Camara Thomas introduces himself and explains why he joined his fraternity Phi Beta Sigma at the Multicultural Greek Info Night on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. “I wanted to look out for those around me and I felt Phi Beta Sigma gave me that opportunity,” Thomas said.

African-American Greek Chapters: Small in numbers, strong in bonds

Jenna Kuczkowski February 17, 2015

They chant, they step, they stroll and they make themselves known. Out of the 29 Greek chapters at Kent State, there are six chapters on campus that are part of the nine historically African-American...

Political science major Camara Thomas “calls” to his brothers of Phi Beta Sigma while introducing himself at the Multicultural Greek Info Night on Wednesday Feb. 4, 2015. Calls are common in many multicultural greek organizations and each call is unique to is sorority of fraternity.

Students learn history, importance of multicultural Greek organizations

Zabrina Hvostal February 5, 2015

The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) discussed the multicultural importance of the organizations both locally and nationally in the...

Kent State Greek chapters awarded for academic success

Zabrina Hvostal January 25, 2015

Two Greek Kent State chapters were recognized as the top grade performers for fall 2014.For the Panhellenic council, Delta Zeta was awarded the highest overall GPA, which was an average of 3.25. As for...

Phi Mu, Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Sigma Kappa present an Aladdin-themed performance at Songfest in the Student Center Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014.

Greek Life takes fundraising to the stage at SongFest 2014

Gabrielle Martinez November 16, 2014

The entire Kent State Greek community sang and danced its way to raising more than $30,000 for S.A.V.E., Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, at SongFest 2014 on Nov. 15 in the Kent State Ballroom. SongFest...