Scholarship pageant makes history
Lundon White, Contributor
September 26, 2014
November will bring the first Miss Krimson and Kreme scholarship pageant to NKU. The PiPi chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated will be preparing for its fall Miss Krimson and Kreme pageant, which has an unusual twist. Most pageants have an introductory category followed by swimsuit, evening g...
Sororities help students find their homes
Kerry Skiff, Copy Editor
September 10, 2014
Chairs bump in the Student Union as they bounce up and down, clutching tightly their white envelopes that will reveal their future family. They swing their legs and toss their hair impatiently, whispering their excitement and nervousness to their neighbors. As it gets closer to the reveal, the women...
“Tye Dye” vendor donates proceeds to Panhellenic
Lizzie Kibler, Reporter
September 3, 2014
An array of colorful tapestries and tank tops fill a booth outside the Student Union several times a year. You have seen the vendor selling his merchandise in the spring and fall to NKU students and faculty. His name is Tye Dye Thom and his Facebook friends know him as “Quarry Breakdown” and he ha...
NKU Greek organizations took root in ’70s and flourish today
Brittany Smart, Contributing Writer
March 27, 2014
There are a total of 14 Greek letter organizations residing on campus this year who have been part of a trend that has been accelerating at a rapid rate in the past five years. A Growing Culture Just last fall, there was a spike in the number of recruits; numbers unlike the Office of Fraternity and...
Alpha Omicron Pi Colonizes, Theta Chi to follow
Caitlin Centner, Arts & Life editor
March 6, 2013
Two new additions to Greek life in two weeks Greek life members can rest assured now that Alpha Omicron Pi Women’s Fraternity has completed the colonization process, thereby establishing a chapter on NKU’s campus. And Theta Chi Fraternity is on their way down the same path. Although Chi Om...
Greek Life adds not one, but two, additions
Staff Report
January 17, 2013
After an unsuccessful expansion for Sigma Alpha Epsilon Northern Kentucky University’s Interfraternal Council voted to extend an invitation to Theta Chi Fraternity to colonize a chapter at NKU. NKU Greek Life has also invited Alpha Omicron Pi to join the sorority community this semester after Chi...
Frat raises over $5K in fundraising
Caitlin Centner, Staff Writer
October 11, 2012
The recent loss of a fraternity brother inspired an idea for Sigma Phi Epsilon, to focus their fall philanthropy event on epilepsy awareness. Epilepsy awareness lasted a full week; SigEp surpassed their goal of raising $3,000 in the first night. Totaling to over $5,000, SigEp raised more than they...
