The Beta Lambda chapter of Kappa Alpha . Kappa Alpha Orders national organization then suspended the chapter, angering even some Black students on the Georgetown, Texas, campus who have not typically regarded Kappa Alphas as allies. Samantha Homcy 23 is a junior at Mercer majoring in journalism and criminal justice. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Leadership Highlight: Texas Southern Universitys SGA President Dexter Maryland, Black History Now: Delaware State Universitys Jelani Bryant, Alpha Phi Alpha Commemorates MLKs Legacy with Oratorical Competition in Essex County, The Top Alpha Phi Alpha Graduation Photos of Fall 2022, Alpha Phi Alphas Rev. I suspected from the first bare-bones account that this was no simple jaunt on the beach. Suspension of a member disqualifies the individual from participating in ALL Sorority activities, in any capacity, until restored to good standing by the Regional Director, upon approval of the International President. The suit, filed Sept. 23 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges sorority members led the 22-year-old senior and mother of a two-year-old to her death the night of Sept. 9. The deal that kept the cases out of court included a financial payout that the families are not allowed to disclose and a promise by the sorority to work harder to end hazing. The University of South Carolina's Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity has been suspended following the death of an 18-year-old member Wednesday. Today, to mark the fifth anniversary of her daughters drowning, Strong-Fargas is speaking at a forum on hazing, where students and parents can talk about how to recognize abuse and stand up to it; how to tell the difference between a wacky request and a dangerous stunt that could lead to death. Kappa Alpha Order. Alpha Kappa Alpha Audit Finds Significant Accounting Problems In Nation's Oldest Black Sorority, https://web.archive.org/web/20171218212133/https://aka-web.s3.amazonaws.com/files/expelled_members_boule_2016.pdf, Ex-sorority president seeks to overturn $1.6M arbitration award over embezzlement claims, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara_McKinzie&oldid=1137928447, Articles with dead external links from October 2010, Articles with dead external links from June 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 03:21. The Alpha Kappa Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi at North Carolina Central University recently revealed their Fall 17 line and the brothers put on an awesome show. She won a full ride to Northwestern University on a basketball scholarship. Leadership Highlight: Lane Colleges SGA President Demetris Johnson Jr. Fraternities. FORT VALLEY, Ga. A little more than a week after allegations surfaced of a sex scandal involving the Alpha Beta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc . Mr. Arthurs fears a cover-up about what really happened at the beach. Fraternity That Reveres Robert E. Lee Faces Revolt Over Racism, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/kappa-alpha-robert-e-lee.html. Hazing. Suspended chapters are not permitted to operate while on this status. Below you can see the official suspension status from Alpha Kappa Alphas national website: 3 Questions Every Neo Needs To Ask During Their First Year In A Black Fraternity/Sorority, Playlist of Black Fraternity and Sorority Members Whove Made Major Contributions to Gospel Music, You must be logged in to post a comment Last year, for instance, three Kappa Alphas from the University of Mississippi were photographed posing with guns at a memorial for Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose lynching helped catalyze the civil rights movement. And discussions with Black members of his church after Mr. Floyds death, Mr. Martin said, compelled him to apologize for having totally missed the plot, as he put it in a text to Mr. Clark. Cultivating Sisterhood and Service to all Mankind since 1908. Leadership Highlight: Lane Colleges SGA President Demetris Johnson Jr. Ive had an easier time infiltrating street gangs than penetrating this organization, Freeman, a former cop, told me not long after the young women died, a few months into his investigation for the family. Hazing and alcohol abuse have no place in the Fraternity experience. All existing and prospective members have the right to be treated with dignity and respect. "The plan was she would be the civil rights attorney and I would be the entertainment lawyer. Jan 20, 2017. Even at the Southwestern chapter, which draws members from diverse backgrounds, those discomfited by the Lee connection had long managed to overlook it. Duncan asked. Updated: 12:26 PM EDT May 1, 2018. "I told her once when it was over, she wouldn't have to be friends with them. At least one white member opposed denouncing Lee on principle. The IGC's mission is to promote and foster positive Greek relations, communication and development of all fraternal organizations through mutual respect, leadership, honesty, professionalism and education. A few days later, Mr. Martin posted the first draft of the statement. "Their story wasn't viable Black people don't go swimming at midnight in the ocean.". 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So it was perhaps not surprising that the chapters resolution wavered at the threat of suspension. [3][4] She is a certified public accountant and former Comptroller at the Chicago Housing Authority.[3]. The fraternity, as an organization, is suspended for a minimum of four-years, though the members of AKL will not face further discipline by the school. 2023 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Five social fraternities which have announced their intent to dissociate from West Virginia University have been banned from the campus for at least 10 years, President Gordon Gee announced Thursday. Click here to learn more about the digital-only switch. She was also Cal State Los Angeles' NAACP chapter president and served on the organization's National Youth Work Committee. Ms. Strong-Fargas said, "Knowing my daughter, Kristin, she would have put an end to this (hazing). Felicia said she felt "a sense of pride, a sense of relief, you know, because the process was over.". McNeese State University P O Box 90449 Lake Charles, LA 70609-0001. "As a father I would like to know what happened to my daughter. Staggering snowfall in California mountains leaves residents trapped for days, SpaceX launches new crew on flight to space station, Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Firefighter dies battling blaze in downtown Buffalo, mayor says, Several hospitalized after Lufthansa flight diverted to Dulles due to turbulence, Explosive found in checked luggage at Pennsylvania airport, feds say, Prosecution wraps its case at Alex Murdaugh murder trial, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother. Nov 30, 2010, 12:05 PM EST | Updated May 25, 2011. Her sophomore year, she told her parents she wanted to join a sorority as a way to serve others. The bodies were pulled from Dockweiler Beach Sept. 9 just before 11:30 p.m. Two years after their daughter's death, Felicia and Walter said it's the happy memories with Hankins that keep them strong and fighting for change. "They should have never put anybody in a bad situation. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., has made the decision to suspend both of the AKAs who star On VH1s much debated, Sorority Sisters show. In the last two years, Kappa Alpha Psi chapters at 35 colleges and universities have been disbanded or have had individual members suspended for hazing violations, according to the lawsuit . The mother of a former Northwestern University student is suing the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, which she blames for her daughter's suicide. According to the website, their suspension start dates are listed as 12/26/2014 and will end on 07/15/2016. But just seven weeks later, the 19-year-old took her own life in her dorm room. Kappa Alphas at Southwestern are not known for doing the work of race relations, said Ivan Maina, co-president of Ebony, a Black student group at Southwestern. OPINION: Despite recent efforts, CAPS is not enough for Mercer students, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram to perform in Macon on "662" tour, REVIEW: The College Town Film Series screens "Jojo Rabbit" among its series premiere, Local organizations perform downtown Macon revitalization projects near Mercer, How to do your beary best at today's Mercer career expo. The unusual breaking of ranks was initiated this summer by Noah Clark, a Southwestern alumnus who had, in 2017, become the first Black student to graduate as an active member of the colleges Kappa Alpha chapter. And by early July, the chapter at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, a school embroiled in a campus-wide debate over dropping Lee from its name, had publicly renounced its ties to the general. 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Chapter Code Last Name First Name Name Chapter Name Region Suspension Date Eligible for Reinstatement; Abrams: . "We believe Kristin's car was one of the cars they used to go to the beach They didn't return the car until 12 hours after we asked for it," Mr. Arthurs said. Ultimately, Ms. High wanted to become a civil rights attorney, Mr. Arthurs said. They were the only ones who could tell me what happened to my daughter. She is currently a practicum intern with WMAZ-TV. Television news reports would later describe the dead women, both Cal State L.A. students, as coeds partying at the beach.. The national ferment over race has reached many American institutions, including professional sports leagues, major corporations and Hollywood. She was always drained and her weight loss was extremely noticeable. If a registered student organization has any outstanding educational sanctions at the conclusion of organizational probation or organizational suspension, the organizational probation or organizational suspension will remain in effect pending completion of the educational sanctions. Data pager; 1 2. Fraternity and Sorority Programs 2020-2021 review. One was that the women were exercising on the beach and using the water to rinse themselves, while still fully clothed. The Columbia Police Department and the Richland County Coroner's office are both investigating the death of the student, who has not yet been identified, WLTX-TV reported.Coroner Gary Watts said the body was found around 10:30 a.m. at a private residence . One was the president of the Vanderbilt chapter, which released a statement calling on the fraternity to acknowledge its problematic history of racial exclusivity.. 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According to the AKL national website, the BSU chapter had 15 members at the time of their suspension. 2C:40-3. As a reporter, I covered the story when they died. Ms. Strong-Fargas said Ms. High also kept a journal on her computer. Hazing will not be tolerated in any form. Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week. "We were going to be the new-age Huxtables. Yet the dissent within Kappa Alpha, pieced together through interviews and by reviewing text exchanges and other documents, caught many familiar with the fraternity by surprise. Tom Kline, who represents the family of Timothy Piazza, the Penn State sophomore who died in 2017 after a hazing ritual involving heavy drinking, said, "It's a dirty secret in America that the problem is pervasive and extensive in sorority life just as it is in fraternity life.". The show, which has received a great amount of criticism online and has even incited protests in front of VH1s offices, has been seen by many as an exploitation of both Black women and the histories of their honored sororities. Racist was replaced with deeply troubling to describe the fraternitys history. McKinzie said the expenses were "consistent with furthering 's mission," and that the lawsuit was "without merit." Hankins' mother was on hand to watch the ceremony in which her daughter became an official member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. [5] She doesnt talk much about her daughter these days. Then, I believed the party line: Surviving brutality was a badge of honor, keeping secrets a measure of loyalty. She wouldnt talk about what was going on. (Hazing, Endangerment) and Disciplinary Probation effective November 7, 2016 through March 12, 2017 (Hazing, Endangerment) Use University buildings, facilities, property, and equipment; . According to the lawsuit, she expressed that to her sorority sisters. Her whole life is documented," he said. Pi Kappa Phi. Please read the Risk Management policies for your school and Alpha Kappa Alpha. [14] The sorority also won an arbitration award of $1.6 million against her, which (as of January 2017) was challenged by McKinzie in court.[15]. [2] Before becoming president, she had various other roles in the sorority. "Did hazing even cross your mind?" For them not to even look at weather reports was irresponsible," he added. As difficult as it sometimes was, the process gave me confidence, and taught me to draw on an inner strength thats served me well in adulthood. District CH # Chapter Name Last Name First Name; 01: 726: Sigma Nu: Grace: Omar: 02: 616: Alpha Upsilon: Liverpool: Steve: 02: 616: Alpha Upsilon: Hammick: Selvin: 02 . Chapter Recolonization- Cessation of operations of the chapter and expulsion or movement to alumni status of all current members by the National Office. Pi Kappa Alpha's chapter at Southern Methodist University was suspended in 2018 after the school conducted an investigation into hazing, like requiring new members to eat onions and eggs. After the lawsuit initially had been dismissed,[8][9] an appeals court found in favour of the plaintiffs and reinstated the lawsuit. Did You Know That Iota Phi Thetas Mike City Produced I Wish by Carl Thomas? The sorority tells CBS News it was deeply saddened by Hankins' death, saying it has a zero-tolerance policy for hazing. A few years earlier, when some members pushed to remove a portrait of Lee hanging in the fraternity house, the majority voted to leave it up. Suspension terms will depend upon the organization's violations. Jordan Hankins, 19, died in January 2017. "So then I just started trying to call continuously no answer, no answer. 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Hazing has been prohibited in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated since the organization was founded in 1908. All 36 members were evaluated according to their academic and disciplinary records and 22 . The Boise State chapter of fraternity Alpha Kappa Lambda (AKL) has been suspended by the university. I have chronicled the efforts of 8 suspended members to be both reinstated and properly recognized each step of the way. "They had been keeping her out at all hours of the night. Mr. Clark knew that moral support from alumni would help. Both of the women who star as members of Alpha Kappa Alpha on the show,April McRae and Rwanda Joy Hammond, have now officially been placed on the suspended members list on Alpha Kappa Alphas national website. Further, the suit alleged that the board approved a "pension stipend" of $4,000 a month for four years after McKinzie leaves office without the necessary approval of members, and that a $1 million life insurance policy was purchased for her. ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. was founded January 15, 1908, at Howard University with the philosophy of cultivating and . In the days following Mr. Floyds death, Kappa Alpha had released a statement from its national headquarters in Lexington, Va. Any act of racism is abhorrent and betrays everything for which Kappa Alpha Order stands, it read. Its been five years since police showed up in the middle of the night to tell Patricia Strong-Fargas that her 22-year-old daughter, Kristin High, had drowned in high surf at Dockweiler State Beach. Interim Suspension of Registration- A cessation of organizational . But Mr. Martin said he had since come to understand why Lee is widely seen as a symbol of racial intimidation. degree from East Central University as well as an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. Both of the women who star as members of Alpha Kappa Alpha on the show, April McRae and Rwanda "Joy" Hammond, have now officially been placed on the "suspended members" list on Alpha Kappa Alpha's national website. "They should not have been out there unless two of them were trained lifeguards. Thursday, September 27, 2018. A cornerstone of the Sororitys Anti-Hazing policy is the prohibition of hazing. And a call to action by Mr. Clark one of three Black alumni in the chapters 137-year history after Mr. Floyds death proved hard to ignore. degree from East Central University as well as an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. Did You Know That Iota Phi Thetas Mike City Produced I Wish by Carl Thomas? "The Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda is disappointed in the decisions made by the undergraduate members at Boise State University violating the Fraternitys and the Universitys risk management policies," says Jeremey D. Slivinski, Chief Executive Officer of the Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda. In the group chat, Mr. Clark reminded members that his grandparents had been forced to drink from segregated water fountains. The Southwestern chapter, known within Kappa Alpha by the Greek letter Xi, had changed over the previous five years. Their deaths were like 9/11 for fraternities and sororities, said Lawrence Ross Jr., the author of a book on black Greek organizations and an anti-hazing lecturer on campuses. According to the website, their suspension start dates are listed as 12/26/2014 and will end on 07/15/2016. At the national fraternitys annual leadership institute in January, its chapter presidents were encouraged to role-play responding to common Lee questions. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Our babies are dying, where are our friends? Its embrace of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, as a spiritual founder has rankled students and faculty members. Now family members are asking five other women, among them sorority members and pledgees, to reveal the truth about what happened that night. Ms. High was majoring in business administration with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. MEMBER LOGIN; Search < Back. Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 150 of 157. I think everyone has wanted to do something like this, but the courage within the active chapter has never been there, said Jeremy Wilson, a senior member of the chapter, who like all active members who spoke to The New York Times for this article did so against the chapters instructions. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Information, Year Ended December 31, 2010. She had other friends who were AKAs," he said. If you have a bachelor or advanced degree(s) from an accredited four-year college or university, membership is obtained through a graduate chapter. Jeremy Wilson, a member of Kappa Alpha Orders Xi chapter and a senior at Southwestern. Colors: Crimson and Cream. The insults, the paddling, the forced exercise routines that I endured went beyond humiliating and veered perilously close to dangerous. "Jordan just had this way of making you forget.". The Alphas in St. Louis Just Blew Our Minds With Their Latest Probate Video, Watch How Alpha Phi Alpha Revealed Their New Grad Chapter Initiates in Nebraska, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorors at University of Florida Revealed Their New Members With These Stunning Visuals, Watch How The Kappas at Northwestern University Revealed Their Spring 2020 Line, Watch The Brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Perform at Langston Universitys 1991 Homecoming Step Show, These Coppin State University Students Remade This Cafeteria Photo From The 1970s, Check Out This 1991 Homecoming Step Show Performance from The Nupes at North Carolina A&T. The organization's headquarters suspended the University of Massachusetts Amherst chapter in 2018 after the chapter was indicted over alleged hazing. And Im wondering what secrets Ill be willing to share if she comes to me one day and says, Mom, Im thinking of pledging a sorority.. Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority also sent in their own investigators and the sorority's activities have been suspended pending the outcome. Alpha Rho: Hall: Javelin: 12: 766: Kappa Xi: Johnson: Jamar: 12: 590: Phi Iota: Shannon: W Kelly > Home > About Omega > Leadership > News and Events > Contact > Photo Gallery > The Oracle If we kneel down to nationals now, he wrote, I cant accept that.. The fraternitys power to shape the beliefs of young men, said Mitch Petersen, 26, a white Southwestern chapter alumnus, motivated his work on the statement. Ninety-five percent of the women in our family are either Delta or AKA so I know how things are supposed to be," Ms. Strong-Vargas said. How a racial awakening unfolded in a white-dominated brotherhood known for its veneration of the Confederate general. But he had not expected to hear from Taylor Martin, a white alumnus a few years his senior with whom he had clashed years earlier over displaying the portrait of Lee. The forum will be from 3 to 5 p.m. at St. Augustine Baptist Church, 8704 S. Figueroa Ave, South Los Angeles. The plaintiffs additionally claimed that under McKinzie lost large sums in investments. The court documents say "the hazing was triggering her PTSD, causing severe anxiety and depression and that she was having suicidal thoughts." Water is so uncontrollable, and how dark was it at night? Open/Close . ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. was founded December 4, 1906, at Cornell University on the principles of scholarship, manly deeds and love for all mankind. He said Ms. High had acute anemia and always covered up because she was cold-blooded. Alpha Kappa Alpha tells CBS News it consistently educates members about hazing and the repercussions, including suspension and expulsion. 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