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“They don’t tell us anything going on, but what we do know we aren’t allowed to talk about,” Kappa Sigma officer Cameron Edwards said.
Edwards was referring to the initiation ceremony before it took place on Saturday. The secretive ceremony recognized the CMU chapter of Kappa Sigma, dubbed “Sigma-Mu,” as an official chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
This is a goal that a lot of students have been diligently working toward for the passed year. They have done countless fundraising and recruiting events along with stacks of paperwork, which finally paid off.
“It’s a big deal,” Sigma-Mu President Ronan Bennett said. “It’s something a lot of people worked really hard for, and right now every member is an undergraduate pledge, but this gives us the right to be an initiated member.”
Sigma-Mu is now the 10th Colorado chapter of Kappa Sigma among over 300 chapters nationwide.
This weekend was full of events to celebrate the fraternity’s growth. There was a lock-in Friday night where all 50 members came together for group bonding and team building, and after the initiation ceremony, there was a banquet to celebrate.
Higher-ups in the fraternity from all over the country along with 50 brothers from universities on the Front Range came to take part in the 12-hour ceremonies.
The initiation takes so long, Edwards said, “Because everything is done individually. Each member is run through the ceremony separately.”
Part of the initiation was learning certain handshakes and celebrations. Not much could be said though. Like any other Fraternity or elite organization, Kappa Sigma has its secrets that are known only to members. These are what help make each of them unique and add extra appeal.
“It’s a time-honored tradition with Kappa Sigma,” Bennett said. “It instills the true reasons behind the brotherhood and fraternity.”
This is definitely a big deal, as this is the first part of Greek Life to become official on campus. The original five guys that had an idea turned that idea into an official 50-member fraternity not more than a year later.
“We already have a dorm, and that never happens,” Bennett said. “CMU is really accepting, and the administration wants to see the campus grow.”
The dorm won’t have the stereotype frat house a couple blocks off of campus with raging parties every night, but it will be a good place to facilitate their brotherhood. The first floor of Elm Hall is reserved for Kappa Sigma with the other floors being left an option for future Greek Life and meeting rooms.
With the administration being so accepting of Greek Life, Bennett thinks that it has a huge chance to grow.
“In the next five years I would like to see three fraternities and three sororities on campus and a fully functioning Greek Life,” Bennett said.
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