I just always wondered. Yes, I am a Kappa, and we could beef about it all day back and forth, but I'd really like to know if there was specific reason This doesn't have to be an outrageously long thread Why do Sigmas and SGRhos carry canes? Page 1 of 2. WileECoyote06 replied on AM. Originally posted by Phinesse WOW!!! Omegas carried canes while on line at one time, but we do not claim that as our heritage or tradition.
At one time all freshman at Howard were called "dogs" til they achieve upperclassmen status. The Omegas and the Sigmas continued that designation with their pledges during Hell Week, but it was Omega who incorporated the DOG as an integral poart of who they are and what they stand for. So all of the PBS claiming these things as part of their history may be true but it was never a huge or defining part from what Sigmas made in the 50's, 60's, 70's and '80's tell me or what I experienced with my dorm-mate.
I saw my dorm-mate as a Dog during his Hell Week, but that is where any canine reference ended or association with PBS. His Hell Week was completely different from mine as a Dog of Omega. Night and Day.
If Mandela is a Sigma, it definitely was an Honorariam granted in absentia like a lot of your "famous" members. Why can't Sigmas be happy with who they are? Some of y'all saw an old Crescent magazine and saw a member with a cane so 50 years later its your steelo and not the Kappas. You went to the library and dusted off an old book and a half-century later, PBS is the Dogmatic Frat?.
Greek please!!! Why is it that none of the 4 other male greek orgs bite off each other? Just PBS. Like the Iotas say, Build a Tradition, Stop stealing one. Originally posted by PerroLoco Break it down for me. Canine is the word that means of or relating to dogs. Dogmatic has nothing to do with dogs. It basically means when someone holds tight to an opinion. Like religious dogma. Not trying to be a smart ass, it's just one of my top five pet peeves about Greek life, including the misuse of words "discrete" and "discreet.
I read most of the post on this thread, and the bottom line is Kappa Alpha Psi is known for the kanes, it doesn't matter who started it, or who is using it now, we are the fraternity that everyone thinks about when the kane is mentioned in a stepshow. I also read what another member of our fraternity mentioned about the kane having meaning to us.
This is true. We don't just use kanes just because. We use them because of what the kane means to our fraternity. I'm not concerned with the other organizations using them because I know the kane is ours.
There's a difference between a kane and a cane. Nupes use Kanes. Alot of things are borrowed from other orgs back in the day and everyone doesnt use the same things they started with. Its funny that we allow superficial things to separate our true brotherhood and sisterhood in Christ. We could make a huge impact on our campuses and communities as black students if we worked together more rather than take diferrences to the level of hatred.
If you begin to despise a person or organization on the basis of their appearance, then there is a problem. How bout we argue about gpa's or community service or somethin. I hate for this to be my come back post, but WTF???
Sigmas were not the first with the canes, not the first to step with them, not the first to use them. Go ahead, check Howard's history. Our first colored canes appeared in , but our founders and members have been carying them since the early history of our fraternity.
Sigmas didn't even start using canse until the late 60's. I dare you to find anything with PBS and canes older than that. Now as far as being Dogmatic or using the dog. At one point in time all pledges were called dogs and that's why some Omegas get offended when u call them Q-dogs.
To be a dog means ur still pledging. The Ques took that image and ran with it. We let it go. They can have it. If you don't know now ya know. Better yet, if you don't know bout me just ask around. Marquise is known in these parts. Wsup Guys!!! Been a while. They blocked Greekchat. Where ya been Bruh?
Kappa Korner has gotten slow these days. Kinda feels like watching everybody move out the old neighborhood. Senruset, I wonder why folks started using "dogmatic" like this. Was there a song lyric that confused people, or something? Who can I blame George Clinton? Snoop Dog? Not because "the great marquise said. It was initially not fraternity related but transfered over. This is why you will see different fraternities with canes in their pledge line photos or just walking across the yard. It get's slow from time to time.
But I pop in and out to see what y'all be up too. You need to get on facebook. I got some peeps I want you to meet No the ques abused it! That is all : Eh Yes Ma'am, but It sounds much better the way I said it! ETA: The colored canes and stepping and strolling with canes debate is different than the "who carried canes debate. Correction, gentlemen carried fashionable walking sticks and pledges carried stalfs.
My founders carried canes, which were a sign of injury. Ask yourself what man bares signs of injury with pride? Actually gentlemen carried staffs, walking sticks AND canes. Your founders carried canes as signs of injury but that doesn't mean anything for the general point.
Canes were and are used for more than injury. But who started associating the cane as a symbol for their fraternity and stepping with it is a different topic that may never be proven unless PBS and KAPsi have official documentation to share. Most seasoned Greeks know this. I might try the facebook phenom I seen everybody Deltas and AKAs, what?
As is quite often with GC, if you are going to post in a 5-year-old thread after two years your statement has probably already been typed! Learn how to read!
Just like how you look awfully silly and ignorant resurrecting a thread whose post was in last December. I won't even bring up the bit about you being a high schooler mouthing off to these members.
Maybe you should go to proms and leave the canes up to the big kids. I wrote that history several years ago. Some of it has been altered by others. Fact number one: No one can actually lay claim to being the first steppers. The first fraternities were the Omegas, Sigmas and the Alphas. It started during the doo-wop era and brothers used to sing in the quad.
Like the old groups like the Temptations, and Four Tops, brothers began incorporating steps to mimic the groups. Back then tap dancing was really popular and damn near every brother on earth thought he had skills. Tap is still a major influence on how brothers step. Especially "Sigmas". That's why when you went to step shows in that area back in the day they were called "Greek Sings". Fact number two: The african boot dance and african influence was totally non-existant back then.
It came into play a little bit much later. Think about it. In the 50's when stepping originated we barely heard of south africa. The african boot dance is very similar to stepping but it is a big misconception that it had any part in the development of what we call stepping today. Fact number three: The first known cane steppers were Sigmas. Kappas didn't start stepping until much later. The Omegas, Alphas and Sigmas were the first steppers.
They evolved it into what it is today. That being said, you'd be crazy to say that the Kappas aren't the most innovative canes steppers on the planet.
They definitely took it to another level. Cane stepping styles of Sigmas and Kappas are very different. If you ever seen step shows in the Chicago area back in the 80's you would know that the Sigma canes are very thick, heavy and medium length. They are used to tap out rhythms are not very easy to twirl. Kappa canes tend to be thinner, shorter in length and lighter. While they are stable enough to tap out rhythms, they are also easier to twirl and are better for their complexed routines.
We really need to get off that "who owns what - " non-sense. We are all brother and sisters. What we really need to do is start thinking about the relevance of "BLGO" in this modern era. Back in the day, our organization were the place where the "Black Leaders" of our country were made and developed. Along with the church! This was our history and our legacy.
What are we now? We run around like we are gangs and thugs offering nothing to the community but parties, YouTube images that embarrass our families. I've been a Sigma for almost 30 years. I'm not happy with what I see. We all need to step up and "be about something" or watch our organizations that we love so much become corrupted and morphed into abominations of disdain! Fraternally, Badstep. Most of us learned why we carry the cane on line.
As an sgrho you have as much right to carry it as any other greek. Formality and respect are not things members of black Greek organizations take for granted.
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