Tag: Sororities

How Queen’s rejected the rise of fraternities

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In the early 1930s, the AMS banned fraternities from campus. Now, nearly 90 years later, Kingston is home to three fraternities—all predominantly made up of Queen’s students. To understand the University’s long and complex relationship with fraternities and sororities, The Journal spoke to Queen’s...

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The pledge against fraternities

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Only one year since their inauguration last March, the Kappa Sigma fraternity near Queen’s now boasts around 40 “brothers”. From focusing on philanthropy and building a strong social community, Mitch Wilson, ArtSci ‘18, one of the vice-presidents, said that their fraternity’s goal is to build connections. However,...

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Pledge to giving Greek another go

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If you ask any student, they’re likely to tell you that sororities and fraternities don’t exist at Queen’s. Very few would say otherwise, unless directly involved.    Greek Life is just not a part of Queen’s life.   For the past 80 years, sororities and fraternities operating in the Kingston area...

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Policy advances

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A motion to amend a section of the AMS Constitution on fraternities and sororities was passed last night in its first reading at AMS Assembly. Before the changes are official it must go through a second reading, which will occur on Jan. 31. The changes were made to section 7.01.03 of the Constitution...

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