Kappa Sigma Fraternity

Nicknames: "Kappa Sig, K Sig" Founded December 10, 1869 International Headquarters Charlottesville, VA Official Colors Scarlet, White, and Emerald green Official Flower Lily of the valley Official Jewel Pearl Official Badge Official Crest Open Motto Bononia Docet ("Bologna Teaches") ΚΣ (Kappa Sigma) is an international fraternity with at least 300 chapters and colonies in North America. Kappa Sigma was founded in Bologna, Italy in 1400 and was established in America in 1869 at the University of Virginia. Currently it is the largest men's collegiate fraternity in the United States.

History

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Kappa Sigma was founded in America on December 10, 1869 by five students (George Miles Arnold, John Covert Boyd, William Grigsby McCormick, Frank Courtney Nicodemus, and Edmund Law Rogers Jr.) attending the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. However, it has a recognized but unofficial founding at the University of Alabama in 1867. The five founders, called "The Five Friends and Brothers," gathered in McCormick's room at 46 East Lawn and laid the foundations for the fraternity. From this first meeting, Kappa Sigma was given a Constitution and an Oath from which are taken the principles and ideals of all Kappa Sigmas. Kappa Sigma was the first "Southern" fraternity to establish a chapter in the North, at Lake Forest College, Illinois. It's sister sorority is Chi Omega whos founders included an initiate of Kappa Sigma, Dr. Charles Richardson.

Legend

Kappa Sigma's legendary founding draws on historical events that occurred in the city of Bologna, Italy, in 1400 A.D. Manuel Chrysoloras, a Greek emissary teaching at the University of Bologna, formed with some of his students a society to protect one another against the unscrupulous governor of the city, a former pirate named Baldassarre Cossa. Cossa was infamous for sending robbers to attack and steal from foreigners — in this case, non-city residents. These students bore weapons for protection and devised secret signs, words, and forms to protect their ranks from infiltration. Cossa, after leaving Bologna, later usurped the Papacy as an antipope under the name John XXIII.

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@flipsasser Johns Hopkins ... tried to start a Kappa Sigma chapter but didn't manage to pull it off. I'll tell you the story some time.
grossberg (Joe Grossberg) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:07:57 -0000
@flipsasser Johns Hopkins ... tried to start a Kappa Sigma chapter but didn't manage to pull it off. I'll tell you the story some time.
@Naahchill how u get that Kappa icon in the corner? I want a Sigma on mine lol
tee_bOo (mRs. dRizzy) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:34:55 -0000
@Naahchill how u get that Kappa icon in the corner? I want a Sigma on mine lol
Happy AKAversary to the Simply Irresistible Sigma Iota chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.! 8yrs strong!! :)
IconShe (Rina Iconshe) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:24:15 -0000
Happy AKAversary to the Simply Irresistible Sigma Iota chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.! 8yrs strong!! :)
NSU: Kappa Sigma Fraternity indefinitely suspended: NSU's Theta Mu chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity is indefinitel... http://bit.ly/8ww7El
natchitoches (Natchitoches, La) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:23:40 -0000
NSU: Kappa Sigma Fraternity indefinitely suspended: NSU's Theta Mu chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity is indefinitel... http://bit.ly/8ww7El
Almost fucked up a stupid ass sigma kappa! Bitch needs to use the word excuse me and not push pass when I trying to open the door for her!
courtney_a (Courtney Harris ) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:05:38 -0000
Almost fucked up a stupid ass sigma kappa! Bitch needs to use the word excuse me and not push pass when I trying to open the door for her!
UIW welcomes two new additions to our Greek Life community - Kappa Sigma Fraternity and Lambda Upsilon Lambda. http://bit.ly/6s1MvK
uiwcardinals (UIW) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:31:05 -0000
UIW welcomes two new additions to our Greek Life community - Kappa Sigma Fraternity and Lambda Upsilon Lambda. http://bit.ly/6s1MvK

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