The Fall of Roscoe Jenkins

Our chapter made headlines last week. Though not the good kind.

It began with the chapter's rush chair demonstrating poor judgment by sending an email to rushees laced with offensive and degrading language. This email was quickly forwarded to the rest of the student body, university administrators, and even among alumni. The Collegian ran a front-page story that ensured the entire University community knew the most explicit passages of the email. The story even found it's way to the local news last night.

While opinions vary on the response, it's safe to say that the email itself was a poor reflection on our chapter, inconsistent with the values to which we aspire. Unfortunately, this one bad decision by one brother is going to affect how Kappa Sigma is perceived by the rest of the University for quite awhile.

Silver linings in all this: good to know the actives feel such pride about the quality of their lodge parties (according to rush chair Roscoe: "we don't do lodges; we f*cking invented 'em"); and good to know that alumni will turn out in droves to make a mockery of the whole thing through humorous comments to the Collegian story.