New National Anti-Hazing Hotline

Recognizing the negative impact hazing has on all of Greek life, 20 international fraternities and sororities have joined together to establish a national Anti-Hazing Hotline. The toll-free number, 1-888-NOT-HAZE is available to those who think they, or students they know, have been or may be victims of hazing.  Callers may remain anonymous or provide personal information so that they may be responded to directly. The law firm of Manley Burke will forward copies of messages to the appropriate national organizations along with the relevant hazing laws for that jurisdiction. Muhlenberg College students, faculty and staff are encouraged to use this resource, along with the local and campus resources, if they suspect that hazing is occurring within the Greek system.

Girls Fight Back!

The Muhlenberg Panhellenic Council and the Office of Greek Affairs invites all first-year women to attend "Girls Fight Back!" on Tuesday, October 23 at 7:00 p.m. in Moyer Hall Miller Forum.

 "Girls Fight Back is an empowering and motivational personal safety program for women of all ages.  GFB uses a unique approach in teaching women about personal security and self-defense.  We use empowerment instead of fear, and simple techniques instead of complicated moves.  The program is delivered in a fun, practical and down-to-earth approach to safety.  We work with the social needs of today’s young woman, and we do our best to make it “cool” to set boundaries, stick up for yourself and fight back if necessary. We find this approach is more effective and empowering in motivating women to make safe choices in their daily life."(from the GFB website)

You can preview some of the program here:Girls Fight Back!

Sigma Phi Epsilon and TAKE Defense

The Grand Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon adopted TAKE Defense and the Ali Kemp Foundation as a national service learning/philanthropy initiative. TAKE joins YouthAIDS as a second national SigEp philanthropic partner. While YouthAIDS focuses on raising money to combat AIDS in youth and children, TAKE Defense offers programming for chapter to provide self-defense training and awareness to women on chapter campuses. Chapters will be receiving information about this program directly from the Ali Kemp Foundation (www.TAKEdefense.org). 

Ali Kemp was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority at Kansas State University and girlfriend of the SigEp Chapter President at the University of Kansas. Her father, Roger Kemp, is a SigEp alumnus from the Central Missouri State Chapter (Missouri Theta, ’70) and her brother, Tyler, is currently an undergraduate in the Kansas Gamma Chapter. Ali was brutally assaulted and murdered while working at a summer swimming pool job in Kansas City in 2002. The SigEps in Kansas teamed up with the Kemp Foundation to provide defense training to combat physical and sexual assaults on more than 350,000 women college students every year.