Alumni Newsletter SPRING 2012 Kappa Alpha PI

Fraternity Girls, albeit a
paradoxical statement, this
is who we are. As brothers
of Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law
Fraternity we acknowledge
and uphold the ideals of
brotherhood.
On first discovering
that UCLA had a pre-law coed
fraternity I was thoroughly
intrigued and also a bit
confused. The possibility
of fusing my interest in the
law with Greek life had
been something I had not
known was possible before
pledging KAPi my freshmen
Fall Quarter. I wasn’t really
expecting there to be any
major difference between a
co-ed fraternity compared
to a male-only fraternity,
besides the obvious fact
that the fraternity would also
include females, and in that
respect my expectations
were met. However, what I
could not have expected
Fraternity Girls
The female perspective on being a brother
BY: Brooke Scott | RHO Pledge Class
MEMBERS OF THE BITCH FAMILY AT FALL BANQUET IN MARINA DEY REY
was the extent to which they
upheld brotherhood as well
as the understanding that
we were to address each
other as brothers and the
deeper meaning behind the
definition of a brother.
In all honesty, on first
joining this fraternity it was
difficult to refer to myself
as a brother or to address
any of the other females
in our fraternity in that
way. At first glimpse it may
seem as though referring to
ourselves as a fraternity and
as brothers is just another
reminder of our patriarchal
society, but in Kappa Alpha
Pi the word brotherhood
encompasses a deeper
meaning. What I ultimately
came to find is that our
brotherhood encapsulates
a group of individuals who
may have first come to unite
over a common interest
in the field of law, but this
unification has come to
grow into something more
“ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INITIALLY ATTRACTED
ME TO KAPI WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS CO-ED”
Delaram Kamapour
profound. In this regard,
a brother is not limited to
gender but is more so a
feeling of kinship amongst
individuals who triumph
through tribulations and take
pleasure in the successes of
one another.
Upon asking some of
the female active members
in KAPi their opinion on what
it is like to be in a co-ed
KAPI GIRLS PLAYING 10 FINGERS
fraternity, they came up with
some insightful responses.
Delaram Kamalpour, a 2nd
year political science student
and member of the Sigma
class stated, “One of the
things that initially attracted
me to KAPi was the fact that
it was co-ed. I think that
there is something to be said
about the productivity of a
group in which both sexes
are permitted to participate,
especially considering the
effort of women to gain
equal recognition in the field
of law.” In addition, Katy
Ho, a 2nd year undeclared
student and member of the
Rho class believes, “It [the
word brother] grows on you
and brotherhood represents
less of a gender related term
and becomes something
more significant and
meaningful that represents
the fraternity and all that we
stand for.”
The brothers of Kappa
Alpha Pi, guys and girls
alike, are bound by the
bonds of brotherhood. And
though we may come from
different places with different
perspectives and even be of
different gender, we are one.
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BROTHERS ARENI SHAHINIAN (PI), DIANNA LINDSEY (SIGMA), AND HINNANEH QAZI (OMICRON) AT SPRING
BANQUET
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BROTHERS VOLUNTEERING AT THE STARLIGHT CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION GALA