Remembering Our Sister

On behalf of Sigma Sigma Sigma I would like to thank everyone on Northwest's campus who came out last week and supported us during our local philanthropy week in honor of a fallen sister, Karen Hawkins. Karen was a sister from our chapter, Alpha Epsilon, back in the mid 90's. She was a typical college student here at Northwest. One day as she was leaving work, a male co-worker asked if he could get a ride home. Thinking this was nothing out of the shoordinary, Karen agreed to take him home. She never made it home that night and her body was found two weeks later, she had been raped and killed. Tragedy struck our chapter when this happened in 1995. In honor of Karen Hawkins, we as a chapter dedicate an entire week once a school year to spreading the word about how awful physical violence is and about how prevalent it is in today's society. During this week, Sigma has a different event everyday. This year, we participated in "free hug" day, "pie a Sigma" to raise money for the Karen Hawkins Foundation, a self defense class that was open to anyone wanting to attend, and a silent walk around campus in memory of Karen. We use this week not only to spread the word about physical violence but to honor Karen's life that was so tragically cut short.