Do Kappas Get Branded?

"Branding is not only illegal by fraternal law, but it is illegal by state laws," said W. Ted Smith, executive secretary of Kappa Alpha Psi in Philadelphia. "We don't support it at all. If we find, or catch, or see anyone doing it, he's subject to disciplinary action."

Do alphas get branded?

It is a binding of traditions that have been passed down for more than 100 years in Alpha Phi Alpha, Omega Psi Phi and Phi Beta Sigma. But there is one tradition that only a select few members of the organization participate in, branding.

Do fraternities brand their members?

Although fraternity members with brands talk about their brotherhood as sacrosanct, branding has also become a pop culture expression of machismo, according to Walter Kimbrough, a director of student activities and leadership at Old Dominion University who wrote his dissertation on black Greek letter organizations.