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FROM THE ARCHIVE Howdy from Kappas at the 1934 General Convention! Kappa’s 31st Biennial Convention was held at the Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Kappa’s 2014 General Convention in Houston should have some 1934 similarly enthusiastic gals! #KKGHouston SUMMER 2014 When we give our time and attention to others and show them that they matter, it gives our life purpose. Serving others enriches our understanding of people—and ourselves. —Sarah Cronk FOUNDER OF THE SPARKLE EFFECT Summer 2014, Volume 131, No. 2 FEATURES IN EVERY ISSUE 2 Feedback The Real Story 3 Letter from the Editor BY ALEXANDER GELFAND 4 The Mix How Gretchen Entrepreneurs under 30: 20 Carlson tackled Meet the founder of BANGS stereotypes to create shoes and learn how startup her spot in the newsroom. LuminAID is changing the world, one light at a time. The Ask Clara column answers your etiquette In My Electric questions and more. Dreams 38 Through the Keyhole BY JILL ATER Peek inside the world of Pulitzer Prize-winning liter- She didn’t let her ary enigma Donna Tartt. 26 diagnosis stop her from living a 41 Make a Note normal life. Her brave and 42 In Brief unconventional story. 44 Key Achievements 47 In Memoriam 48 Remix Serious Style BY NAOMI RATNER Whether your style 32 is splurge, thrifty or the last thing on your mind, Cheap Chicas from top: beth perkens, courtesy jill jill courtesy from top: beth perkens, alison conklin ater; has you covered! GET INVOLVED WWW.KAPPA.ORG | 1 Feedback Volume 131, No. 2 Summer 2014 The Key is the first college women’s fraternity magazine, published continuously since 1882. Editor Kristin Johnson Sangid, Georgia Southern Associate Editor Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Indiana Contributing Editors Melisse Campbell, Mississippi Jenny Struthers Hoover, Bowling Green SommerAnn McCullough, Denison Laura Shock Scherer, Bowling Green Ann Graham Schnaedter, Missouri Editorial Board Chairman Judy Stewart Ducate, Texas Tech Fraternity Vice President Elizabeth Bailey, Mississippi Executive Director Kari Kittrell Director of Marketing and Communications Ashley Gilbert Moyer, Purdue Creative Content Specialist Sarah Kropp, Allegheny Design EmDash Printed by The Watkins Printing Company, Columbus, Ohio The Key (ISSN 1063-4665) is published quarterly by the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity and Foundation, 530 E. Town St., Columbus, OH 43215. Printed in the United States of America, copyright Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 2014. Subscription price is $3. Preferred periodical postage paid at Columbus, Ohio POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Key Some bunny loves you . P.O. Box 38 Columbus, OH 43216-0038 Thank you so much for publishing “Madelyn’s Bunny Drive Cheers Kappa Kappa Gamma Headquarters Sick Children” in the 2013 winter edition of The Key. Our daughter’s story P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216-0038 motivated us to pay it forward and collect stuffed bunnies for post-surgery Phone: 866-554-1870 (866-KKG-1870) children at Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo. Email Kappa: [email protected] Email The Key: [email protected] Upload photos: Madelyn has received bunnies heart surgery. A Denver news sta- donations for bunnies to Melissa http://uploads.kappa.org from Kappas all over the U.S. I tion will be featuring Madelyn’s Urbansky, 42B Fort Warren Ave., To change your address or stop receiv- cannot express how blessed I feel Bunny Drive, as one of the direc- Cheyenne, WY 82001. ing The Key, email [email protected] or call the number above. Please include to receive emails, phone calls, tors is an alumna who read her Again, thank you for your sup- full name. tweets, etc., from Kappas asking story in The Key. port, not only for the children if they can help. Sisters from With the support of The Key receiving a bunny, but also for Miami have shared the story with and sisters of Kappa Kappa my daughter. As Madelyn grows facebook.com/kappakappagamma facebook.com/TheKeyMagazine their families, encouraging them Gamma, this is sure to be our and gains a better understand- twitter.com/kappakappagamma linkedin.com to send bunnies our way. My biggest bunny drive yet, with ing of all she went through, I Keyword: Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae association in Cheyenne, hundreds of children receiving a hope she never loses sight of www.kappa.org/blog Wyo., is graciously gathering bunny of their very own to warm how special she is and what an bunnies to donate. A USC (Calif.) their hearts following surgery. inspiration she is to others. alumna sent a bunny our way I have received several ques- Loyally, and shared her story of a similar tions on where to send bunnies. —Melissa Dorn Urbansky, experience with her child’s open Please send bunnies or monetary Miami 2 | SUMMER 2014 Editor’s Letter Silver and Gold — Insight Make new friends but keep the old. When Hannah Meehan Spector’s, Utah, he masthead to the left says that we have been son lost his stuffed animals, Han- publishing The Key since 1882, when Kappa Kappa nah turned to Gamma was a mere 12 years old. It can be a little awe- Facebook. Kappa friends sent James inspiring (well, actually intimidating) to carry the postcards from torch for a publication that has been inspiring its mem- Nippy (a rat) and Tigie (a tiger bers for 144 years. Do we ever run out of stories to tell? cub) as the pair crisscrossed the As long as Kappas gather, The Key fosters will change journalist Gretchen Carlson form friendships and join to- but also remain the same. The and Pulitzer-winning author country: from Tgether to navigate collegehood reader surveys showed that Donna Tartt, among others. And Washington State days followed by loyal years of Kappas want to be informed, sometimes it’s the little things to Atlanta, from the alumna life, there are stories to but also entertained. We even that matter most. Madelyn’s Houston Zoo to tell. It never gets dull to hear included one male in our survey Bunny Drive warms our hearts, a young or old Kappa discover (because dads, husbands and and Nippy and Tigie go on a Cheyenne’s Fron- that Kappa isn’t just for four significant others read The Key). great adventure thanks to Han- tier Days, visiting years—it’s for a lifetime! As the Kappa story often goes, nah Spector’s Kappa friends (see both Bo Obama Perhaps as well as anyone, our magazine consultant’s wife column to the right). and Mickey Mouse. we at The Key know that the happens to be a Kappa, a fact We strive for the magazine special connections we form in that was previously unknown to reflect our membership, to Eventually, James college and beyond, through like to us. After visiting Kappa’s encourage discussion of the top- and his animals ideals, know no age. In 2020, Headquarters, the consultant ics of the day and to celebrate were reunited. when Kappa turns 150, our was quite excited to tell his wife our members’ accomplishments. Sesquicentennial will be a mile- that he had the opportunity to Please let us know when we “I have never been stone that needs no concealing. see a live rendition of “Oh Pat” succeed and where we could do more aware that The other magazines on your during the The Key Editorial better. Like a conversation with my Kappa sisters coffee table or bedside exclaim Board meeting. It never gets old, an old friend, we look forward are there for me,” that 50 is the new 30 (with some dear old Pat. And neither does to catching up and inspiring one cosmetic help!). While we’ve The Key. another. says Hannah. never been much for Botox, The Change can be exciting but Join the conversation at Key is happy to sport a new look also daunting. Part of our make- [email protected]. and feel, one you will be proud over is opening up the conversa- to display on your coffee table tion and we hope to hear from and save for reading. you more often. Just like friendships silver Many Kappas have said and gold, the connection that they would like to read about —Kristin Sangid, Editor GET INVOLVED WWW.KAPPA.ORG | 3 When Hannah Davis, Clemson, moved to China after graduation, she took the advice, “walk a mile in their shoes” to a whole new level. In addition to learn- ing from the local culture and people, Hannah was inspired to create a brand of shoes that has invested more than $10,000 in its nonprofit partner, Kiva, since 2012. The president of her own com- pany before the age of 30, Hannah is making a bang with bangsshoes.com. mıxTHE mariah channing 4 | SUMMER 2014 GET INVOLVED WWW.KAPPA.ORG | 5 Starting with a BANG! — At 26 years old, Hannah Davis is the founder and president of her own company and is taking the chance to stand on issues. hen Hannah Davis, Clemson, traveled to the Jiangsu Province of Eastern China in 2009, the last thing on her mind was starting a shoe company. “I traveled to China to teach English the year after I graduated,” says Hannah. “It wasn’t until I came across a pair of green an entire brand created around shoes worn by Chinese investing in nonprofit compa- Wworkers that I thought of nies. “After a couple of months, BANGS shoes.” he decided to invest and has The shoes, and the people been a huge part of why BANGS who wear them, inspired is where it is today.” Hannah to form a brand that They soon partnered with influences social good through Peter Rushford, who had retail.