 Kappa Delta Epsilon ( " KDE " ) is a local sorority founded in the fall of 1993 by the Panhellenic Council at Dartmouth . After the dissolution of the Xi Kappa Chi local sorority in the spring of 1993 , the Panhellenic Council decided that there was a need for a new sorority to replace it . Fifty women joined the new sorority in the first rush in the fall of 1993 . The Kappa Delta Epsilon physical plant was extensively remodeled by the college during the summer of 2003 . The remodeled building contains a main meetings room , kitchen , two bedrooms and a back porch on the first floor . The second and third floors contain all bedrooms which house about thirteen more resident sisters . The basement consists of the fireplace room , the pub room , and the sisters @-@ only room . 
