Karen Hawkins Memorial Week: Taco Bar

Northwest’s Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority hosts a week of activities to educate others about sexual assault while remembering Karen Hawkins, a student and sorority member killed nearly 30 years ago.

Tacos will be served in the Student Union Ballroom from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets may be purchased on Monday, March 24, and Tuesday, March 25 at the Student Union’s second floor information tables from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on the night of the event for $5 with proceeds go to North Star Advocacy Center. 

Hawkins, a Maryville native, Northwest student and Sigma Sigma Sigma member, was sexually assaulted and killed in April 1995 by a man she had known since high school. Since her death, the sorority has annually organized Karen Hawkins Memorial Week, and the Karen Hawkins Memorial Peace Pavilion at the northwest bank of Colden Pond is named in her honor.