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The term "sorority" was not coined until Gamma Phi Beta was established in 1874; therefore, organization that were established prior to that date are correctly termed fraternities for women. From the GPhiB web site:
"Members of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, one of the 10 oldest women's organizations in North America, are proud of our rich and accomplished history, dating back to our founding on November 11, 1874, at Syracuse University in New York. During an era when women were discouraged from attending college, four bold and courageous friends came together to form a women's society. They bonded together to face adversity and encourage one another's intellectual growth. Now, more than 135 years later, we celebrate the vision and dedication of those women for whom the word "sorority" was first coined - and all who have come since." |
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Now I know better, that *definitely* counts as something learned today. |
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I'm so used to the word Sorority, it's been a weird adjustment for me to realize my daughter is in a fraternity. When she add Pi Phi to her resume as a fraternity, it just seemed odd! :) I've noticed that a lot of the materials she's gotten will say "Fraternity for Women" after the name. Do other group do this, too?
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Can I add my awkward recruitment story? This was actually at a pre-recruitment event, one of my first as a sister. We had this PNM--let's call her Annie--show up. Now, I knew Annie, as I was a TA for one of her classes. Annie was a very intense young woman. I knew she would be attending this event and prepped my sisters for that. Turns out, I wasn't ready for it. She shows up, and after about five minutes, she drops this:
"Do you guys have any sisters who AREN'T white? I don't want to be in a racist sorority. My best friend is black." Okaaaaaay. Annie was kind of known for being overly blunt. I reassure her we are a very diverse sisterhood in many ways. And then soon after: "So, what do you guys do for hazing?" I then said, no, we do NOT haze, in fact our new member period is the opposite of hazing--tons of gifts and love from your new sisters. Hazing is not allowed. She replied with a very dismissive "oh, that's what they all say" type of remark. I guess I should have left her after that, because she had more to ask. "What is your initiation like? Do you do any kind of crazy stuff?" I just stammered that our rituals are secret and sacred and excused myself. I kind of avoided her for the rest of the party. Apparently, Annie told another sister how much she liked us, so I guess I didn't handle it too poorly. So yes, I was asked if my chapter was racist, we hazed, and about all of our secrets in a period of roughly 10-15 minutes. On a happy note, Annie did go through formal recruitment and ended up finding a wonderful sisterhood for her. |
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Wow! Would be interesting to know if/how she ends up being a valuable member to her chapter! |
This is not a current phenomenon, but happened 30+ years ago: our Rush Counselors revealed their NPC Homes BEFORE we filled out our Pref Cards. You see, strong early tent talk during rush had correctly discovered that each rush counselor (there were ten, one for each house) began her group's Open House Tour at her own NPC Sorority Home. As a result, some rushees already 'knew' the identity of each counselor's sorority. This early reveal affected my own pref card listing, as I truly wanted to belong to a particular Rush Counselor's group.
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Sometime in the past few years, Pi Beta Phi Fraternity had "for Women" added to it in printed materials. I suspect it was to head off the question posed in the graphic a few posts ahead of this. Explaining that a women's fraternity, fraternity for women, and a sorority are all one in the same is one of my elevator speeches. |
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Our daughters' friend had her engagement announcement in the paper last month and my husband said, "Oh no! The paper screwed up again and put that Megan is in Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity!" I had to educate him about all that.
(Yes, the paper screws up a whole lot.) |
I have a weird bid day story... There's a girl in my pledge class who brought her best friend along for everything. And I mean everything. Her friend was there when she opened her bid, when she ran to the chapter, and throughout all of our bid day activities. As far as I know her friend isn't Greek nor has any desire to be. It felt very weird.
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Panhellenic and the sorority let her hang out?
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I agree...that is weird.
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That is weird, but more important, congratulations to you on a successful recruitment! I was hoping you'd have a happy ending!
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I know Panhellenic has strict rules when it comes to family/friends being at bid opening, but she must have slipped under the radar. When hundreds of girls crowd into a relatively small space, it's hard to tell who is a PNM and who is not. And I guess my sorority was just being polite?
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Really, nothing?
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Did you mean to put this in another thread?
(I was hoping for another weird rush story, haha.) |
No. I was complaining that it is recruitment season and no stories.
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It seems to work best when a few years have lapsed since when the weird PNM came through.
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I'll give you one ...
I was going thru Rush and at the Theta house. Toward the end of the party, I was sitting in the front -- in the first chair of the room -- so I had my back to all the other PNMs. The members (& I got paired with a university cheerleader!) all stood up to sing a Theta song. I stood up too out of respect (like it was the national anthem or something). After the song, the members started escorting the PNMs out of the party. I looked around and I WAS THE ONLY PNM STANDING! All the other PNMs were sitting during the song. I felt like an idiot. So, I was the weird PNM ... &, oddly, didn't go back to Theta. lol |
This thread is great reading for while I'm at work!
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BUMP. There's gotta be more from this year. :)
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Here's a mild one-a PNM who was rude was booted from recruitment mid-party during one round. Apparently Panhel found out she had made derogatory remarks about a chapter and escorted her out before informing her that she could not continue with formal recruitment. I have a feeling there's more to the story than just that one offense, but I was impressed that it happened nonetheless.
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^This reminds me. During rush this year (at a school I won't name) a young woman went through and met with various sororities. She then took to Twitter to make fun of one chapter as she said something along the lines of, "One of _____ ideals are beauty. Did anyone tell the members of ____ that?" She was making fun of a chapter and decided to put it on social media as she was going through recruitment. She was then pulled from recruitment. It wasn't my organization she was making fun of but, I thought, "Good. In the spirit of all things Panhellenic, she doesn't deserve to join one of the many great NPCs on this campus."
It goes along the lines that if you can't say anything nice, don't say it at all. |
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We had a girl come through this year who went from house to house on her skateboard (keep in mind, all of our sororities are close together so you have plenty of time to get to house to house by walking). I mean, if that's your preferred method of transportation, good for you. However, she didn't simply leave the skateboard at the door. She carried it through our entire house while she was talking to active members. It was a little strange.
I also had a girl who was very aggressive while talking to me. She shouted inappropriate questions at me and wouldn't accept any answer I would give. For instance, she said "I hate drinking and I want to join a sorority where nobody drinks. I find it disgusting. Does Alpha Delta Pi have members who drink?" I politely told her that we are a very diverse house that has girls who have many different interests and then tried to change the subject. She told me that my answer "Wasn't good enough and she needed more information or she would cut us from her list that night." When our recruitment chairs rang the bell signaling that the social was over, I told her it was time for us to walk to the door. I stood up (I was kneeling in front of her, she was sitting in a chair), and she yanked my hand and pulled me back down to the ground and yelled "No, wait! I have more questions you have to answer. I know you have time. Now tell me why you joined Alpha Delta Pi." I couldn't get her out of there fast enough. :| |
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Maconmagnolia, "skateboard girl" definitely qualifies for this thread. The other PNM sounds like she has a future as a prosecuting attorney. |
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It always saves time when people go ahead and wear their crazy out in the open.
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