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Titchou 03-09-2010 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1905547)
I know, and I hope with you that it's a deficit that will be fixed some day soon! AOII's Alpha Chapter can never return so I can only hope for other groups to all get their's back. (Go AGD on their bid to return to Syracuse!)
Does AOII not return the chapter's name when recolonizing?

TriDLove 03-09-2010 06:59 PM
I know this sounds cheesy and you've probably heard it a million times:

Don't judge any sorority based on it's first event. I have friends who didn't like the sorority they joined on the first night, but after that they realized how perfect of a match it was.
Be open to all groups!

And on a random note, I love Tri Sigma's colors. Purple is the best! :)

33girl 03-09-2010 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Titchou (Post 1905567)
Does AOII not return the chapter's name when recolonizing?
It was at Columbia University which doesn't have Greek life anymore.

AOII Angel 03-09-2010 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Titchou (Post 1905567)
Does AOII not return the chapter's name when recolonizing?
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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1905613)
It was at Columbia University which doesn't have Greek life anymore.
We were actually founded at Barnard college which outlawed sororities in 1908 or thereabouts. Columbia actually has greek life, but they aren't at Barnard and our HQ, if we went back to Columbia, would not consider it our Alpha.

Titchou 03-09-2010 09:36 PM
How sad....

AOII Angel 03-09-2010 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Titchou (Post 1905648)
How sad....
I know...I personally think a chapter a Columbia should be our Alpha, but I don't make the rules :( I don't know how AEPhi feels about this subject since they are in the same boat.

xomanadaxo 03-09-2010 10:01 PM
This thread is as close to comprehensive as it gets when it comes to recruitment advice. Good luck!

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=54403

33girl 03-10-2010 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1905628)
We were actually founded at Barnard college which outlawed sororities in 1908 or thereabouts. Columbia actually has greek life, but they aren't at Barnard and our HQ, if we went back to Columbia, would not consider it our Alpha.
Someone needs to fix Wikipedia...it says the current sororities are at Barnard which is why I got confused and posted what I did. Not only that, the AOII wiki is kind of confusing since it says about the chapter closing in 1914 and it reads as if Columbia banned sororities, not Barnard. I know this "separate but connected" thing is confusing enough anyway.

Save Ferris 03-10-2010 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Softball792 (Post 1905243)
Hi everybody! This is my first post on GC but i've been reading for a while...I need some help from some of you about these sororities. I am planning on pledging next year and I want to know everyone's general opinion...So please help!
Oh ps I will be going to Longwood and these are the sororities offered there...


Alpha Gamma Delta-
Alpha Delta Pi-
Alpha Sigma Alpha-
Alpha Sigma Tau-
Delta Zeta-
Kappa Delta-
Sigma Kappa-
Sigma Sigma Sigma-


Any advice is greatly appreciated!! thanks!
No offense, but I find it hard to believe that you've read anything on GC ever! If you had, the first thing you would have learned would be to keep an open mind.
For you to come here and ask us general opinions is offensive to each sorority there. You need to go in with an open mind. Women over the internet can't decide. Just because they love their sorority doesn't mean you will. Each sorority there is great. No sorority is the best, just the best for an individual.

Nitpicking right now: it's not called pledging anymore.

honeychile 03-10-2010 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1905547)
I know, and I hope with you that it's a deficit that will be fixed some day soon! AOII's Alpha Chapter can never return so I can only hope for other groups to all get their's back. (Go AGD on their bid to return to Syracuse!)
Know the feeling all too well - The Greek System was closed at the first THREE of our chapters! :(

To the OP: I could post pages about why I love my sorority, but what's important to me may not be important to you. This is why everyone's urging you to go into Recruitment with an open mind.

33girl 03-11-2010 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Save Ferris (Post 1905811)
Nitpicking right now: it's not called pledging anymore.
What else can you use as a verb? New membering? Baby insert-a-mascot-here-ing? Being a participant in the new member education process? Get real, no 18 year old would ever say that. That's why the new terms are so stupid. It also shows their lack of efficacy that incoming class after incoming class doesn't use them.

Actually, she should say she's planning on rushing next year, but I didn't want to be a meanie and pick that nit.

AOII Angel 03-11-2010 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1905760)
Someone needs to fix Wikipedia...it says the current sororities are at Barnard which is why I got confused and posted what I did. Not only that, the AOII wiki is kind of confusing since it says about the chapter closing in 1914 and it reads as if Columbia banned sororities, not Barnard. I know this "separate but connected" thing is confusing enough anyway.
I'll have to get my AOII Centennial history book and get the actual dates. Barnard decided to get rid of Greek life for sketchy reasons, sort of a push against "elitism." I don't think it was as late as 1914, but I could be wrong. I'll edit the Wiki page to make it more understandable. Thanks, 33girl!

aopirose 03-11-2010 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1906455)
I'll have to get my AOII Centennial history book and get the actual dates. Barnard decided to get rid of Greek life for sketchy reasons, sort of a push against "elitism." I don't think it was as late as 1914, but I could be wrong. I'll edit the Wiki page to make it more understandable. Thanks, 33girl!
1914 is correct. Over a 6 year span, the college and Panhellenic implemented numerous resolutions and restrictions. The final blow came when the chapters could no longer take new members and they became dormant when the last collegian graduated.

There are some great articles from that time period in the New York Times archives.

pbear19 03-12-2010 11:42 AM
I own copies of two 1914 issues of The Crescent, and there is a good bit of info about the Barnard closure in them. And, even better for all of you, all four 1914 issues are available in google books!

http://books.google.com/books?id=EAc...age&q=&f=false

Go to page 92!

If you don't want to read yourself, here are two excerpts:

From the January 1914 issue, reprinted from the editor of The Key:

"These are the resolutions finally adopted by the faculty:
Resolved, That for a term of three years, commencing October 1, 1913, no society of a social character at Barnard College, of which the organization, the emblems, and the rites are in any way secret and which has national affiiliations shall be allowed to elect new members...."

From the March 1914 issue, from Iota's chapter letter:

"We have secured a three years' charter from the Student Council, as the other sororities have done, and we are still hoping for a reversal of the Faculty decision....
Especially now that we are no longer allowed to initiate new members, we feel the close bond existing between the older Gamma Phis and ourselves, and regret that in all probability, no new girls in Barnard will have the chance to be a part of this national organization."

When the graduating class left in 1914, there were 9 members left of Iota chapter, and once all of them had graduated, the chapter closed. I believe this is the same situation for all of the other sororities at Barnard, too. :(

AOII Angel 03-12-2010 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by pbear19 (Post 1906783)
I own copies of two 1914 issues of The Crescent, and there is a good bit of info about the Barnard closure in them. And, even better for all of you, all four 1914 issues are available in google books!

http://books.google.com/books?id=EAc...age&q=&f=false

Go to page 92!

If you don't want to read yourself, here are two excerpts:

From the January 1914 issue, reprinted from the editor of The Key:

"These are the resolutions finally adopted by the faculty:
Resolved, That for a term of three years, commencing October 1, 1913, no society of a social character at Barnard College, of which the organization, the emblems, and the rites are in any way secret and which has national affiiliations shall be allowed to elect new members...."

From the March 1914 issue, from Iota's chapter letter:

"We have secured a three years' charter from the Student Council, as the other sororities have done, and we are still hoping for a reversal of the Faculty decision....
Especially now that we are no longer allowed to initiate new members, we feel the close bond existing between the older Gamma Phis and ourselves, and regret that in all probability, no new girls in Barnard will have the chance to be a part of this national organization."

When the graduating class left in 1914, there were 9 members left of Iota chapter, and once all of them had graduated, the chapter closed. I believe this is the same situation for all of the other sororities at Barnard, too. :(
Thanks for the link. I love the arguments and conclusions. Some of them are really ridiculous!


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