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Also, each sister is encouraged to participate in non-Greek activities on campus, and each sorority participates in its own philanthropy event to raise money for charity.

My sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, raises money annually for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

Not only is this a good cause within itself, but it also hits close to home for me.

My older sister was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 7.

This illness has put her through some very hard times.

She missed a year-and-a-half of high school due to problems with medications.

During this time, she was in and out of the hospital, missing out on the many joys of adolescence.

Unfortunately, this disease has no cure, although it does offer various treatment options.

In her lifetime, she has gone through several forms of treatment, all of which were made possible through research and donations toward it, often made from organizations like sororities.

In the fall, AGD held a fund-raiser to collect money for diabetes research.

During the event, all the sisters pulled together to raise money, which brought out our true sisterhood, contradicting the catty and divisive stereotype attached to sororities.

That's what she wrote a year and a half ago. And now she's ripping on sororities and fraternities for doing service and only doing it to compete with others?

Oh I'm so tempted to go throw this back in her face.

ETA: Oh wait, someone already did it for me. You go, girl!

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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Maybe it's just me, but my kneejerk reaction when I see an article like this is, "Look who didn't get a bid!" I'm not saying that's always the case, but it's the first thing that comes to mind.

Me, too. :p Maybe I'm just b*tchy that way, but in my experience, that's usually the case about half the time.

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Was anyone else able to understand what she was talking about with the volunteerism aspect of greek life?

I think she was trying to say that we can't call our volunteer hours "volunteer hours" because we're required to do them, therefore we're really not volunteering at all. Which is a mouthful to say. Next she'll be writing articles about how professors shouldn't make students do homework since students are paying them and therefore they shouldn't ask students to do things they don't want to do. :cool:

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Originally posted by ISUKappa
That's the article I was referring to. I say "former?" because it's not clear if she is still a member or if she has deactivated. I would guess the latter, but I don't know for sure.

She states she's a "former" member of one such sorority, who knows if that's true or not, I suppose it is and she's just angry about something now and trying to get back at her chapter for whatever petty reason she has. Her article has no real support for her statement... I mean she starts out saying that greeks are "forced" into service, then talks about segragation but never says what one has to do with another, and has no support about how greeks promote segragation... poorly written. Last time I checked even socials were mandatory at my chapter... didn't have to go to all of them... but they were a part of being in good standing.

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Originally posted by Munchkin03
Someone can be against the Greek system and not be jealous. Someone can question the importance of Greek life on campus for reasons other than "not getting a bid," having been "burned by a fraternity guy," or any of the other inane things we tend to say to those who don't agree with our way of life.

At least she sounds coherent and intelligent, which is more than I can say about the above poster.

Are we reading the same artical?

Or maybe you lack comprehension skills.

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Originally posted by sthpolrd
Are we reading the same artical?

Or maybe you lack comprehension skills.

No, I have comprehension skills.

You, however, certainly lack spelling, grammar, and syntax skills.

My favorite thing about college-age editorial writers:
They think they have original ideas and opinions that people actually care about.

I say this because I was once a college-age journalist, and not out of an attempt to offend anyone aspiring to be a writer. And after reading many a college newspaper, it is shocking how tired and overdone the content is, particularly op-ed, and how editorial advisers, year after year, allow the same poor writing and tired overdone story pitches to come to a printed piece.

Best advice for a college journalist: READ. Read a lot. And listen.

And then, maybe you write.

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Originally posted by adpiucf
My favorite thing about college-age editorial writers:
They think they have original ideas and opinions that people actually care about.

I say this because I was once a college-age journalist, and not out of an attempt to offend anyone aspiring to be a writer. And after reading many a college newspaper, it is shocking how tired and overdone the content is, particularly op-ed, and how editorial advisers, year after year, allow the same poor writing and tired overdone story pitches to come to a printed piece.

Best advice for a college journalist: READ. Read a lot. And listen.

And then, maybe you write.

This college-age journalist agrees.