I agree. Where's the nut graf? Where's some quotes from other students or other info to back it all up?

I was just going to say this. While obviously not every sorority in NY hazes, there is a much bigger tradition of it in that general area than there are in many parts of the country -- so I wouldn't be surprised if that section of the article is true.

As much as I would love for it to be true that every sorority in the country to be giving their new members soda and cookies and playing Truth or Dare and having Sex and the City marathons every night -- it is NOT true. There are plenty of sororities out there who still haze. There are some at my school. There are probably some at your school. And I'm sure that there's some at New Paltz. Let's be realistic here.

What I don't understand in articles like these is the assumptions that sorority women won't be friends with their sisters who have to quit due to lack of funds or the whole accusation of sororities having "petty drama." In my experience with Greek life, the first has NEVER been true -- we have some girls that depledged, were never even actives, that are still friends with girls in my sorority. And as for petty drama, that is in no way that that is ONLY a part of sorority life. You want to bet this girl got it at her freshman dorm? You want to bet that even her beloved newspaper staff has petty drama? You want to bet that she has stupid petty dramas with her friends all the time? Come on -- let's not pretend that sororities have a claim on all the petty drama of the world.

Well, as far as the $$$ factor, that kinda depends. If you have unforseen circumstances (like a family emergency) and you quit gracefully, no one is going to hate you. But if someone really screws the sorority over financially, that's another tale. Especially if they can obviously still afford other things in their life. But if they tell that story to someone else they're certainly going to make the sorority the bad guy.