| Aphidancer03 |
10-27-2005 11:17 PM |
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Correction: Theta Kappa Pi, as well as other locals on the Penn State campus, were told they either had to become co-ed organizations or affiliate with a national b/c it was "illegal" for them to not allow both genders without national recognition. It had absolutely nothing to do with "masking" as a service sorority just to not have to follow rules. For many girls local and service sororities are a better choice because they are not as much into the social aspects or they may not feel comfortable with the aggressive nature of PHC recruitment.
My very best friend and roommate is a sister of TKP and while she did enjoy going out and bonding with her sisters she was up at 6am many a Saturday morning to do service projects. They are very dedicated and genuinely involved women and that anyone would accuse then otherwise appalls me. Last spring they were told they had to join a national. They had always intended on trying to become national which is why they had started chapters at other schools. Now due to PSU's decision the other chapters are going to be left to die out without their founding chapter. At first it was purposed that they would recolonize alpha gam, b/c they still own a suite on our campus. After consideration the girls of tkp decided that they would be more comfortable joining a group whose founding principles were closer to their own. They then had the option of AST or DphiE. After chapter discussion and a vote they decided on DphiE.
This fall they were allowed to hold rush as they always had and took in a new pledge class. Shortly after this penn state told them that they were not allowed to bring new chapters to campus while other chapters were struggling. Phi Mu then approached them. That is where all the new members came from, TKP sisters that decided to become phi mu and tkp's new pledge class w/ is essentially just pledging phi mu now. That is why they were allowed to go over quota b/c all of the tkp's sisters decided to stay together throughout this transition.
I would sincerely like to congratulate phi mu nationals for the truly amazing new girls they have, but before everyone acts like this is a perfect resolution think about what these girls are giving up. The local sorority on campus didn't want to have to go through this struggle of associating with a national, so they changed their constitution to allow male members. The sisters of TKP have spent almost a year having to focus entirely on this change and not on other important projects they could be doing. They also now have to pledge again. We all say it was the best time of our lives, but does anyone really want to memorize all those different facts twice. In addition, they now have completely given up all socials/wet events for the semester and even if a sorority is first about sisterhood this is still college and it is sad that they have to miss out on events like hayride and formal which the rest of the greek community gets to participate in. Also they have been dropped by some fraternity partners b/c the boys thought associating with the girls new sorority would negatively affect their reputations. (I’m sure everyone can sympathize with how hurtful and embarrassing that is.) SO PLEASE next time BEFORE you accuse these girls of using their service title think of what they are dealing with to keep their sisterhood together. They have a rare passion that inspires and shows what it really means to be in a sorority.
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