I just read this and I feel awful for her chapter sisters. I am on the eve of my ceremony and I can't ever imagine saying anything to hurt or otherwise keep another from joining and enjoying the sisterhood I have been honored to be asked to join. Why would she do this?? Now they have to suspend pledging and may lose their chapter. Not only that, it casts an unfair light on GLO's everywhere that DON'T haze or do any of the dumb things she lists, some of which we can't even be sure are TRUE vs. dramatic created journalism. Wow, just wow...

However, her chapter sisters are also the ones who are hazing. It's maybe sad that she outed them in such a way, and that she thinks the hazing is ok, but the sisters have no one to blame but themselves.

And for those people who think that one chapter hazing = they all haze, they usually aren't the biggest supporters of Greek life anyway.

If we want people to look at Greek life as a positive thing, then we have to present it in a positive way. These sisters weren't doing that, and it's unfortunate that they have to learn things the hard way... but I don't really feel as bad for them as you seem to feel.

I can totally see your point. I guess I'm approaching it from the thought process that maybe she is lying about what she says took place. If they really DID haze as bad as she says they did, then what makes it bad is that she perpetuated that process she hated. Not very sisterly IMHO. I agree with your viewpoint if what she says is true because that would mean they ALL knew about it and NO ONE said anything to stop it.

My one visit to Union College I was horrified with some of the stories the Archon (president) of our mother chapter was telling me they did to the pledges. So sadly, this article doesn't surprise me.

Someone I worked with in high school is now a member of this chapter...judging from her current profile picture on Facebook I believe that her sisters just hosted a walk against Hazing and Bullying.

Coincidence? I think not.

I just hope that whatever was going on internally that led to this article is resolved or at least working on being fixed. She was really sweet and a super hard worker and I'd like to think she never had to go through all of that....or perpetuated it.

I used to buy a copy of Cosmo every now and then to see if I still hated it.

I still hate it.

Just curious, would anyone like to guess the last time that a Cosmo cover contained neither the word sex (or any derivations like sexy or sexual) or orgasm?

I'm absolutely convinced that there is a strict requirement that they have to do so at the point to the point where I see just how many words on the cover are in a larger font than that word.