Attention all aspirants (especially NPHC)
 

This is what you DO NOT DO if you are rejected:

YOU DO NOT WRITE AN EDITORIAL IN THE CAMPUS NEWSPAPER!!!!!

Elle Greenberry of Arkansas State University writes:



You would think that with all the experience, knowledge and sacrifice one's parent has done for the action or cause of the sorority that I'd be a shoe -in. One would think good grades, a record of community services stretching back into elementary school would make me one of the more obvious of candidates to be rushed.

Apparently, my destiny to be an AKA is not without challenges such as those Jason and his Argonauts faced. Just as the gods and Medea helped him, only time and divine intervention will lead the way to my sorority fate.

I attended all the meetings and informational gatherings. I was given inaccurate information regarding the submission of necessary materials. This misinformation led to my not getting a nomination and becoming a legacy in my sorority of choice.




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On top of sounding bitter and whiny, she's a pretty terrible writer. Here are a few gems that made me go "Whaaa..?"


"The colors of AKA, pink and green, have been in my wardrobe in some faction of silhouette, design, custom made dress or from off the rack for as long as I can remember."

"You would think that with all the experience, knowledge and sacrifice one's parent has done for the action or cause of the sorority that I'd be a shoe -in."

"There were words of encouragement from my brother. His criticism of the Greeks, meant as comfort went along the lines that he was "glad I'd not be joining the cult and that my day to be a snob would have to wait." He actually has harsher things to say about all Greek organizations not only on this campus but those of national prominence citing class, privilege and snobbery. He is nicest to this one due to the number of women who belong to it from our family."

"I'm finding that perhaps some lines that are drawn to keep someone out include the same line I'm trying to cross."

"Is it all about turning papers in on a date despite the date being vague- dates that forced an individual get everything needed done now or never- one time only?"

"So are sororities a social class privilege designed only for those deemed the fairest of them all bent on being better than this sorority or that one? Is it as pervasive as Spike Lee points out in his cult classic film, School Daze 1988, where we all need to wake up from the delusion that it is not?"

"I mean, would other legacies' or founding members' children face this type of hardship?"
(Yes, they would. They do.)

wow

I just don't know what to say.

I see why she wasn't a 'shoe in'. I'm glad that her mother being a 'a founding member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority undergraduate chapter and also a founding member of the graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in Blytheville' didn't help her. They dodged a bullet.

Her quote: "I believe that the conflicts and problems in life are not what define us - what matters is how we respond to them." Exactly.

And she didn't respond to her rejection very well at all. And her writing style is brutal. :eek: I can tell this article was emotionally charged and written in haste. She is trying to 'get back at' my sorority for not accepting her by, if you will, 'putting them on blast'. All she's done is dig a deeper hole for herself. Thank God she didn't post her picture up, too. ~tsk, tsk~ :rolleyes:

LOL Well...maybe she didn't post her pic, but she posted her mother's AKA resume ('founding' member of the undergrad chapter at whatever school and the Blytheville grad chapter) She's pretty much toast.

Uh-oh. *cringe* This is the type of "article" about which my dad said "write it and stick it in a drawer and look at it in a week." Then, after a week, I'd look at it, rewrite it, and stick it back in the drawer. After about a month, it just didn't matter and I'd moved on.

Very few people can write well after experiencing rejection. What is written just doesn't come across as anything other than sour grapes, all too frequently. And, in my experience, the feelings seldom (if ever fit) the facts of the situation.

Unfortunately, this is Out In Public now and may have future repercussions for this young woman that she hasn't even considered. Some may be positive, others negative; who can say?

Her disappointment is palpable underneath all those cliches. For that, I'm sorry; it's a hard life lesson. Would that we were all spared from the heartaches, hard knocks, and blows of life; but then, what would our characters be?

Sounds like she would have been a lousy member, since all she seems to do is highlight the accolades of her family members. I don't see any of her own accomplishments mentioned. I could see her saying, "I don't need to be at that early service event. I mean, my MOM has served enough for the both of us!"

When I saw the part about her mother being a founder of the chapter, I yelled out loud. I'm a chapter founder, and if my daughter EVER carried herself with this sense of entitlement, there would be a chancla flying across the room!

I don't know what a chancla is, but I'd pay good money to see that. LOL

Exactly. This is why her mother shares some of the blame, in my opinion.

I can see why she was rejected. Her mother's accomplishments are hers alone. Maybe she should stop trying to ride her mother like Sea Biscuit into the organization and try getting in on her own merit. Legacies with a sense of entitlement...shidddd! I can't honor that BS. She deserves to get played for being so desperate.

A sandal, but really, could be any shoe within reach. A flying chancla is to be expected by (Latino) children of any age when they do or say something really, really stupid. I highly encourage mothers of all backgrounds to use it when necessary! :p

HA!!!!! I love it and will incorporate it into my vocab.

Ooooh, she is tacky and stoopid!

I Googled her and found some other trifling articles she had written.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...erm=chancletas

Havent heard that in a hot minute! My cousin is 1/2 PR and my uncle used to go IN on him when we were younger. He still flinches whenever my aunt reaches for her slippers LOL

OK i could barely skim it, it was written so poorly. She really thought she was jon blaze writing this funky little piece.


P.S. never heard of Alpha Phi Psi. Who wants to enlighten me?

... and now we know she has a Facebook page. :D

Google failed me on Alpha Phi Psi - I'm guessing someone (either the author or someone on the paper's staff) meant to say Omega Psi Phi.

Oh God, not the boomerang chanclita. That thing follows you. lol.

i knew it - there was sarcasm in that inquiry.


i feel like this girl is BFF with the "they can't do this to meeeeee im a freshnannnnnnn" poster.

I thought you might have after I posted; someone needs to get on that sarcasm font ASAP...

Why does she remind me of that trifling Mona from As the Sands Burn?

:D That was the first thing I thought of when I read this.

I am also wondering if horrible grammar is a co-morbidity of a sense of entitlement...

Did anyone read the comments at the bottom? They're all "Great article! Well-written and total correct!"

Now, I'm not privy to NPHC happenings (nor am I pretending I am), but didn't she just toss the first aspirant rule out the window, that of discretion?

The readers comments sum it up in a nutshell....

I really could have stopped at the words "sacrifice" and "parent." My question is what her mom thought once she saw this.

You know it! The chancla is worse than the belt. With the belt, you know you're going to get smacked in the behind. With the chancla, you might lose an eye if you're not agile!

But back to OP: Even if she is angry, you would think she would have thought twice about publishing a piece like this given that so many of her family members are in the sorority she wanted to be part of. Did she not think about offending them, and/or embarrassing them?

And you would think the editor would have had better news judgment than to publish such self-indulgent, badly written bilge.

Did you see her SGA Campaign Page? She's majoring in communications, bless her dear heart.

"Im FRom Olive Branch Ms. i attend StAte and im majoring in communications i held class offices in h.s. im Runnin for SGA freshman Senator and would like your vote Once you have elected me and even now i mant everyone to feel free to talk to me about whatever especially if it is a concern the feel needs to be addressed in SGA im always here to listen and hear your oppinons about stAte so plz Vote 4 me on 9-16-08 a VOte 4 Me is A vote 4 YOu"

Wow, finally read the piece. So Essentially she should have been selected just because she was the daughter of a member. Don't let details like filling out the proper paperwork get in the way.

Lovely ladies of AKA, I'm going to go ahead and say that you made the right choice in rejecting this woman. I have no idea exactly how the process works, but congrats for not giving in to her horrific sense of entitlement.

"Apparently, my destiny to be an AKA is not without challenges such as those Jason and his Argonauts faced. Just as the gods and Medea helped him, only time and divine intervention will lead the way to my sorority fate."

Also... WHAT??!?! Comparing your quest to be in a sorority to those other Greeks is just nuts. Nuts, I say.

A founding member of a chapter? Don't even get me started. Good luck, young lady, on your quest to become an AKA.

ree-Xi: I dont believe you. lol! NOPE.

"Is it all about turning papers in on a date despite the date being vague- dates that forced an individual get everything needed done now or never- one time only?"

UM. YES! That's why they're called DEADLINES! lol. So she's mad because she didnt turn her papers in on time? GTFOHWTBS.

#Fail.

lmao!

man what a load of crap. i felt so angry reading that horrible article. so i just skimmed.

i'm surprised that no one noticed how she called KAPsi the brother fraternity of APhiA.

This is my fave comment, for the simplicity AND the irony of it all:

Discretion is Key

posted 3/15/10 @ 9:36 AM CST

Sigh....You're mom and Greek family members should have taught you about discretion...and the finer points of grammar.

:D

She threw it out the window, and watched it get hit by a bus! hot mess!

YES! good call!

ANd didn't she call APhiA the brother fraternity of AKA?

If this Greenberry was a member of GC, and her letter was a thread, they would both be "Trainwreck of the Year, 2010"...

I found this admonishment about grammar to be especially ironic since the comment writer failed to show that he/she knew the difference between "you're" and "your." College edjumacations, people!

LOL at all of this but did you read the comments?

From Tristan:

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