pledging
 

Which organization would you say is the most active from your personal experience with members from each organization Delta or AKA and why?

Re: pledging
 

no one will advise you of that on GC.

Even better, why would one post an AKA or DST query in the Omega Psi Phi forum?:rolleyes: :confused:

LAUGH,LAUGH, GIGGLE, GIGGLE:D :D

one would do that to get a male point of view thats why.

Why in the hell do you want anyone's POV on what is BEST for YOU?!!?!!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!?! :rolleyes:




GEEZUS!!

its not about whats best for me its a general question about how people feel about certain organizations and if you cant provide that answer then you obviously dont need to respond.

I had a friend who was undecided between the two throughout her college career.

I would never tell a person which organization that they should choose. I would just advise them to read, research, attend progeams, and befriend members of both organizations. If they still haven't decided, then they're just not ready to be in an organization at all.

My friend who was undecided did make her choice, but she is not currently pursuing membership. She probably will in the future though.

ok thanks your response is appreciated

responding just because i can


lawd a mercy

I kind of figured that. Have a nice day.:)

I don't need to respond, but perhaps I want to respond.

If you peep some of the NPHC sorority forums on GC, there are user's guides. It would be a good idea to read those user's guides before going off half-cocked and posting things. You'd think that you'd familiarize yourself with the culture. :confused:

you are right you dont need to respond and perhaps you should find better ways to occupy your time. Have a nice day.:)

Once again, I don't NEED to respond to you, but I WANT to. :p There's a difference between NEED and WANT.
Got it? Good. You have a nice day, too.

I have said all that I feel is necessary so I will be the mature one and say no more. Once again have a nice day.:)

:confused: :confused:
I'm having a pretty nice day. It's 80 degrees and sunny where I am, and I am enjoying life. I am part of a marvelous, strong SISTERHOOD, as are many fellow members of GC. We're out here serving our communities and trying to do our part to make things better.

That is nice to know.

You know...I really don't get how these so-called "interests" come on here getting snappy with people who already have what they are striving for. I'm sooooo weary of these posts that drip of sarcasm masked by stupid ass smilies.

I'm gonna need you to GTFOOHWTBS.

Oh, and Have a nice day! :D

I've been worn out for a long time with this type of attitude. Fortunately, I don't see that much of it on GC, but when it does crop up, it is irritating. And yes, I was irritated with the original poster.

ETA: I noticed that the poster went back and edited what it said. Sorry, the quote feature is a beautiful thing and you can't take it back. :p

Ladies relax i was just surfing GC and seeing whats available and whats going on theres no need to get bent out of shape and when i say have a nice day i really do mean it. I am a mature young adult and have no need to pretend about anything. So once again you all have a nice day :)

Really though, all that "innocence" is stunningly unimpressive.

I'm always amused when someone gets "froggy"

Re: pledging
 

Well let me go back, copy and paste the original question and answer the original question.

That's my kind of thing and I would have given you a real answer.

My advice would be to join neither for two reasons.

1) Neither DST nor AKA is truly in your heart. It may be part of your family or what you see in your community but not truly in your heart. You are trying to make a decision based on who we feel is the best of the two biggest. Of course everyone is gonna think their own view. Whether they say it or not is definitely a whole nother conversation.

2) Based on the fact that you are undecided, in my opinion, means you need to wait three to five more years before you decide anything one way or another. I'd much rather you do something as part of an Alumnae/Grad chapter you feel good about, than to fathom the thought that you may have serious regrets about your affiliation. Rushing to make a choice to beat graduation is the wrong way to go. While the social benefits may be different your impact on the community and world will be the same.

To all my SisterGreeks who responded. I understand your fervor and energy and applaud your desires to "educate" frost84 but sometimes the best way to address a questionable question is to give a simple answer or provide an appropriate resource or to say nothing at all. In my opinion, and yes this is coming from a practicitioner(sp) of back and forth, we do nothing to improve our image as the "Talented Tenth" when treat "innocent" although poorly phrased questions with low to no regard.

To frost84 I ask that you look within yourself for the answer. We all are looking for well rounded individuals who possess leadership qualities that can enhance our organizations. My question is what do you have that you can offer DST or AKA on your campus that they don't have now? And which group do you see that shares your vision of culture, community, service, scholarship and sisterhood?

When you can clearly answer those two questions you will then have the answers you seek here.

Good Luck with your research and reflection.

Yall need to stop. Frost asked a simple question and wanted a simple answer. If you didn't want to answer, like myself, then dont. Some of yall kill me with your antagonistic ways on this board. Fakin like you're so active and you do so much service in the community. Trying to down someone for asking basic questions in the name of so called discretion. But some will be quick to discuss openly other issues that I considered totally inappropriate for a public forum (like the sisters debating whether or not a member should disassociate).

Look, pay your dues and get a life. If you have a post count in the thousands, that says a lot bit about your so called greek experience.

I choose to no longer respond to the comments which I feel are unnecessary and at times inappropriate. I will let you ladies continue to entertain yourselves and make a mockery of my question while attempting to boost your own ego. I am a very sincere person and I greatly appreciate all relevant and informative responses to my question. Laidbackfella thank you for your honest opinion. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question and giving me a bit of advice at the same time. Your response was very helpful to me. Ramrod thank you too. I appreciate your comments and accurate insight. It seems many people forget that at one point and time they too were in my shoes and now that they have achieved their goals(as far as sororities are concerned) feel superior. That's ok because for the many people that are like this there are also others that have not forgotten and will lend a helping hand.
Thanks again to all whose responses have helped me. Peace to all and God bless.:)

Just quoting this post. I love the quote feature on GC.
:cool:

Re: Re: pledging
 

LBF.....kudos to your entire post, but especially this part.

Been a while since I've been on but...
 

*Acedawg turns up the stereo playin' Atomic Dog*

Hey man, I think we all need to set out a hop or a party walk of some sort.

So, who's starting the next thread....where's the love?

read the boards
 

Some of us have been here for years and seen where this discussion goes. Do a search. There are VERY good reasons why we don't discuss these things on GC.

Fellas, y'all are cool with me, but you're just oo new to GC to understand our frustrations with this question.

Please don't tell me I don't understand because I disagree.

I've been on GC since 2001, just like you. :)

If you have seen ALL the drama on here started by "innocent" questions like this and disagree, then fine.

But that hasn't been on your boards, has it? It is RARELY an Alpha question, it is almost always an AKA vs. DST question. The drama generally hasn't been in the Alpha forum. I dont know if you DO understand where I am coming from on this, even if you've been on GC has long as me. We are all so very tired of it. I have seen not only this site, but a couple of others in cyberspace turn into incredibly unpleasant places to be by instigators with "innocent" questions. They try it here and they don't start the Delta vs. AKA bickering that they want. They get a community instead.

It just seems SO much easier to ignore it if you have a problem with it.

I must co-sign on my soror's post. One reason why I love GC and have stayed is because we don't have a drama-filled theatre started up by instigators in the two main NPHC rooms I post in regularly.
There's a reason why the moderators decided to stanch membership discussions. I wish that nuevas would respect that instead of trying to do end-arounds.

Some people ignore, some people remark on the transparency of attempts at instigating and I might add, condescension.

Post ain't got nadda to do with the tea in China.
 

Well then GTHUOOH?????? You don't have to be here if we are "killing you". Who said anything about putting in hours of community service? Who said anything about not answering a question because of discretion? Who cares what you consider to be totally inappropriate? Again, if it's so inappropriate and it "kills" you why are YOU still here?

Practice what YOU preach and get a life.

I 2nd that!!!

Yes frost's question was a do around, but her initial post was never answered. I too cringe when people ask open ended questions like those, however what I try to do is simply answer the question.

One issue I am dealing with on another board is the pre-emptive strike. Trying to guess where a question will go before it's gone there. Many times we see the same question over and over. And when school starts in the fall ALL of our boards will be riddled with a new crop of membership questions. I

Greek Life is not the same as it was years ago. People and their access to the net has increased. Thereby opening up new avenues, as they perceive, to ask their questions whatever they may be. Many times we look at these questions and wonder why in the world didn't they go to someone they know. I don't even wonder about that. I either answer the question posed or keep it moving.

Again ladies I do understand your fervor but why would encourage/participate in any type of behavior in another NPHC forum that you don't want in your own?

I come through occasionally just to see what people are talking about. I see these types of comments a lot. This is a public forum and a magnet for questions like the one Frost84 asked. The people who get upset the most probably just got down within the last year or two, which is hilarious in and of itself. After a while this type of thing doesn't bother you.

My thing is since we all know what type of questions will very likely be asked here either answer them or don't. Quite trying to blast people at any little chance you get.

To Ramrod and LBF...
 

...Kudos to you both.

Ramrod, I couldn't have said your points in you posts any better myself. Excellent observations and good points. Keep up the good work.

LBF, it seems that you are taking over my spot on GC as the Greek "voice of reason". If that is the case, it couldn't go to a better person. Excellent points also.

And this is coming from a Greekchat/Greeksource member who has been down since 1997 and has seen a LOT come and go.