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Is Sarah Palin a sorority member?
John McCain's running mate is Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. She is a graduate of University of Idaho. Does anyone known if she joined a sorority? Greeks are not doing so well this time around, with only Cindy McCain being Greek out of the eight candidates and spouses.
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I doubt it ... Sigma Alpha (agricultural) appears to be the most likely candidate and her interests seemed to be communications/journalism.
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I don't think she's a Kappa because she would have been profiled in The Key as was Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift (Trinity College, Zeta Theta Chapter).
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We don't have a chapter there, so ADPi is out.
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From what I could find it never mentions a sorority affiliation; and based on the Joe Biden search I would say that no mention means no affiliation. (since I can't imagine a bio stating "She attended the Univeristy of Idaho and did not participate in Greek Life")
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She isn't a Tri Sigma. Using the list that KSUViolet06 put together here, there has never been a chapter of Tri Sigma at the University of Idaho (her Alma Mater.)
So that's, what, 3 down and 23 to go? Haha. And by the way, the first question I asked was... "IS SHE GREEK?" |
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There are quite a few NPC sororities at Idaho. Paging VandalSquirrel. There is a Pi Phi chapter at Idaho, and I don't think I've heard of her being a Pi Phi. |
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http://stuorgs.uidaho.edu/search/?category=Greek+Life |
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U of I has Pi Phi, DG, Gamma Phi, AGD (obviously), KD, Kappa, Theta, APhi, and Tri-Delta.
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:) Darn web search!!! :) Thanks.
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She is not an Alpha Gam initiate from the Idaho chapter.
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University of Idaho Moscow, ID: August 15-20, 2008
Quota=27 Campus Total=80 Quota last year=24 *************** Gamma Phi Beta Xi 1909 Delta Gamma Nu 1911 (27) Kappa Kappa Gamma Beta Kappa 1915 Kappa Alpha Theta Beta Theta 1920-1986/2001 Pi Beta Phi Idaho Alpha 1923 Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Rho 1924-1988 Alpha Phi Beta Zeta 1928 Delta Delta Delta Theta Tau 1929 Alpha Gamma Delta Delta Theta 1958 Kappa Delta Zeta Chi 1997 (35) The above is from IrishPipes List, so it looks like Alpha Chi was also there during that time span |
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http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...9&postcount=12 |
I knew some GCers would be able to figure it out! :)
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Scratch one more off the list...
Not a Theta. I checked under both her maiden and married names.
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Probably not. |
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So how bout we have the same decorum here, dems? |
I just looked through the yearbook Gem of the Mountains and only found ONE picture of her in 1987, her senior photo. I went back four years and did not find her name listed under any sorority chapter photo or in a women's residence hall. This doesn't mean she isn't in a sorority, but it is highly unlikely. Sure she could have joined and then dropped, but that would mean she pledged a sorority and isn't a member.
Don't we think if she was our sister our Inter/National Organizations would have already listed her as an accomplished member when she was elected as the governor of Alaska? |
Just curious. If she isn't a sorority member, do you think any sorority will reach out to her and invite her to be an alumnae member like what AKA did to Michelle Obama?
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I have seen things about her here and there in the Vandal Vibe but never did it mention a Greek affiliation. |
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Really those two are approximately the left's version of Rush and the Hannity radio show. I understand reading them, but just like listening to Rush or Hannity, I wouldn't go admitting in public that I did. |
AAiiiyyeeee....thread pixies were here.
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I doubt my NPC would. We don't do honorary AI. If a woman is selected for alumna initiation, she would be expected to actively participate in the fraternity, and I don't think Governor Palin would have time for that. |
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Dunno, there's just so much controversy surrounding Sarah Palin, and I don't know what sorority in their right mind would want to invite her for membership. AGD does not have honorary memberships, either. |
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I don't see anyone offering her AI just because it would seem cheap. Well, not cheap exactly, but a little pathetic to offer membership just because a person with no connection to your group was nominated as a VP candidate. It'd be something else if she met the same requirements groups are generally looking for in AIs. |
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I agree totally, plus it would seem to send a message that being famous somehow makes someone more attractive for membersip than a regular person, and the regular people are the ones who support the GLO at the grass roots level. To me it would seem like a slight to them. The cool part of having notable members is that they chose you and you them before anyone knew they were going to be notable. That is lost if you AI famous people, in my opinion. |
she's definitely not a tri delta. i checked maiden name and married name too
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What I saw written about it, suggested that Mrs. Bush wanted to join Pi Phi because she felt an affinity for it and many of her closest friends were Pi Phis. So who knows who approached whom? Are there any other first lady AIs? |
Last week my step-dad and I discussed the election and who we were planning on voting for. At that point, neither of us had decided which candidate was the lesser evils.
I talk to him this morning and he's voting for McCain because he says Sarah Palin is hottttt. (I'm sure he was joking of course :p) |
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That sounds like Pi Phi does a sort of honorary AI, and my group just doesn't do that. (I say honorary in the sense that I doubt Barbara is attending local AC meetings or advising a chapter.) I think she was also popular across party lines since she wasn't a politician at all and was just a nice, unthreatening cutie. |
Barbara Bush had literacy as her "cause" - so the Pi Phi connection makes sense. She was very active and vocal in the philanthropy that Pi Phi works for, so I think it was a win/win for both. Pi Phis correct me if I'm wrong (I know I read about it in my former mother-in-law's Arrow, but I don't remember distinctly) but I do not believe it was an "honorary" - I think she was an AI like any other AI, in that she was seen as someone who met membership criteria and could contribute to the group.
If Sarah Palin had belonged to a local chapter that went national (although come to think of it, LBJ never was initiated into Pike, which is what the Black Stars became, but I digress) or was heavily involved in a philanthropy of an NPC, then I think AI might be an option. With what we know now, I'd say it's not likely. |
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Didn't Florence Henderson AI for DZ? I thought she did. I always wondered what made certain stars choose to AI once they were famous. Did Florence have a prior connection with DZ initially? Maybe a DZ can answer that... |
It's more likely she's not greek since she started at Hawaii Pacific and transfered to North Idaho College before going to University of Idaho and those two don't appear to have greek life (North Idaho is a community college).
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