[lovelyivy84]

This is an interesting conversation because I have heard the exact opposite a LOT from grad Sorors. A number have expressed the sentiment that a temporary "moritorium" on undergrad initiations be held until we have reclaimed inactive Sorors into our grad chapters. I disagreed with that idea the same way I disagree that grad initiation should be suspended or stopped.

It is so difficult to see when you have not experienced both sides of the argument. Influencing undergraduate college life is something that we have always strongly believed in, and undergraduate life is crucial to who we are and have been for almost 100 years. But it can NOT be denied that a great deal of the planning, fundraising and general day-to-day business of AKA is done on a graduate level. And that a lot of shady and petty things can and do go on in undergrad chapters that prevent qualified women from joining (look at Oprah!). I am of the opinion that no woman of quality be she graduate or undergraduate should be barred from AKA. I am proud to call some of the amazing individuals who I have met who crossed through graduate chapters (many of them on this site) my Sorors.

Coming in through an undergrad chapter as I did myself, I also understand a LOT of the frustrations younger Sorors go through, things I won't detail here, because I went through them. ALL BGLO's seem to be having a similar situation though and must address it eventually if we mean to move forward.

Soror, Ivy Deviness, when did you cross? I just ask because I wonder how much interaction you have had with graduate Sorors, and what the quality of those interactions has been. Do you plan on continuing to be active within the organization when you graduate? I hope you do, and if youare planning on remaining active you will have to find some accomodations with grad Sorors, an maybe modify those views of yours.

If you do not feel comfortable answering here, please feel free to PM me.