For various reasons, I've kept up with the UA situation. The first article I read mentioned her upper-middle class status...using the Jeep her father got her as evidence that she was indeed upper-middle class (and in the eyes of the media, sorority material). The CHE article seemed to be an overly generalized summary of the articles I had already read. Either way, the statement does not smack of journalistic integrity.
As for the "I expected sororities to jump all over me", that is a pretty cocky statement. She could have said something to the lines of "I expected Rush to be a better experience than it turned out to be"...or better yet, she could have said nothing about her chances.
You know, I never considered the possibility that her being rejected could have been an issue of standards. She went to a very popular, prestigious high school in Mobile, where kids from all over Alabama are invited to attend. At least one person she met during Rush had to know her, or know someone who did. Whether or not she had a good reputation, her reputation probably preceded her in Tuscaloosa.
It still blows my mind, however, that the UA Greek system has not been integrated, but it also surprised me that the UGa system had not been integrated, either.
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