I laughed til I almost cried when I read Carnation's post that made reference to those people from Texas. It is so ironic, because that strange website is what led me to Greek chat in the first place!!! See, a sorority sister of mine who went through a lot of ribbing when her daughter pledged a different sorority called me and told me about that web site because my daughter pledged Chi O this year. All my sisters were ragging me because I have bid day for my sorority at my house every year(for about 18 years and used to have preference tea here too. Now, pref is at the lodge and this year they used some beautiful bicolored yellow and red roses during rush. The roses were dead by bid day and word had gotten out about my duaghter'choice, so my sisters arranged them in a florist's box and had them delivered at the bid day party to me as a joke. We all laughed and they sent flowers to my daughter to congrat. her because they love her and want her to be happy with her choice. She is far away at a huge SEC University and loves her sorority so much but, I DIGRESS here, so back on track...) After reading the V's website back in the summer, I was so mad that they'd try to hurt so many young women. I saw a reference to greekchat on their site and went to it. I was hooked just like you, and wanted to keep up with what was happening. Also, I must confess that it helped me be not so lonely for my daughter and son who are both in school and are greeks. Greekchat helped me feel more in touch with their lives, or at least some of the parts they might think I am too old to relate to. I have been up and down with the SHSU girls and with Billy Optimist and many others. I love MAMAbuddha's attitude and some of ya'll are really a hoot. It also helps me relate to the girls I have worked with for 29 years as an alum. You will never know how much you all have helped fill a void this year until you are parents. Anyway I just don't think GC should be a place to be used as a bully pulpit. In many ways it takes a lot of courage to put your thoughts and fears and problems out there for everybody and many people really want a lot of opinions when they ask these questions. If one asserts herself as an authority, one should be an authority, and OTW said in a recent post that she knows little about NPC policy. Also, going through rush at a school with only one NPC sorority and several locals is quite different than going through rush at , say, a huge SEC school (NO I AM NOT FROM TEXAS), so some of your advice may not be as helpful as you think. It IS very scarey to go through one of these big rushes where every Rec counts and you need a three page resume of high school activities. I don't think it helps to have a general forum about "what is ABC like?" But, when someone asks a question about a specific campus, then it is only fair to let others answer. Just remember to take some of it with a grain of salt, as many times, people base their opinion on issues that really have little to do with the GLO as a whole , even on specific campuses. Also, it isn't very objective for you to get on here and rave about your specific chapter being #one at your school based on your opinion. We all asumme that it should be #1 in your heart, even though in your head, you may know that others may not agree. That should only fuel your desire to work harder. There are a lot of people out here who would have some pretty good advice but won't post because they are afraid of getting slammed for voicing their opinions. Who decides whose opinion is the most valuable, anyway? Wouldn't that be up to the individual reader? So, I love hearing about all of you and what is going on, just don't be too harsh, OK? OTW I think you have some good answers for many things, just not EVERY time. Is it OK for me to feel that way/and can we be "GC friends"? P.S. To whoever IS interested in Bama rush, go back and reread about LSU rush. Some places want 30 recs and other areas of the country don't even use recs. That is why these types of questions are OK. At some of these schools it really is the worst week of your life...at least until you open up that bid!
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