[phisigduchesscv]

When I first was in college I wanted to join a sorority but CSUDH didn't have any sororities at the time. I was told I could contact a sorority at CSULB if I wanted to and try to join them but I gave up instead because I thought it would be too much of a hassle. Plus I am very overweight and didnt' have the selfconfidence to believe that a sorority would want me to join them. (I always thought they were looking for the blonde haired, blue-eyed, "muffy, buffy, tuffy, and tiffany" of the world - you know the sterotypical one shown on tv without a thought in her head).

When Phi Sig came to CSUDH many years later, I thought they were interesting and told one of them I wished they had been around years ago since after talking to them I wouldn't have felt they would judge on looks. That's when Casey and Peggy (chapter consultants) asked why I didn't join now. After getting past all my concerns (see the post on grad students in Phi Sig) and talking some more I thought I'd go to their informational meetings about the colonizing.

Well, after hearing about how I could be a part of starting new traditions at CSUDH by being the first NPC and a founding sister I really wanted to join. Everyone was so accepting and the other women going through colonization were great women I would never have met otherwise. The rest they say is history. I was founding MOC and Archon last year. Most of all I'm proud to say I'm PHI SIGMA SIGMA.
Carolyn