[Lalucas]

the fact that you are shocked that sororities consider frats and party invitations when choosing girls makes the need for my post even more apparent. But no, i am not proud of this but it is a fact of sorority life. If you heard the drunk party/formal stories that I have then you would understand better. And the Greeks that follow this thread could tell you even more. Sure sororities do great philo support(but why would they have to award points for participating if it was thier main focus of joining) but the social aspects are big ie which frat will (or wont pair with you). The other thing that people don't talk about is that certain frats always pair with certain sororities...quite the pecking order. why else do they spend all of this first week parading their new girls to the frats?

Hopeful Mom said....I am just shocked that you said "instead of like girls looking for future roommates and new sisters that will attract the "hot frats" to choose your house for homecoming." and "Philo events are not the main focus of IU sorority girls life... but parties and boys and drinking are. School work and intensive career choices like dance majors are not the emphasis for the sorority life that I see from my daughter and her friends who are all in various sororities at IU." My daughter is gorgeous, and I'm sure everyone thinks their daughter is as well. She knows how to have a good time,

but if she has to prove that she can "get drunk" and party to get into a sorority at IU I think I would rather her not get in. If she got in do you expect her to abstain from all frat events? maybe some girls do... sober drivers are always needed and appreciated by the other girls.