I FELL YOUR PAIN DPHIe ANGEL !!!!
I was a camp counselor this summer and A LOT of people working with me were greek (I met quite a few Kappas, Pi Phis and Alpha PHis, as well as a Delta Gamma and a Delta Zeta) NONE of them, even though these girls had come from all over the country had heard of Phi Sigma Sigma. It makes you sad because you love it so much and no one else has even heard of your org !!!
I mean if you go the Phi Sig website you'll see there is a HUGE Area w/ no chapters in the middle of the country we have LOTS of chapters in the northeast esp. Penn. and NJ) and a farily good handful here in Cali... but NONE in the south (except for a few in the southern part of the east coast in Florida and georgia.. and a very few a bit further north on the coast in Maryland) and NONE in the midwest !!
I think Phi Sig is a GREAT organization that would be a great addition to any campus... we have a great new member program, national offers MANY MANY scholarships to its members, We dont' haze, they offer jobs and such to alumni, We seem to have a good reputation on the campuses we ARE at, and even though there may not be a lot of alumni in some areas which would make it harder to expand... I KNOW that there are girls out there who, although there are a good long drive away would make the sacrifice and go help with any colonization process if national would ask them. ( I know quite a few people in my chapter in San Fran. would GLADLY take a road trip to LA and help in whatever way we could in the process)
I mean... when I read Corina's thread I immediately wrote to national and told them the situation and told them what great spirit Corina had and about the situation at UC Santa Cruz, and because San Fran is only like 1 hour away from Santa Cruz, we totally could've helped in the colonization process and everything, there's no houses at UCSC, so therefore not a HUGE financial barrier, but they weren't interested.... DON"T GET IT !!!
I mean I know all orgs. can't be as big or well known as some, but it does make you frustrated whenever you talk to someone and they're like "Oh we don't have Phi Sigs at my school"
== Sigh == I guess I'll just have to wait until I'm alum and join the Supreme council as director of expansion until I can make my dream of Phi Sig taking over and being at every campus in America come true
