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ChoasDST, you're right - stupidity is an equal opportunity employer. I guess I'm just doing a sort of pre-emptive strike because I don't want to read tons of local-bashing entries like the last time around. that's just somthing I am sensitive about.

Thank you also Carolyn for your post. I think that it did have some positive moments - mainly showing that not all sorority girls look like Barbie. What killed me is when this stereotype was shown to be untrue - people were criticizing the Sigmas because they DIDN'T look like Barbie. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. People just like stereotypes and preconceptions because then they can put a person/group in a box and not have to use their brain anymore.

I think some of the situations may have been exacerbated by the fact that Sigma was a Jewish interest sorority. They got raked over the coals for asking women if they were Jewish, but IMO they were justified - same as if they would have been an agriculture or engineering sorority and asked women if they were ag or engineering majors. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see any of the "Jewish" parts of their sorority to really determine if their asking that was valid. The new group doesn't have any affiliation like that so hopefully they won't get slapped w/ the "sororities are snobby" tag.