That article was sad, it goes deep. This girl is in a bad place, being an angel and now wanting to be greek. Sorors I know so many of us have strong feelings about auxiliary groups, but we really need to look at individuals as individuals. This girl's story is probably like a lot of people's stories that we know who are or have been in auxiliary groups. She was a freshman who needed to belong. I know when I was a college freshman, I saw auxiliary groups for what I thought they were. I felt these girls were letting themselves be used for the sake of being able to wear somebody elses's letters, so to speak. I wanted no part of it but I also tried to be open minded about why some girls thought they wanted this or needed it. At my school I don't think belonging to an auxiliary necessarily put up a road block to becoming greek, it was how the individual conducted herself as a member of the auxiliary group that colored the way people thought of her.
I know this topic has come up many times before (and will probably come up again). I just want to encourage sorors and sisterfriends to keep an open mind about people in general.
[This message has been edited by pearlsNivy (edited May 09, 2000).]
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