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* hijack* == Sigh == Why does "competetivie" almost always seem to
translate into which schools have rush that is more a beauty pagent than selecting women who will support you and the ideals fo the organization ????? I mean... I like to dress nice and everything and I know it's important to put your best face foward... and have been accused of being fairly "high maintainance" but it just saddens me that there are some schools that choose sisters based on whether they were wearing "the CUTEST pair of seven jeans" or not... I mean I know several girls at UCLA, USC, and U of A, who are in sororities and they have told me about some of the stuff that goes on... I believe it was Chloe who even mentioned noticing one of the groups at SC putting aside the less attractive girls at the party in a room with scrapbooks and not having any sisters really interact with them... Maybe it's just the whole "L.A. Vibe in general" I went to school down there for a year and visit often enough to know that the stereotype about people overly caring about looks in la la land is *fairly* true... (I espcially noticed it because I was doing the acting thing) However I would hate to think that people who would make great sisters are being turned away just becasue they weren't "trendy" enough or weighed too much when they passed through the invisible scale at the front door.. (rumor I heard about one of the houses at UCLA, which I know is untrue... but the judging eyes of sisters may as well be a scale sizing up these women sometimes) I mean I know just because someone is beautiful doesn't mean that she can't uphold the standards and ideals of an org at all either but I don't think someone else who can do that as well should be turned down for membership just because she isn't as beautiful... I don't know what can be done about this... or why this is just really sitting badly with me right now... but I will step off my soap box and return you to your regularly scheduled thread.