[Dancindeac]

Hello everyone -
Well, someone who read my journal sent me along in this direction so I thought I would come see what was going on. First of all, I am not sure how my journal got up here, but hey - it is the internet. You don't publish anything you wouldn't want your mother to see.

Second of all, thank you to everyone for your support - and for your criticism. For those of you who acknowledged especially that this journal was written during a very emotional and stressful time, I thank you for your understanding and open-mindedness. I'm only human - and I do write that journal mainly as an emotional outlet and for close friends and family.

Dear Chi Omegas (and other Greeks) - I am so sorry if any of you are offended by what you perceived as Chi Omega bashing or outright disrespect for Chi Omega, for Nationals, and for the sisterhood. Please accept this apology. My words weren't intended to be hurtful in any manner and my sisterhood's loyalties to Fideles do not undermine our love for Chi Omega. I made the analogy in the beginning that Fideles is the foundation upon which we built our Chi Omega upon - there wouldn't be one without the other. It is hard for a sisterhood that doesn't have a local chapter history to understand - as I said, most of my readers are fellow Wake Forest students, so they understand the blending of the societies and sororities.

As I read all of your posts - and I did read all of them - I was making mental notes that there were many I would like to reply to and clarify, but I would end up writing a whole other long journal entry (and if you read my journal entry, you know brevity of words is NOT my specialty.) If I can answer anyone's questions specifically, I would do my best to.

And lastly, I would like to address one stream I saw come up consisitently. Yes - we did break laws and Chi Omega national policies and yes, it may be flagrantly disrespectful to both the constituion of the US and Chi O to admit that. But I would ask you - can every single one of you, especially as a college student, admit to me your perfection as a human being? I did not confess to these mistakes in order to throw them back into Chi Omega Nationals face - I did it in order to be fair, and admit our mistakes so as not to present myself in any sort of unjust self-righteous manner.

We are 21 year olds, we are learning growing mistake making human beings. I don't expect perfection from myself, my sisters or any of my peers. I, as well as my sisters, were expecting punishment and a chance to reform from Nationals (and as far as the true problem goes of why we received our probation sentence it had to do with underage drinking) - we didn't feel the punishment fit the crime. It was up to you to be the judge of that.


I've enjoyed reading all y'alls opinions, both supportive and opposed. You all have made very insightful commentary and I'm glad I've stumbled upon this. I am curious as to who the original poster is and how you came across my journal??

Take care yall,

Meghan