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Apparently it can't be too hard to impersonate yourself as an undergrad since Vendela Vida did it too at USC for her book. However, she did what I felt was a very well balanced portrait of the rush experience in a book which was about various community's coming of age ritual for girls rather than a expose on "sorority life."
What I find most disturbing about this new book is the conclusion the author comes to, that historically black sororities are paragons of community building and philanthropy while NPC sororities are just an excuse to socialize and meet frat guys. She completely ignores the many important positive things that NPC sororities do for their communities and their philanthropies. She does not acknowledge the role that NPC sororities play in helping their members develop as women and leaders in a supportive environment. I find her conclusion especially disturbing considering the fact that there have been a number of severe hazing incidents involving traditionally black sororities that I have read about since I've been on GC. Clearly no group of organizations is without their "bad apples." To declare one set of organizations as completely worthless and another as completely benevolent is irresponsible journalism and completely ridiculous.
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