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Originally posted by Eclipse
There wasn't a sorority cap at Spelman when I was a student there, so I can't speak to that, but Spelman did not have sororities on campus until the late 70's--1978 or 9 if I am remembering correctly. There were, however, sorority members on campus who joined at other schools. Spelman's presidents believed (and I tend to agree with them) that since "sisterhood" is a part of Spelman's culture there was no need to further divide that sisterhood with sororities.
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I graduated in '98. The cap was on paper, but hardly ever achieved (for other reasons I will not go into). Yes, sororities were not at Spelman for the above stated reason. Although, I was interested in joining a sorority, I think it was a very valid point. When I was there, we had a little under 2,000 women on campus. Two of the four sororities would have 200 women at rush. If all of the eligible women who attended rush (I should say, those that were tight--which was most of them), were accepted, the campus would be a mess.