[Little32]

So, SFs, I ask you, how do you view discretion and what does it mean to you? What do you think it means to the organization?

If you were a legacy, would you tell?

I have, in the past, spoken of my familial connections to the sorority; so members of the chapter that I am interested in already know of it. I don't think that it is wrong to be proud of those familial associations. I do, however, think that it is wrong to hope to stand on the reputation and the work of the women that have come before you.

If your blood sister was an AKA perp would you tell or would you let my Sorors think she was real?

I wouldn't have to tell. I wouldn't let my sister perp. I would set her straight before that even got started. (see next answer)

Have you ever thought about perping? What made you decide against it?

No, I haven't thought about it. I wouldn't do it because I am an accomplished young woman in my own right. I don't have to pretend to be anything that I am not in order to feel special, important, or a part of something. That's why my sister wouldn't perp, because I would convince her (though she does not need convincing) to be proud of her accomplishments and that she need not pretend for reasons of recognition, admiration, etc...etc...



What, if any, is the advantage of doing community service in a group as opposed to doing it alone?

It is always fun to do service with people that you share a bond with, just as it is fun to do most anything with people with whom you share a bond.
Also, service performed by a group is generally more effective and far reaching than what one person, herself, can accomplish. When a group of like-minded, committed individuals come together to work towards a certain goal, they have but to accomplish it.
Bottom line, service to others, in all of its many forms, is the reward in and of itself.


If you have always wanted Sorority ABC and instead go to Sorority XYZ, what makes Sorority ABC "not right" for you anymore? What are you looking for in any Sorority?

Someone has noted, people change as they mature. Ideals and personalities ared different, and thus the goals that might be important to us when we are younger (goals that might be articulated by a particular sorority) might take a back burner. Furthermore, the methods towards achieving what are, in the end, very similar goals within the D9 sororities are quite different. Thus, as our ideals change and as we mature, we might find ourselves more aligned with the methods and aims of a different sorority than the one we initially aspired to.


Knowing what you know about your organization of choice, what would make you a "fit"?

My commitment to sisterhood, first and foremost. My commitment to educating our community with the hopes of changing it for the better. My compassion, my humility.


What are your favorite colors?
Purple, blue, and green

Why do SOME SFs say they want to join XYZ because of the colors?

Because they look good in them?

Do you (not just coco, collective you) think that Alpha Kappa Alpha should discontinue membership at the undergraduate level so that we can make sure we are taking women who KNOW what they want?

I think that there are a few ways to look at that. First, by ending undergraduate membership, would you in fact be robbing to undergraduate communities of the positives that sororities can bring to that experience. (If so, no). But just because you end undergraduate intake, that doesn't mean that any D9 sorority can not continue to have an impact on those campuses via the graduate chapter.
Also, given my answer to other questions, I would almost say yes. An older woman, hopefully, knows better her own mind, and will be better able to sustain a commitment to her organization of choice. She would be less given to making that commitment for the wrong reasons (not all, but most).

What, in your honest opinion, is the purpose of a sorority? Now, how does it relate to the purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha? Are they aligned? And do you believe that they HAVE to be aligned in order for you to join the organization?

I think that the main purpose of the sorority is sisterhood. Sororities were established as communities of support for women on various campus, and that support takes on a variety of forms. Sisterhood takes the form of the bond that you form with the women who join with you, with the women that bring you into the sorority, with the women--who have been there for years--who have already been where you are going and want nothing more than to help you through. And you, in turn, do the same for others. I would not join a sorority for community service. I would join a sorority with women I would be proud to call my sisters.
I think that my understanding of sororities does align with the purposes of Alpha Kappa Alpha. I think they would have to be aligned in order for me to want to pursue it.


If you could choose your own linesisters would you? What would be your criteria?

No I would not want to choose my own linesisters. However, I do have a couple of criteria that I would hope they would understand. I would hope that they would know the meaning of--and value of--sisterhood. A meaning which I expounded upon a bit above. I would hope that they were committed, conscientious, intelligent, and passionate. But sisterhood, an understanding of that, would be core.

If you knew FOR CERTAIN that you would NEVER have the opportunity to become a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, would you go ahead and seek membership elsewhere?

No.

If you knew FOR CERTAIN that in order to become a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha you would HAVE TO spend an extra year in undergrad would you submit an application and stay in school that extra year or continue your studies/graduate on time and hope to be invited to a graduate chapter? Why or Why not?

No, because I didn't go to college to join a sorority.

If your mother, for whatever reasons, forbade you to become a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha would you do it anyway (assume that her opinion CANNOT be changed)? Why or Why not?

If I knew that it would cause an rift that could not be repaired, I wouldn't.