My Spring '09 recruitment!

eleven12 · #1 10-02-2008, 04:23 PM

sorry. never mind. i never meant to promote the stereotypes about the sororities. maybe ill make a new thread once rush gets closer.

sorry if i offended anyone.

Benzgirl · #2 10-02-2008, 05:51 PM

violetpretty · #3 10-02-2008, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by eleven12

hi everyone! ive been lurking around here for a while reading all these various rush threads and ive just been so excited about joining greek life at my school (name withheld!). we have delayed rush here, so I guess my thread won't really become live until january, but i really wanted to make a thread so yall could get to know me a bit and help me get prepared!
of course, with delayed rush comes preconceived stereotypes about the sororities. we have six at my school, and i guess i'll name them after the 6 friends characters cause that's nice and simple, but still fun.

Rachel-this sorority is historically known for having the best sisterhood bonds, but supposedly has a lot of the ugly/fat girls that don't party a lot? from what i've seen around campus this doesn't seem true.
Ross-has been known as the top one on campus, but according to some people the pledge class last year left something to be desired. huge party girls that got in trouble last year for dirty rushing. not sure how i feel about them yet, but someone from my high school is currently in this sorority.
Monica-second in command to the Ross's. supposedly all the jappy girls from the north are here. ive heard that they do a lot of coke. yet, every single Monica ive met has been genuinely nice and friendly. based on the girls, im interested in this one.
Chandler-these are the sweet girls that like to go out and have fun, but still stay classy. other than that i don't know too much about them.
Joey-the southern girls. very conservative and supposedly very stuck-up. ive met some nice ones and some kind of stand-offish ones, but im willing to give them a chance.
Phoebe-i don't really know a lot about them either, though my big sis from another group is in this one and she likes it, but it was her second choice when she was rushing. supposedly no one pays attention to these girls. i dont know, i like my big sis, so maybe if the girls are like her...

anyway, im so excited to be here and to start rush in january!

Good luck to you.

#4 10-02-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by eleven12

hi everyone! ive been lurking around here for a while reading all these various rush threads and ive just been so excited about joining greek life at my school (name withheld!). we have delayed rush here, so I guess my thread won't really become live until january, but i really wanted to make a thread so yall could get to know me a bit and help me get prepared!
of course, with delayed rush comes preconceived stereotypes about the sororities. we have six at my school, and i guess i'll name them after the 6 friends characters cause that's nice and simple, but still fun.

Rachel-this sorority is historically known for having the best sisterhood bonds, but supposedly has a lot of the ugly/fat girls that don't party a lot? from what i've seen around campus this doesn't seem true.
Ross-has been known as the top one on campus, but according to some people the pledge class last year left something to be desired. huge party girls that got in trouble last year for dirty rushing. not sure how i feel about them yet, but someone from my high school is currently in this sorority.
Monica-second in command to the Ross's. supposedly all the jappy girls from the north are here. ive heard that they do a lot of coke. yet, every single Monica ive met has been genuinely nice and friendly. based on the girls, im interested in this one.
Chandler-these are the sweet girls that like to go out and have fun, but still stay classy. other than that i don't know too much about them.
Joey-the southern girls. very conservative and supposedly very stuck-up. ive met some nice ones and some kind of stand-offish ones, but im willing to give them a chance.
Phoebe-i don't really know a lot about them either, though my big sis from another group is in this one and she likes it, but it was her second choice when she was rushing. supposedly no one pays attention to these girls. i dont know, i like my big sis, so maybe if the girls are like her...

anyway, im so excited to be here and to start rush in january!

Just because the preconceived stereotypes are there doesn't mean you have to go and promote them.

But as VP said, good luck to you.

eleven12 · #5 10-02-2008, 09:15 PM

im not a racist, actually. i never said i believed in the stereotypes at all.

BetteDavisEyes · #6 10-02-2008, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by eleven12

im not a racist, actually. i never said i believed in the stereotypes at all.

Then why refer to them as the "jappy" girls? You may not be racist but you're certainly perpetuating that stereotype by acknowledging as sorority as such.

SWTXBelle · #7 10-02-2008, 09:57 PM

But some of her best friends are japs!

paulam · #8 10-10-2008, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

But some of her best friends are japs!

I have always despised that line, but here it seems very appropriate. The term JAP started out as a joke but became a real problem on campuses back in the late 70's and early 80's when Jewish women were taunted as they walked to class, to the dorms, to their sorority houses or just walked around. Not a joke anymore.

In my home, we always were told that Jewish fathers who had fought in WW11 pampered their daughters upon returning to the US because of the terrible atrocities committed upon young Jewish girls by the Nazis. It makes sense on some level. I know that some of these girls from my generation turned out to be very shallow and materialistic so I can see how the term JAP developed. But it is a very derogatory remark to attribute to an entire group of people. I certainly was never a JAP, although there were times when I wished I could have everything I wanted just by asking Daddy for it like some girls I knew. But my Dad was a wonderful, practical man who showed me how to appreciate what I did have and to work for what I wanted. There is nothing so satisfying as to earn your own rewards.

Speaking of jokes, this is so corny but I laughed anyway. A sorority sister sent this to me. I hope you'll laugh, too.

The Bee's Bar Mitzvah

Two bees met in a field. One said to the other, "How are things going?"

"Really bad," said the second bee. "The weather has been cold, wet and damp, and there aren't any flowers, so I can't make honey."

"No problem," said the first bee, "Just fly down five blocks and turn left. Keep going until you see all the cars. There's a Bar Mitzvah going on and there are all kinds of fresh flowers and fresh fruit."

"Thanks for the tip," said the second bee, and flew away.

A few hours later the two bees ran into each other again. The first bee asked, "How'd it go?"

"Great!" said the second bee. "It was everything you said it would be. There was plenty of fruit and, oh, such huge floral arrangements on every table."

"Uh, what's that thing on your head?" asked the first bee.

"That's my *yarmulke," said the second bee. "I didn't want them to think I was a wasp!"

*Skull cap worn by Orthodox Jews for the one or two who don't know what that is!

Paula M.
Sigma Delta Tau
ΣΔT
Patriae Multi Spes Una One Hope of Many People

Paula M.
Sigma Delta Tau
ΣΔT
Patriae Multi Spes Una One Hope of Many People

drgnlady · #9 10-02-2008, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by eleven12

im not a racist, actually. i never said i believed in the stereotypes at all.

Where I come from "jappy" is extremely offensive and refers to a particular religion (not a race). I'll give eleven12 the benefit of the doubt that she doesn't know the origin of the term but please never use this adjective again! Open your mind, broaden your horizons and good luck.

BetteDavisEyes · #10 10-02-2008, 10:43 PM

I'm still trying to figure out if she was refering to JAPS (Jewish American Princess) or "japs" as in a deragatory remark towards the Japanese.

Either way, it's insulting as hell.

alum · #11 10-02-2008, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

I'm still trying to figure out if she was refering to JAPS (Jewish American Princess) or "japs" as in a deragatory remark towards the Japanese.

Either way, it's insulting as hell.

I assume the OP's jappy reference is a stereotype on new money, wealthy Jewish girls. Is Jappy any worse than WASPy?

SWTXBelle · #12 10-02-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by alum

I assume the OP's jappy reference is a stereotype on new money, wealthy Jewish girls. Is Jappy any worse than WASPy?

I personally don't like being called a WASP.

nittanyalum · #13 10-02-2008, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by alum

Is Jappy any worse than WASPy?

Yes.

#14 10-03-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

I'm still trying to figure out if she was refering to JAPS (Jewish American Princess) or "japs" as in a deragatory remark towards the Japanese.

Either way, it's insulting as hell.

That's what I immediately thought too, but then again I was taught that it was a bad word when I was growing up. It was more widely used in the Continental US and not so much here, where the Japanese made up the majority of Hawaii's population for a long time.

eleven12 · #15 10-02-2008, 10:43 PM

my apologies everyone.