How/Why did your chapter begin?

[Deltazeta4ever]

My chapter was the first sorority at the University of Rochester. We were chartered in 1978, over 75 years after women were admitted to the school. (For those of you who don't know the story... the U of R was an all male institution until Susan B. Anthony cashed in her life insurance policy to pay $10,000 to the school, forcing them to admit women). Even after women were admitted, sororities were still not allowed (fraternities have been there since 1850) because there was some silly codicil in an endowment that said that sororities could not be housed "on campus." After countless years and many complaints, the university finally came up with a plan: sororities were allowed, but they could not be housed on the ground floor of any building. They had to live on the upper floors, so they are not technically "on campus." Sounds silly, but it worked! They kept the endowment, and now there are 6 NPC and 2 NPHC sororities and a few MCGLO's.

[JenMarie]

We were a little sister program that still wanted to continue after they banned them on campus. So they made a sorority and kept on partying away. At least until they realized that they needed to get serious. I find it to be the highest compliment when an older member finds one of the current members and tells her how proud and surprised she is that we are doing so well, despite our party girl past. We still have our moments (and who doesn't) but at least we have a system and method to the madness.