DePauw Rush Results

[dzchelsea]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Why did they decide to kick those women out just before formal recruitment? I assume DZ will be doing a massive interview/membership drive now?

"Image" keeps getting brought up. Were the decisions made on personal, physical image, or the collective image, as in reputation, of the chapter? I do think it's horrible for a GLO to kick members out of a chapter because they decide they aren't pretty enough. That's just mean, and is cruel on a very basic, human level. DZ is a strong organization, but can you really blame women for choosing not to join during rush if this is the new image DZ is presenting?

ETA: for the record, I would feel the same way if it was my org. that did this

No one was kicked out. The women of the Delta chapter voted (albeit not unanimously) to close the chapter in August 2006 and were granted Alumna status at that time. The "member reviews" were the result of DZ National Council members approaching university administration to negotiate terms for returning to the Depauw campus at a later date...after all it is the fourth oldest chapter in the organization with over 900 alumnae. Campus administration refused to agree to a return but suggested the "member reviews" as a way to allow the chapter to continue recruiting. After the member reviews it was clear that 12 of the 35 women were interested in returning to an active status and wanted to push forward with recruitment efforts. All other women remained on Alumna status. As far as I know, alumnae do not live in greek houses...and these women had been doing so for several months as alumnae. There is a lot of misrepresented information being presented by the press. Do not believe everything you read, see or hear. For one thing, image was obviously not the issue when one of the 23 women remaining on Alumna status was a beauty pageant winner...food for thought.