Bashed by the school newspaper

[33girl]

Originally Posted by D_Mom

My point is that many schools have an institutional problem where only 2-4 sororities are considered "desirable" There's a huge discrepancy between the two tiers, leading many girls to withdraw from Rush rather than pledge one of the others.

Fixed that for you.

It's NOT a Dartmouth problem in the least. It happens at tons and tons of schools across the country. It is more disturbing that it happens at Dartmouth because you'd think the girls are a little smarter than to buy into that crap - especially when you read why some of the sororities are formed &/or why they went local. Feminism in the best sense of the word, IMO.

It is NOT worse than anything else on the planet because it is happening to your daughter.

Also, if Dartmouth took any institutional responsibility for the varying reps of the sororities, it would more likely take the form of randomly assigning women to chapters, or getting rid of the system altogether. A Greek system eating itself alive would probably give them a giant boner.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It is more disturbing that it happens at Dartmouth because you'd think the girls are a little smarter than to buy into that crap - especially when you read why some of the sororities are formed &/or why they went local. Feminism in the best sense of the word, IMO.

I think the locals may have been taking their ritual a little too literally (and not taking into context that their GLOs' rituals were written in 1870, 1874, and 1885!) and not looking at the values of their organizations. I am a member of one of the NPCs with a chapter that went local at Dartmouth and I am a feminist and I don't see anything wrong with my sorority's ritual.

[33girl]

I think that it was more a question of some of the rules being enforced and the reasoning behind them, more than the actual ritual, in "your" group's case. There is IMO a disconnect between the spirit of the women who created the groups and some of the edicts today, but that's another thread.

[33girl]

Incidentally, after searching through that neverending blog that DMom referenced, I found the article she talked about - it's over 3 years old and does not take into account the newest sorority. It was written by 2 anonymous alums, and in content is actually no worse than the infamous "Big 6" article - the tone is just a lot nastier.

Dmom, if you're hung up on your daughter's choice because of things like this, may I suggest that you get a life of your own.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

I think the locals may have been taking their ritual a little too literally (and not taking into context that their GLOs' rituals were written in 1870, 1874, and 1885!) and not looking at the values of their organizations. I am a member of one of the NPCs with a chapter that went local at Dartmouth and I am a feminist and I don't see anything wrong with my sorority's ritual.

It always sucks when a chapter decides to o local. However at least I can respect it when it is done for matters of principle, like your former Dartmouth chapter. We have a former Owl Club (our term for recolonization) at Yale who decided they didn't want to pay national dues or chapter services fees and seperated from us, while still using the name Psi U. That makes me so pissed.

/rant