2007 UGA Sorority Rec. Article

myonlydaughter · #1 08-12-2007, 03:18 PM

While recruitment is ongoing at UGA and yet to occur at many schools, both in GA and outside of GA, the article should not have mentioned any sorority by name. As we all know a sorority at one school might be really great and "in demand" while at another school the sorority could be not very well rated, reputation, etc. While DPhiE was founded as a Jewish sorority and has been at UGA many years as such, it is not majority "Jewish" at many schools. There are other strong and active chapters of DPhiE that might now be damaged with regard to the labeling of the AJC article.

Even with bids from some of the more well known strong southern sororities and having four generations of legacies to another sorority my daughter chose DPhiE at another southern school (not UGA) and the members are not "mostly Jewish" nor is my daughter. The chapter is actually one of the largest and most popular sororities on her campus.

With that said the "labeling" done by the AJC article was detremental to DPhiE and could happen to any sorority on any campus (good or bad). Just goes to show that saying DPhiE is Jewish does not really apply to all chapters!

LPIDelta · #2 08-12-2007, 05:31 PM

Myonlydaughter--I certainly understand what you are saying about DPhiE. I am a member who is not Jewish, in fact, I went to a catholic college. That said, I don't think this article is going to damage the reputation of the organization across the country. The reality is at UGA, DPhiE has historically been known as as a "Jewish chapter" and, to many in the community, that's all they know.

Reputations are unfortunately hard to lose in a system like UGA. I think that was the point of the article--that the system at UGA is stratified based on history or perceptions (and I was pleased that the article attempted to address that issue). DPhiE unfortunately never found an identity after the disbanding of the Jewish quota system at UGA--thankfully that is not the case on many campuses where we have been able to establish strong chapters.

It is certainly hard to see a chapter that just celebrated 70 years close--but hopefully we'll return to UGA in future.

33girl · #3 08-13-2007, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by myonlydaughter

While recruitment is ongoing at UGA and yet to occur at many schools, both in GA and outside of GA, the article should not have mentioned any sorority by name. As we all know a sorority at one school might be really great and "in demand" while at another school the sorority could be not very well rated, reputation, etc. While DPhiE was founded as a Jewish sorority and has been at UGA many years as such, it is not majority "Jewish" at many schools. There are other strong and active chapters of DPhiE that might now be damaged with regard to the labeling of the AJC article.

Even with bids from some of the more well known strong southern sororities and having four generations of legacies to another sorority my daughter chose DPhiE at another southern school (not UGA) and the members are not "mostly Jewish" nor is my daughter. The chapter is actually one of the largest and most popular sororities on her campus.

With that said the "labeling" done by the AJC article was detremental to DPhiE and could happen to any sorority on any campus (good or bad). Just goes to show that saying DPhiE is Jewish does not really apply to all chapters!

A lot of D Phi E's chapters are at smaller schools where if you actually found 2 Jewish people, you'd be shocked. I think the rushees at those schools are going to figure out that the "Jewish sorority" label isn't something that applies to every school they're located at. Same with some of the other NPC groups that are "Jewish sororities" (by default or by design) at bigger schools.

LPIDelta · #4 08-13-2007, 10:21 AM

My info says the decade of DPhiE's founding at UGA is the 1930s... does someone have other information?

DGAdDawg · #5 08-13-2007, 04:27 PM

Did anyone read the new article that has been posted? The author talks about how the sororitys bump and organize meeting and remembering girls...

melongirl · #6 08-13-2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DGAdDawg

Did anyone read the new article that has been posted? The author talks about how the sororitys bump and organize meeting and remembering girls...

Can you post the link?

DGAdDawg · #7 08-13-2007, 04:41 PM

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/me...rush_0813.html

melongirl · #8 08-13-2007, 04:43 PM

I can't believe the AJC is giving this much coverage to UGA recruitment when there isn't a *gasp* scandal going on!

UGAalum94 · #9 08-13-2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by LPIDelta

My info says the decade of DPhiE's founding at UGA is the 1930s... does someone have other information?

Perhaps it was corrected in the online article. It said something along the lines of D phi E had been on campus since the 1950's when I first read it. I'm glad they fixed it. Does anyone have the early Sunday print edition to see?

violetpretty · #10 08-13-2007, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by myonlydaughter

While DPhiE was founded as a Jewish sorority and has been at UGA many years as such, it is not majority "Jewish" at many schools.

Actually, DPhiE was not founded as a Jewish sorority.

"On March 17, 1917, five women at New York University Law School took a pledge of sisterhood and loyalty and so founded the Alpha Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon, one of the first non-sectarian, social sororities and the only one founded at a professional school." Taken from http://dphie.org/general/index.shtml

LPIDelta · #11 08-13-2007, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by violetpretty

Actually, DPhiE was not founded as a Jewish sorority.

"On March 17, 1917, five women at New York University Law School took a pledge of sisterhood and loyalty and so founded the Alpha Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon, one of the first non-sectarian, social sororities and the only one founded at a professional school." Taken from http://dphie.org/general/index.shtml

While this is true, the five founders were Jewish and sorority membership for more than fifty years was almost entirely Jewish, so DPhiE is often considered to be one of the "historically Jewish" sororities.

I'll never forget the first time I heard this though--I was in NewYork and I told someone I was a DPhiE, and she said, "Oh that's the Jewish sorority." I said, "Not at my catholic college!"