Duke University Sorority Article

[sueali]

Originally Posted by als463

I'm a member of the same national GLO as DeltaBetaBaby and I find this to be very sad...As a recent graduate and an active alumna, I'm able to stay connected to my organization and still do things that help me grow as a person. I'm still in the military, go to Graduate School at a Big Ten University, work for the County as a caseworker for Children & Youth, volunteer for Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, volunteer to help tutor people going back for the G.E.D.s and I'm still active as a Secretary in my Alumnae Chapter...Yes, I do other volunteer work on the side not connected to my GLO but, I still love the fact I can contribute to CMN through working with the other Alumnae to raise money during certain events. I'm proud to put my GLO on my resume and I've had good comments from putting it on there by Military professionals, Graduate School Advisors, Supervisors (looking to hire, or who have already hired me) and even Law School at some of the best Law Schools in the nation....I wear my badge on NPC day and I'm proud of my GLO...I feel sorry for those that are embarrassed by a concious decision they made back in college....GLOs are not just for "fun" in college-maybe if alot of us NPCers felt the same way as the NPHCers we'd have much more of a lifetime commitment. I went to a very good Big Ten University Undergraduate school and I'm not ashamed to say I'm Greek! Hopefully other people will eventually feel the same way I feel....It's like AlwaysSAI said, I've had doors open for me just because I'm Greek...I've had people say, "Oh-my sister, mother, cousin, etc. is a *** **...." or I'm a (insert other NPC or NPHC name here)....I've found that NPHC members are much more proud to sport their gear even at the ages of 40+...it's nice......Let's all do that and show our pride instead of write about our disdain in a newspaper (and at the same time giving our organizations more BAD publicity).....

Ditto. I also want to state that I am very proud of listing my sorority on my resume, and I pay special attention to those who list greek affiliation on their resume when I am hiring.

I also wanted to add, my nationals was able to support Alumnae not only by networking and socializing but in their time of need. Nationals raised thousands of dollars to give to alumnae of the gulf coast who lost everything.

[DUAPhi]

There was another lip synch contest that went on....I know my chapter did one the year dukedg graduated, but I want to say AOII or did it....don't totally remember.

As for alum support, aside from the "mass Durham exodus" that occurs every year college, the alums that are in the area (and not all of them, just some) came from schools with VERY different greek scenes....many times from hard-core "go greek or go home" southern schools. Duke does not have housing, and while Greek Life is important, it is not the be-all, end-all that many of the women advising thought it should be. Duke is a stepping-stone school where most go on to graduate schools - there are always bigger priorities, and greek life is seen as your social outlet only should you choose to join. It also makes smaller chapters hard to sustain...when I left, there was a 60% affiliation rate, so COR/COB processes were difficult...women who wanted to be greek were, women who weren't wanted no part of it.

As dukedg stated, I graduated in 2002 and held an Exec Board position with Duke Panhellenic. While there were always "rumors" of inappropriate conduct (an infamous school girls and teachers mixer between two other fraternities and sororites comes to mind) I was disturbed to hear the lap dances, "women licking whipped cream off each other" karoke, etc. that is supposedly occuring now. It is beyond inappropriate and only adds fuel to the less-than-stellar PR fire Duke has recieved over the past two years. Kudos to the women standing up and putting an end to this. They are far too smart and talented to demean themselves in such a fashion.