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Originally Posted by Alumiyum
So all members must have the same experience as a collegian/alum as you? Again, it is an individual experience. Please respect that. It's FINE for it to be what it is to you. To me it is always going to be behind my family, education, and career. There is nothing that will change that. I still pay dues, attend alum meetings and functions when I can, help with recruitment, and enjoy reunions. As I said, and I'll repeat it again, I never stated that it is nothing more than "fun times and good memories". Again, I stated that as a collegian I learned many things from being a member, and made many friends that I will (hopefully) always have. And again, I really enjoy the fact that thousands of women internationally share the same ritual I experience(d). I have a copy of the Purpose on my desk, because it's full of very admirable ideals and goals. It would be difficult to remain a member, pay alum dues, and show up to functions and reunions if I thought it was just "fun times and good memories". I'm sure that's true for just about every active alum. And again, I think it's important for new members to know that though many of us are very happy to be members of our organizations, it isn't the end of the world if they don't get a bid, or don't get one to their favorite house.
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I'm not getting into a pissing match with you.
That said, it's more than "just a sorority" and it should be. At the beginning, of course it's not the end of the world if a PNM does not recieve a bid or one to her favorite house.
And to have
MY experience trivialized that way is offensive, because to me (and so many other members of GC and alumnae groups) it is so so so much more than "just a sorority."
ETA: I've continued thinking about this post and others in this thread. Instead of telling everyone that THEY need to respect YOUR view when you're so disrespectful of thiers. I'm a firm believer that sorority membership (in ANY sorority, in ANY council, at ANY school, from ANY "tier") affords a woman multiple opportunities to shape her own life, and her own future, and that carries WELL past the collegiate experience. I'm not saying it has to be first, but the line is blurred time and time again
if you want it to be and I still can't get over how offensive it is to read that my own sorority experience (and that of so many thousands of other women) has been boiled down to "silly" "frivalous" or "trivial."
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