A dreamy Fall/Spring 2010 Recruitment Story

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

There are some issues you just can't get around, and religion would be one of them. If you're going to cringe every time a certain prayer is said, or they clock church time like other houses clock study hours, then yeah, you might as well deal with that right now.

Yeah - there's a big difference in a Christian Sorority, and a Sorority founded based on Christian (or Jewish, or Catholic or Flying Spaghetti Monster) Ideals.

As a person raised in a largely secular way by an interfaith couple, I was completely happy joining the latter, but the former would have been a disaster for me, no matter how open-minded I (and my sisters) would have been.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

Ha! I knew it!

In 2010, aren't 100% Jewish chapters of AEPhi more of the exception rather than the norm?

We don't discriminate on the basis of religion - so what % of a chapter is Jewish varies from chapter to chapter. (If we did discriminate, our membership selection would probably go a lot more quickly. "Rachel Rosenberg, keep her; Leah Schwartz, keep her; Mary O'Malley - CUT!!" ) Someone who runs around yelling "Death to all Jews!" probably wouldn't be happy in AEPhi, but otherwise, a PNM shouldn't automatically strike AEPhi or SDT off their lists just because she isn't Jewish.

ANYWAY...

Originally Posted by smallschoolpnm

...when a social group tries to dictate what I can and can't do in my social time and my private life, I am not down with that. And even though I believe that non-Christians are allowed to join Mal, their principles as an organization make it clear that a certain amount of grooviness with Jesus is expected. Mal is definitely out of the question for me.

Ah... things are a little clearer now. I wouldn't be too happy in a sorority that mandated that I, say, keep kosher, wear long skirts all the time, and regularly attend Friday night services. If you don't feel you have the requisite "grooviness with Jesus" (btw, add me to the list of people who love that phrase) then by all means don't list Mal.

Good luck.