Pie!Pie!Pie! MissCherryPie's Recruitment Story

[PackPride]

I think everyone just needs to take a step back. I think misscherrypie was just trying to articulate that Nevada is like a family (like a sorority/fraternity). Giving it Greek letters was just a fun thing, not meant to offend anyone.

[misscherrypie]

Originally Posted by PackPride

I think everyone just needs to take a step back. I think misscherrypie was just trying to articulate that Nevada is like a family (like a sorority/fraternity). Giving it Greek letters was just a fun thing, not meant to offend anyone.

Thank you for trying to say what I couldn't put into words. Still, the letters weren't appropriate at all. And I apologized for that.

I'll tell a story:
When I first moved to Northern Nevada and was waiting in line at the store: someone didn't have enough money to pay the bill and was short. He was going through his wallet (which was a Nevada one) something furious trying to see if he'd missed a bill or something, and the guy behind him, pulled out his wallet and paid the difference. The guy that he helped looked at him and said thank you....then the other guy said "We have to help each other. What year were you?"

It's that kind of bond.

[KDCat]

MissCherryPie, it sounds a little like you are having a hard time ajdusting to college. It can be like that. You might want to talk to someone at the student counseling office. If there is a non-traditional student support group, you might want to check it out.

You are 28. You are a nontraditional student. I loved nontraditional students when I was a TA. They were always the hardest workers. Adjusting to school is a little tougher for them (you), though. It takes longer for nontraditional students to find a social niche. Besides talking to a counselor, I would strongly suggest finding a group that is activity oriented.

From my undergraduate days, off the top of my head, my first thoughts are the marching band, solar car team, cross country, theater, water polo, student newspaper, college radio, madrigals, jazz band, the group that raises money to build wells in poor countries (Engineers for Water?)... whatever you school calls the community activity board might also be good. That's the student group that brings in bands and movies and entertainers.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PackPride

I think everyone just needs to take a step back. I think misscherrypie was just trying to articulate that Nevada is like a family (like a sorority/fraternity). Giving it Greek letters was just a fun thing, not meant to offend anyone.

Agree. I've often said, with my tongue only partially in cheek, that the country's largest fraternity is the Marine Corps. Obviously, it's not really a fraternity, but . . . Semper Fi! and all that.

misscherrypie, I'm really glad you're feeling such a bond to your campus community. (Though given the part of the world I'm from, I'm having a little trouble dealing with the Wolf Pack-in-Nevada part of it. ) In my ideal world, that's how it should be for everyone at every school, and trust me -- lots of us from lots of different schools understand exactly what you mean about the campus spirit. It's not unique to UNR. Celebrate that and don't feel like you need to apologize for it.

As for the Greek aspect of it, I for one wasn't offended. I can't say I really saw the point in assigning Greek letters, but I just think it was part of where you are in the grieving process, and that's what it seems to me you're doing -- grieving that something you really wanted just may not be in the cards for you. That's okay. Give yourself some time to grieve that, and then look to see what great opportunities are stll there for you, or what opportunities you can create.

BTW, another avenue that might be worth exploring -- I don't know whether you are a religious person at all, but if you are, I'll say that in my experience campus ministry groups -- whether Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, UU, Hillel or whatever . . . -- offer great opportunities for fellowship (not unlike brotherhood or sisterhood), fun and service to the community. Just a thought.

[TSteven]

For what it is worth, Acacia (1904), FarmHouse (1905) and Triangle (1906) are all NIC fraternities - none of these fraternities use Greek letters.

Back to the discussion.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by TSteven

For what it is worth, Acacia (1904), FarmHouse (1905) and Triangle (1906) are all NIC fraternities - none of these fraternities use Greek letters.

Back to the discussion.

As a brother in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (originally, and often still, just Sinfonia), I did think of that and almost commented on it in my post above. There is also Ceres, a (non-NPC) sorority.

Really back to the discussion.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

As a brother in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (originally, and often still, just Sinfonia), I did think of that and almost commented on it in my post above. There is also Ceres, a (non-NPC) sorority.

Really back to the discussion.

Yikes. I originally included Ceres in my original – and much longer - post. It seems I inadvertently edited them out.

Now really, really back to the discussion.