Can You Bond With A Big Azz Line?

[Wonderful1908]

Intereting topic. I think it is possible to bond with your linesisters despite large numbers. I was on a big line 52 of 57, and I realize that a smaller line may get a chance to pull together a little bit more. However all 56 of my line sisters I had a unique bond with.

[soror6]

Originally posted by DST Love:
Good point on your last paragraph. But here is something that I don't like about people saying don't pledge seniors. You shouldn't just be building for your chapter but also for the organization as a whole. And if there are seniors (like myself) who will be an asset to the organization and stay financial and active (like myself), then isn't that just as important? I do agree that you probably shouldn't have a gang of seniors, but I see nothing wrong with a few. A few of my LSs were graduating seniors and most of us are the ones that are still active and financial. You couldn't pay some of the Sorors I know (who were sophomores and juniors when they pledged that are now graduated) to remain active and financial. I've actually asked a Soror if she would like to go to alumnae meeting with me and she was like, "I just don't really care to. I don't have the time nor the money." Is this what DST needs more of? To some greeks, it's just about the calls, stepping, stolling, wearing jackets, etc. And when they graduate, that's it, unless of course there's a party, homecoming, or something. However for a senior, you've got to make it mean a whole lot more than that or you will be just another T-shirt wearer. And I know there are exceptions on both sides, but that's my take.

Here's what I was thinking: Maybe there should be more Fall lines instead of Spring that way it gives the seniors time to bond and work in their chapter after they cross.
Just a thought!!

Hey soror!
I understand what you mean about the senior situation. Let me clarify. We do try not to pledge seniors, however that does not mean that we never do. My ship was a senior when we pledged, and we have had other sorors who pledged their senior year. Like I said in the original post, we will not turn away quality people, so we don't 'cut off our nose to spite our face', like my momma always says! However, because of the size and the demographic dynamic of my undergrad school (6000 students, 8% minority, 20% go greek), we have to do things differently than a school who has 150-250 potentials at a tea/informational. We really could not afford to have a line of four, and have half of them leave. Our chapter would not survive. The largest line we have had besides the chapter founders was 7. Wonderful sorors like you would be an asset to any chapter, we just need to do things in a way that we have enough members to maintain a chapter with the capacity to carry on the Delta Tradition!

YID,
soror6

[soror6]

Originally posted by DELTABRAT:

Also I feel you on the small lines/deep big sisters tip. Imagine having an Ace and a Deuce and 200 Sorors waiting in the wings. Ooooooh! Come tight I say...come tight!

OK!!! LMAO You know that's right!



[This message has been edited by soror6 (edited February 17, 2001).]

[gamma_girl52]

Hello Ladies,
Hope you don't mind me butting in...

Before I start, soror GSSGirl, I don't think you should have said that about the AKA line...you wouldn't know that unless you were on that particular line and I wouldn't call anyone "paper"-that's just disrespectful. Just a comment!

Well I am in the same sorority as GSSGirl, and my line had 12 girls on it. I don't think 12 is big, but I personally think that lines over 20-25...that's a little too big for me. That would be very overwhelming to me because I would really want to get to know every one of my LS's. I'm sure that I could do it but it would probably be a lot of work...*smile*

I have a lot of respect for those larger lines. I'm sure that it takes a lot more work to bond, but it would definitely make you closer to your line sisters.

[SoSweet8]

In my opinion I think it would be hard to bond with a big line. If you have 30 and 40 people on line there is no way to bond like you should. With all those people you are just basically trying to remember there names and not really getting to know them as a person.
I recall a situation were a line of 94 had crossed XYZ and after they had crossed they would walk passed one another and not know that they were line sisters and that is sad.
I'm #8 out of a line of 8 and me and my sands know everything about one another we got a chance to know each others likes and dislikes, we learned to adjust to one anothers attitudes and everything else that sisters know about each other.
It's just not possible with a big line.

[gphi2k]

Originally posted by SoSweet8:
It's just not possible with a big line.

I think that at the end of the day, it is futile to say that it is possible or it is not. Every line is different as is the group who comprises it. It's kind of like the saying that you are only as strong as your weakest link. If you have a bunch of devoted girls (or guys) who make a sincere effort to meet and get to know all the girls in their line, it is very possible for them to be close, as people earlier have testified to by their own experiences. You can have a small line (there was only 9 of us) and not be very close with your line sisters because not all of them make an equal effort to get to know eachother. But by the same token, you can have a line of 75, all of whom make a great effort to learn as much as they can about eachother inspite of the great numbers.
So, in answer to the original question, is it possible to bond with a big line, of course it's possible. Is it possible a big line might not be close. Of course. In the end, it completely depends on the group who comprise the line. At least, IMHO.

Leslie


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[DST Love]

Originally posted by soror6:
Hey soror!
I understand what you mean about the senior situation. Let me clarify. We do try not to pledge seniors, however that does not mean that we never do. My ship was a senior when we pledged, and we have had other sorors who pledged their senior year. Like I said in the original post, we will not turn away quality people, so we don't 'cut off our nose to spite our face', like my momma always says! However, because of the size and the demographic dynamic of my undergrad school (6000 students, 8% minority, 20% go greek), we have to do things differently than a school who has 150-250 potentials at a tea/informational. We really could not afford to have a line of four, and have half of them leave. Our chapter would not survive. The largest line we have had besides the chapter founders was 7. Wonderful sorors like you would be an asset to any chapter, we just need to do things in a way that we have enough members to maintain a chapter with the capacity to carry on the Delta Tradition!

YID,
soror6
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Thanks Soror for the shout out !! And thanks for explaining what you meant about pledging seniors. That makes sense for smaller chapters and smaller lines.

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It simply depends on the people. You can't make anyone bond if they don't want to. I've seen lines with 4 and 9 people that fight like cats and dogs. So, unless you are on a "big azz" line, I don't think it's fair to ASSume that there is no unity or bond. Everyone's experience and lines are different, just remember we are on the outside looking in.