I wasn't going to do this, but ...

[LOVEinZTA]

I picked up on Cotton Candy being AKA from their colors being "too girly," but maybe that's just me. Keep going! I love reading threads from NPHC, fraternities, and locals - they're so different from what I'm used to!

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

I also had no idea if, being white, it would be acceptable for me to even to seek membership.

I had a friend who once told me that while she was in college in Chicago, at a predominately black school (she's white) she started the process of joining an NPHC sorority. She told me this story while I was pledging Alpha Xi Delta, so at the time, I didn't know just how different the NPHC process was. Anyway, she told me she was 2 weeks out from initiation, and she heard one of the sisters make a comment about "I cant believe we're going to initiate a white girl..." My friend dropped out of the process and didnt look back.

Like I said - when she told me this story, I didnt know the differences between the processes of NPC and NPHC and it broke my heart to hear this. After learning that the process is completely different....I wonder if my friend's story was true or not....

*edit* To clarify - the reason I wondered if her story was true is based on the 'process' itself - not the fact that an NPHC would take a non-black member. I STILL dont know that much about the NPHC process, but from what I gather, it's not exactly a new member period and then initiation the way NPC is. My friend made it sound like the NPC process.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by neosoul

Cobbler is Sigma Gamma Rho and Cupcake is Zeta Phi Beta

see, i was guessing the other way around...

then again Cobbler is effing yummy. i mean so are Cupcakes, but it really is such a treat to get a bowl of cobbler after a meal. i'm jus throwing that out there.

--tld221
greedy, dessert-loving SGRho (before someone else jumps on the stereotype )

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Did you ever find yourself having to "explain" to Cookie and the others exactly what OPA was and that it didn't conflict with the pursuit?

It wasn't a big issue for me as my LB was a Pershing Rifle and I of course am in APO.... brothers knew, but they were more knowledgeable than I expected.

Actually, quite a few Cookies from the North Avenue Trade School chapter are OPhiA alumnae as well. (Some members of the Cotton Candy and Cupcake chapters are as well.)

[SWTXBelle]

Is it bad that right now I really want some warm blackberry cobbler with Blue Bell Homemade vanilla ice cream?

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Is it bad that right now I really want some warm blackberry cobbler with Blue Bell Homemade vanilla ice cream?

only if you bring me some!

Is it just me, or are there food references all over this place today?

Oh, and great thread so far.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Wait, is fried cheesecake an actual food?

Recruitment threads are usually hard for me to follow (maybe I am retarded), but I like this one so far. So....let us have the rest.


BTW....Applebee's has Apple Chimmy Cheesecake (it's fried) I like it, but I prefer cheesecake cold!

[Still BLUTANG]

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

BTW....Applebee's has Apple Chimmy Cheescake (it's fried) I like it, but I prefer cheescake cold!

oooooooh! so THAT's fried cheescake. i must be in the minority. i dont like cheesecake regular or fried. but at least now i know what it is. LOL.


i love your thread! keep the story going

[DSTRen13]

Over the summer, I was researching my senior thesis and reading a LOT of race studies books and related texts. And I started to doubt myself, both as a scholar and as an aspirant for membership in Cookie. After all, what business did a white girl like me have doing work on racial issues? What business did a white girl like me have trying to get into a black sorority? I don’t really want to get into all this here, but I went into a period of this that wasn’t good. At this time, I wondered if perhaps, since I knew that I really wanted the sorority experience, if perhaps I should look into multicultural orgs, which I had learned about on GC. I looked at some websites, and spoke online with a few people, but again, I was not feeling it at all. I liked the sororities I learned about – some I even liked a lot – but the rich history of Cookie was something that was very important to me, and these orgs, while I know they are building it, just don’t have it yet. Also, none of these orgs had chapters at my North Avenue Trade School, so it was hard to get a real sense of what these groups were like. As I learned more about these sororities – and one in particular, which I’ll call “Chocolate-Chip Ice Cream”, was exciting and interesting, but I also felt somewhat resigned. I knew if I went this route I would always wonder about Cookie. Ice Cream, while delicious, melts over time – it doesn’t have the same staying power as a good cookie (even if you can give them both the same toppings).

I finally spoke with my thesis advisor – the professor who was a Cotton Candy member – about my questions regarding academia, as it was really getting me down, and that helped considerably. She also directed me to a couple of essays written by white women in race-related studies, and those essays helped me work out my guilt issues, both with academics and with pursuing Cookie. I was back on track (in some ways, more on it than ever before) by the end of summer, ready to begin my senior year.

Spring semester of my senior year, I had begun looking into alumnae chapters of Cookie in my area and wondering how I could get in touch with them. It didn’t look like the Cookie chapter at North Avenue Trade School would be having a Rush meeting before I was graduating in May. Then things starting happening like crazy, and –

I made it!!! I was initiated into membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated on April 5th, 2006.


^Two of my wonderful LSs and me at my graduation from Georgia Tech one month later

The other sororities (in order of appearance): Cheesecake - Alpha Chi Omega, Fried Cheesecake - Chi Omega Tau, Cotton Candy - Alpha Kappa Alpha, Cupcake - Zeta Phi Beta, Cobbler - Sigma Gamma Rho, Chocolate-Chip Ice Cream - Theta Nu Xi

[tld221]

YAY! awesome story - and right before your graduation! 2006 was a very good year for me too!

PM to follow...

[tinydancer16]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Is it bad that right now I really want some warm blackberry cobbler with Blue Bell Homemade vanilla ice cream?

I LOVE Blue Bell ice cream -my absolute favorite ice cream ever. So sad I can't get it up here in Maryland. I got to visit the factory one time when I was little...best day ever! /end hijack

Contgratulations! Sounds like you and Delta Sigma Theta are lucky to have one another

[Senusret I]

This story was freakin sweet!!!!

[neosoul]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

This story was freakin sweet!!!!

literally... LOL.. thanks Ren! glad to see your dream came true

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by tld221

then again Cobbler is effing yummy. i mean so are Cupcakes, but it really is such a treat to get a bowl of cobbler after a meal. i'm jus throwing that out there.

See --- pretty much everyone likes desserts, and everyone has their own favorite ones