Short and sweet story..

[icelandelf]

Wow. Thank you for sharing your story with us. And I completely cosign with the moral of your story

[tld221]

wow. thanks for sharing. im sure you would make Chi-O proud!

[Just interested]

This is sort of off the subject but I think ok to share. I love this story. I have a KD alumna friend who pledge KD at Vanderbilt in the late 60's. For whatever reason she came home to Texas to finish up her degree at UT where we did not have a chapter at the time and was never initiated (this was when initiation occured in the the 2nd semester of the pledge period) Fast forward 20+ years. KD was colonizing at W&L and this woman's daughter was going to school there and became a member of the colonizing chapter. Well, a happy ending. To make a long story short, they were initiated together in that colonization.

Does Chi O allow alumna initiates? I know we, do but in limited circumstances. It is certainly not the norm but....

[gee_ess]

I wish I could give you a hug! Great story and a great lesson in life! Thank you.

[Benzgirl]

We should put a sticky on this story and have every PNM and PNM-mom ready your Moral. Thank you for sharing your recruitment story with us.

[lovespink88]

This was the best recruitment story I've read! So touching, thank you for sharing!

[Blue Skies]

Awkward1, your story touched my heart. Your Chi-O chapter was blessed by your presence, even if only for a short amount of time. You are very typical of the women who built our country. In every family tree there is more than a few women just like you.

[LucyKKG]

Awww what a great story! You have such wonderful advice and a great outlook on your whole situation even though it ended sadly. Thanks for sharing!

[AlphaXi_Husky]

I agree with everyone else - thank you for sharing such a wonderful story with all of us!

[awkward1]

Thank you all for your kind words. It has been my pleasure to share my story with you, it was a little cathartic for me actually.
I understand that the University of Alaska now has 1 or two sororities! I wonder how the chapters are doing, does anyone know? When I was a student up there I asked the dean why there wasn't a Greek system. He said it was doubtful that would ever happen because no one would ever walk from a house to central campus when it was 20 or 30 below. He seemed to feel that the weather was the most prohibitive aspect of developing a Greek presence but that he would be supportive of it if I chose to contact Chi-O and inquire about a chapter at UAF. I never had the time to do so with school and tending my mother.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by awkward1

Thank you all for your kind words. It has been my pleasure to share my story with you, it was a little cathartic for me actually.
I understand that the University of Alaska now has 1 or two sororities! I wonder how the chapters are doing, does anyone know? When I was a student up there I asked the dean why there wasn't a Greek system. He said it was doubtful that would ever happen because no one would ever walk from a house to central campus when it was 20 or 30 below. He seemed to feel that the weather was the most prohibitive aspect of developing a Greek presence but that he would be supportive of it if I chose to contact Chi-O and inquire about a chapter at UAF. I never had the time to do so with school and tending my mother.

LOL, that's hilarious to me that he thought weather would prevent sororities. You could make the same kind of inane statement about Florida being too hot and humid for sororities, and that's obviously not true.

Last I heard there were at least two chapters at the University of Alaska.

[awkward1]

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

LOL, that's hilarious to me that he thought weather would prevent sororities. You could make the same kind of inane statement about Florida being too hot and humid for sororities, and that's obviously true.

Last I heard there were at least two chapters at the University of Alaska.

Class was never canceled unless it was 40 below at the airport. We were up on a hill and it was always colder where we were than at the airport so I skipped class a lot. I hate the cold weather! In elementary school we had to go outside for recess unless it was 20 below or colder. Sometimes it would snow at our high school football games! In the winter I could go for days without seeing daylight. It was dark when I went to school and dark when I went home after cheerleading practice! On Halloween I remember wearing snowsuits under my costume to keep warm. This is why I thought wearing shorts to class was so awesome!

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by awkward1

In elementary school we had to go outside for recess unless it was 20 below or colder.

So funny.

I grew up in Texas. I don't think we went outside for recess anytime it got below 40F.

Yeah, we were a bunch of wimps.

[groovypq]

Originally Posted by awkward1

On Halloween I remember wearing snowsuits under my costume to keep warm.

Haha, we've actually done that in Pennsylvania some years too!

awkward1, this was an amazing and touching story. I am sure any Chi-O would be proud to call you sister. And I realize this is many years later, but I am really sorry for the loss of your mom when you were so young (to me that's still way too young to lose your mom).

[BellaBerlee]

Your story is very touching! I love how you stuck it through recruitment and found the perfect home!
I'm very honored to call you a sister. Wonderful story!