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CutiePie2000 · #46 10-13-2003, 09:23 PM

Has no one considered selling a kidney?

winnieb · #47 10-13-2003, 09:35 PM

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Originally posted by James
I was kind of stoked on the idea of donating my sperm for 50 dollars a shot . . . Hell I could go twice a day and make a good living out of it lol.

Turn self-serving masturbation into a public service.

Hey could that be a chapter fundraiser? The entire chapter donating sperm ? Then you could donate the money to philanthropy. I think the combination would guarentee you some press.

LOL!!!!

#48 10-13-2003, 09:48 PM

That's a good one cutie pie

! Maybe those of us that have a lot of financial strain in paying for stuff like that should sell a kidney and then maybe we would've made enough of a sacrifice to our fraternity/sorority to satisfy sugar and spice.

33girl · #49 10-13-2003, 10:01 PM

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Originally posted by James
I was kind of stoked on the idea of donating my sperm for 50 dollars a shot . . .

but James, every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten.

please, think of the kittens.

GeekyPenguin · #50 10-14-2003, 12:24 AM

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Originally posted by ztawinthropgirl
That's a good one cutie pie ! Maybe those of us that have a lot of financial strain in paying for stuff like that should sell a kidney and then maybe we would've made enough of a sacrifice to our fraternity/sorority to satisfy sugar and spice.

Maybe your roommate should stop posting on GC.

Or was that you being obnoxious this time?

FAB*SpiceySpice · #51 10-14-2003, 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by 33girl
but James, every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten.

please, think of the kittens.

According to one of my professors, masturbation is bad b/c it's murder the way he sees it.

GeekyPenguin · #52 10-14-2003, 01:25 AM

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Originally posted by FAB*SpiceySpice
According to one of my professors, masturbation is bad b/c it's murder the way he sees it.

I heard that once from one of my confirmation instructors.

PsychTau · #53 10-14-2003, 07:19 AM

heh heh heh heh.....

You KNOW someone is going to read just this last page of posts and then go tell someone "Hey, David Stollman says......."

heh heh heh heh......

Bama_Alumna · #54 10-14-2003, 09:59 AM

What about those whose dues are $2000+ each semester? That is at least $16,000 over the course of 4 years, and doesn't count incidental expenses (t-shirts, etc).

I think that it is very realistic that some people would pledge a sorority and then realize that they can't spend $16,000 right now because their parents aren't willing to foot the bill or they can't work enough to pay for the sorority plus tuition plus food plus books... It doesn't always mean that they don't love their sisters or that they don't wish they could be an active member! And some sororities don't offer an inactive or early alum status. When I was in college, one of my sisters fathers got very sick, lost his job and then their house was destroyed in a fire. All of this happened within an 18 month period. She was a very active member, but she had to resign because there was just no way she could afford to stay in the chapter. She was lucky to be able to stay in school!

#55 10-14-2003, 10:41 AM

I was just being facicious.

Just seems that sugar and spice doesn't realize that there's a life outside being an XYZ. I mean if I had to choose school or family over my sorority then I'd probably choose school or family. I mean if someone held one or more jobs just to pay for a sorority and isn't able to really do anything with XYZ sorority then what's the point? If she's spending all her time going to school and working then there's no point in being in a sorority if she can't do anything with them. That's a main purpose of joining a sorority isn't it? To get to know your sisters so you can form a bond? How are you to do that if you're working all the time and going to school?

Everyone is different. That's what makes the world go around. If everyone were the same then yes our priorities would be the same. Since we're all different, it makes sense enough to state that everyone's priorities are different. For example, if your sorority is #1 and your grades are going to crap, then, maybe you should put grades first over your sorority. That's what somebody's paying for you to be there: grades first, sorority second. If someone is ill or died in your family, then your family is going to be first over your sorority. Your sorority shouldn't define you, you should define your sorority. That means making your own priorities according to your individual importance.

#56 10-14-2003, 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by CutiePie2000
Has no one considered selling a kidney?

*smacks self on head*

Why didn't I think of that? Hey, I was already on the operating table... I wouldn't have known the difference... and then I could have paid my dues so I wasn't the Evil Sister That Didn't Care Enough.

Ah, hindsight. If only!

GeekyPenguin · #57 10-14-2003, 01:14 PM

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Originally posted by ztawinthropgirl
I was just being facicious. Just seems that sugar and spice doesn't realize that there's a life outside being an XYZ.

Her whole point was that:

In most situations, when somebody quits because "I can't afford it" they are choosing not to afford it. I will bring up an example from my chapter: our dues have never been more than $300 a semester, and we have girls leave because of money. If they got a part-time job paying minimum wage and only worked 5 hours a week, they'd make enough to cover their dues. They could afford to be a Gamma Phi, they just don't feel that our sisterhood experience is providing them with enough to justify swiping meal cards at the caf for 5 hours a week.

Yes, there are schools with $2000 dues, as Bama_Alumna pointed out. However, I would wager that the majority of chapters do not have dues that high. In most situations, when somebody quits "because of money" it's because they don't want to have to work for the money. There are plenty of men on campus who I've seen leave fraternities for saying they cost too much, but if those guys stayed in one night a week instead of guzzling rails at the bars, they'd be able to afford their dues. It's a matter of economics: they choose what they would rather have. If your GLO isn't providing them with enough benifits, they aren't going to think it's worth the cost.

CutiePie2000 · #58 10-14-2003, 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by FAB*SpiceySpice
According to one of my professors, masturbation is bad b/c it's murder the way he sees it.

Ummm....sounds like the professor is lacking basic human reproducton knowledge. Hello, you need a sperm *AND* an egg to feasibly get a zygote -> embryo -> fetus -> baby.

Yeesh.......

I still like what Elle Woods said in "Legally Blonde I"...that it is tantamount to "abandoned property"...LOL.

#59 10-14-2003, 04:24 PM

Like I said, everyone will make their priorities based on their own individual liking. That's what makes the world go around. If they don't want to work a part-time job, then, that's their perogative (like the old Bobbie Brown song

). I mean who's to judge someone that doesn't have XYZ fraternity/sorority #1 on their priority list 100% of the time?

sugar and spice · #60 10-14-2003, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by ztawinthropgirl
I was just being facicious. Just seems that sugar and spice doesn't realize that there's a life outside being an XYZ.

Kath summed up what I meant pretty well. There are people here that seem to be only getting one-half of what I'm saying.

I'm NOT saying that any of these people who drop theoretically "because of the money" are bad people.
If my dad died and money was hard to come by, I would probably drop out of my sorority.
If I had a family to take care of, I would probably drop and put my dues money towards that.
I wouldn't work two jobs to pay my dues.
I wouldn't donate eggs to pay my dues.
Hell, I probably wouldn't even donate plasma (considering I have super low blood pressure, I'm not supposed to -- there's a blood drive going on for Homecoming now and as much as I want Tri Delta to follow up last year's Homecoming win with another, I'm not donating).

But if I wanted it bad enough, I would. Well . . . maybe not donating my eggs.

All that David Stollman is saying is that, as sororities and fraternities, we need to make our GLOS WORTH IT for someone to join. If you're charging $1000 a semester for dues, you better be offering an amazing experience. If not, it's not surprising that people drop "because of the money" -- because to them, it's not worth it to lose study time and sleep time and maybe a couple tenths off their GPA so they can work a job to pay the dues.