Walking up dilapidated stairs, my friend and I enter into the chapter room of Beta Sigma Psi, where the Little Sisters of the Gold Rose meets every week. The fraternity house smells of stale beer and sweat, and has clear signs of past parties and shenanigans. However, we have officially become activated members of the service sorority and were attending our first chapter meeting with the entire sorority. In that chapter room we discussed future service events, volunteering opportunities, and then went around the room for anyone to share news and announcements with the group. It was at this moment that I felt like a true active member in LSGR, when everyone was interested in hearing about each other’s lives and wellbeing. While as a rushing …show more content…
However, after finishing the rush process and talking to Katie Storm, the head of recruitment for LSGR, I can now see just how important rushing is for having the right members joining an organization. According to Storm, rushing “make[s] sure our potential new members [will] really fit into the organization overall… through rushing we can really get a feel for how each potential member [will] contribute to our active body.” Having potential members go through a rush process is the only way to for active members to see one’s character and true desires on joining the organization. Storm argues that “the active body really wants the future of the organization to succeed with the new members… rush is one of the most important aspects of LSGR because without it, our organization would fizzle out.” Rushing also benefits the potential member herself, as “the rush process is intended to show a preview to the interested member of what joining our organization will be like” (How to Join). While you could do research to learn about an organization before joining, rushing provides a way to gain real, valuable insight into the organization before actually joining. For LSGR, having different types of events during rushing has proved to be effective in assessing the characters of potential members. Having a creative activity, a competitive activity, and a more laid back, social activity allows for the active members to see the potential members engage in different settings and see if they are getting along within the organization. Only a few girls who have gone through LSGR’s rush process have ever not been invited to join the organization. Usually though, the potential member had “conflicts in communication skills, time management skills, and lack of excitement and energy about LSGR” according to Storm. Ultimately, rushing into an organization
The thesis of the essay, "His Marriage and Hers: Childhood Roots" by Daniel Goleman, is the emotional difference between men and women. The author, through various research, has concluded that these differences can be traced back to the way children are raised. While I agree that the men and ladies respond diversely to enthusiastic encounter, I should differ to a portion of the examination that was led.
Women of Delta, especially the ladies of the Alpha Tau Chapter, excel excessively in everything they accomplish and partake in from what I have seen on Southern Universities campus and in the community. Their outstanding work ethics, academics success, social friendliness, dominating attitudes, and constant need to help others is just a few explanations why I would be honored to be a lovely member of ...
The purpose of this letter is to inform you about my interest in becoming a member of The Kappa Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. I sought out membership because the members exemplify the epitome of class, grace, and standards. My desire is to inspire young girls and women and make a significant impact on their lives is just one of many reasons I aspire to join your great sorority. I believe in being of service, giving back to the community, and I want to continue on for years to come. Going into the transition into my college career from my freshman year until now, I have encountered many women in the organization that are very active on campus as well as in the community. My past experiences with my past and previous organizations have proved that once my feet are planted my roots will grow and I will stand firm in an organization or committee that I am apart of exemplifying my leadership skills. I am a dedicated member of the National Council of Negro Women. I am on the Bethune Committee, we focus on creating Health programs for the organization and the community. I am a Mentor with the Valdosta community organization G.O.L.F.E.R. (Generating Opportunities in Life for Each
The mission of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, promote unity and genuine friendships among college women, aid in issues concerning girls and women in order to come up with solutions to eliminate or ease the circumstances they may face, maintain an ongoing interest in college life, while also being of service to all mankind. This sorority has not only empowered women to help others, but it
Like the two previous stories, The Sisters and An Encounter, Araby is about a somewhat introverted boy fumbling toward adulthood with little in the way of guidance from family or community. The truants in An Encounter managed A young boy who is similar in age and temperament to those in “The Sisters” and “An Encounter” develops a crush on Mangan’s sister, a girl who lives across the street. One evening she asks him if he plans to go to a bazaar (a fair organized, probably by a church, to raise money for charity) called Araby. The girl will be away on a retreat when the bazaar is held and therefore unable to attend. The boy promises that if he goes he will bring her something from Araby.
Minerva Mirabal was the most heroic of the Mirabal sisters. Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic for 30 years; he was oppressive, creepy, and a little insane. The Mirabal sisters were killed because they tried to rebel against him. Minerva is heroic. Because she was the first of her sisters to join the rebellion, she went to law school, and she slapped the dictator with a slap.
Kappa Alpha Psi Inc. has played a large part in my life in a short amount of time; this organization has granted me the opportunity to attend college through a scholarship. The scholarship that I was granted was through the alumni chapter in Fayetteville; it required letters of recommendations, a transcript, an application, and an essay on what I believe “Achievement in every field of human endeavor” means. Once I received the call that was telling me to meet the representative to receive a letter stating whether I received the scholarship. When I opened the letter, two tickets fell out for the Kappa Scholarship ball, and when I read the letter, it stated that I have been picked to receive the scholarship from Kappa Alpha Psi Inc. The weekend of the scholarship ball, my mother planned a graduation trip for a couple of friends of mine and I to go Myrtle Beach. So the day of the scholarship ball, I drove from Myrtle Beach to Fayetteville to attend the scholarship ball; once I arrived at the ball, I was greeted by many men of Kappa Alpha Psi Inc. When I sat down at the table that they reserved for me and the three other scholarship awardees, I was approached by many men of the fraternity. That night was very spectacular and eventful; the men who had presented me scholarship seemed down to earth, sociable guys. They treated me with so much respect, and talked to me about how I see my future and told me what I could do to be a successful African-American in today’s society. These men set an example of accomplishment and in the short time that we had together, they instilled in me that I should never be content with where I am and I can always do better as long as I have the mind set of an achiever. Without this scholarship, I ...
During the end of my 8th grade, the students were assigned to write an essay about an important person. When it was my turn, everyone I wanted were gone, so I hurriedly picked someone. It was Mae Jemison. After researching about Jemison, I became inspired by her determination, her selfless personality and how we both share common interests. Jemison is the first African-American women to travel in space, and is the base of my space scientist passion. Also, Jemison was the reason, I meet a few of my good friends with the equal amusement for space
I apologize in advance to my Founders and National Officers for breaking my silence, but today I am speaking out as a human being who has contributed to the growth of SWING. This was not the platform I wanted to use to address my thoughts and concerns, but based on some of the sister’s request, here I am with the real!!! Accountability is something I remember my DP and ADP preached to me when I was on line. So sisters do understand as an Officer I can only be accountable for my own actions or lack of. I apologize to any SWING who had to witness the orchestrated chaos implemented by those sisters who did not practice good judgment for the betterment of SWING. I apologize to the sisters for not handling that meeting to the best
One of my first friends in college is Henessy. I met her in English 48 class and become friends when we was assigned to do a homework together. Although that was the first time we talked to each other, I like Henessy immediately because of her friendliness and cheerful personality. She is an inspiring person because although she had a tough childhood with the divorce of her parent and her evil disease, she always live positively with a lot of hobbies and eager to archieve the dream of finding the cure for her disease.
My family , the Jones family, are talented , have carrers, and own their own businesses . The Jones family are known around the city of Selma, Al , for their voices. The younger generation such as my cousins and i had recorded a song like 8 years ago called "Good." The older genration was pushing us to be like them , so they wrote us a song . When the people around the area hear that the "sensational voices" coming around the churches are full. Even though my family is talented, but they also have an profession. This family has Lawyers, Doctors, And alot of Nurses. They always told tell the younger genration to cut , or print what we want later on in life .They always say " When you wake up and see what you want ; you will go get " so when
The kitchen is sweltering, like everywhere else in the house, so the ice melts quickly as I drop it into the pitcher of freshly brewed mint tea. A fly buzzes around my head, and I try not to flinch as I pour five glasses of the light green liquid. One is for dad, who is in the garden picking tomatoes, another for mom who is diligently preparing for tomorrow's birthday party, and one is for my youngest sister Rachel who is running around the neighborhood with her dog. I take a sip from one of the remaining cups and carry the last to my other sister, Anna. Though I have not heard from her in hours, I know she will be sitting in the same position I last saw her: reclined on the porch chair, feet rested on the railing, and mind deeply lost in her newest science fiction or fantasy novel.
"Beginning with Gussie," Maxine Kumin's short story from the anthology Mother Journeys, has a central issue similar to that in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club: the need for transference of stories from mother to daughter. These two works have quite a few similarities, despite the fact that they are tales about very different cultural traditions. Is the cultural difference important? Or do these works reflect a universal truth about story-telling between mothers and daughters?
It was a hot summer afternoon and all the neighborhood kids were getting off the bus. There is Destany and her two sisters Aleria and Kimoriah. They are my favorite out all the kids. I love to watch them play every day because it is like watching an episode of Fat Albert They are always doing something to make me laugh. There is also my niece Rihanna, she is the toughest in the neighborhood. She is the biggest and tallest of all the other kids. Then the boys Brayden known as Bray and Kimond known as KJ. They are the youngest in the neighborhood. They are the typical two year old, KJ loves to fight and Bray loves to bite, but in spite of their differences, they play very well together. As any after school day I assume they
Family has a huge impact one how we view the world. My family’s traditions and views have been passed down to me and it is one that I will pass down to my children. The impact and the importance placed on these traditions and views are embedded into the psyche, almost as soon as birth. However, some of us make new traditions and put away with the old, while some individuals, who view family as the main importance in one’s life, will keep the traditions and views place by the family. These traditions and views that my family hold proud are one’s that have shaped me into the multicultural being I am today. By the religious upbringing I have had, it has taught me the importance of marriage, to remain