Delta Zeta Sorority Life: Good or Bad? “Sisterhood is the essence of all the wisdom of ages, distilled into a single word. You cannot see sisterhood, neither can you hear it nor taste it. But you can feel it a hundred times a day. It is a pat on the back, a smile of encouragement. It’s someone to share with, to celebrate your achievements” – Anonymous (Sorority Quotes). Joining a sorority is a life-changing experience during college. When going to college, there are many clubs and organizations
Hercules is a large constellation in the northern hemisphere. It was originally included on the list of constellations by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Once known as Engonasin or the Kneeler in Greece, the constellation is now identified with the Greek hero Heracles, or Hercules in Roman mythology, and depicted as a hero figure standing triumphantly over a slain dragon, holding a club. The dragon is associated with Ladon, the beast with a hundred heads that guarded the Garden
Greek life is in general a very secretive life style, filled with many different rituals and customs, beliefs and reasons for being founded. It has its own culture, and every organization is different. On the Armstrong campus we have the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) Greeks and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Greeks. The NPC, founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 (inter)national sororities. Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-lettered society of college
It is not every day you see a three-year-old walking around the park or grocery store clutching the soggy ear of a plush Winnie the Pooh that has been sucked on in one hand, and a photograph of a disabled veteran in the other. Nonetheless, if you were in my neighborhood that is exactly what you would have seen. My mother had no idea that the day she allowed me to open the junk mail as a three-year-old, that it would be the catalyst event that would later guide my educational direction. One piece
Alexandra Young, South Carolina, Epsilon Kappa Chapter Plymouth, Minnesota Hobbies: Pretending I'm Joanna Gaines and fixing up my house, reading everything, and loving on my family and friends What do you love most about being a volunteer? I love meeting amazing women from all around the world and knowing we share a common bond in Kappa. Favorite quote: "If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire!" – St. Catherine of Siena Allison Haddon Conover, Puget Sound, Epsilon Iota
On the October of 1996, members of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity at Texas University traveled to a ranch north of their school to commence the annual initiation of their new pledges. Jonathan Culpepper a leader of their university clan poured a can of beer on John Warren a freshman pledge, and ordered him to do push ups while Culpepper sat on his back. He then pulled up viciously on his underwear, this eventuating two days later in one of his testicles being removed. This story is only one of many documented
Do people really understand the secrets behind the Greek community? There are many pressures girls face that the public is not familiar with that are specifically evident in sororities. Alexandra Robbins, the author of the book Pledged: The Secret Lives of Sororities, went undercover and followed four different girls during their experiences within the Greek system. Although there are many struggles girls can face in sororities, the five most prevalent type of pressures include: having a perfect