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Disaffiliated
Besides, she said, I didn t know a soul on
campus I was promised lifelong friends — and I
wanted *hem "
She got them The first year was a whirlwind of
friends, parties and social life "I had a complete,
absolute blast my freshman year, because I had
everything I wanted ” Lisa said
Apart from the social life, the sorority also
promoted scholarship and involvement in campus
activities, she said
But by her junior year, the daily routine was
getting old The pop episode wasn't the real
problem, she said, but it represented the type of
constraints that caused her to leave the sorority
“I’m 21 years old, and I was waiting until 5:30 to
eat "
Members had to attend chapter dinners and
Continued from Page 1
It wasn't Lisa's turn, so she was given the
choice of staying or dropping out of her sorority
She quit
Chaney admitted that sororities generally dis
courage their members from disaffiliating, or even
moving out of the sorority house before someone
else is ready to move in
Members sign promises when they pledge that
they will live in the house as long as necessary to
ensure its financial stability, Chaney said Most
houses renew that agreement as a rental contract
at the beginning of each academic year
“You have to take responsibility in a sorority for
the operation of it,” said Chaney, who was a
sorority member for four years when she was in
meetings every Mon
day night, had to stay at
least one hour at a
mandatory function
most weekends and —
during initiation — had
to take part in activities
every morning and
night
A variety of fines
ranging from $3 to $5
was another annoy
ance, she said A cou
ple of the fines at her
house included char
ges for "swearing on
the first floor" and for
sleeping in on the
weekend and missing
song practice
"Whenever you feel
like you have free time
and you have some
"/ didn’t know a soul on
campus. I was promised
lifelong friends — and I
wanted them. . .
There comes a time
when you say, ‘I don’t
want to be in this
anymore — how can I
get out?’. . .
college, i ney re try
ing to keep a business
proposition going —
and there is friendship
and a bond there,'' she
said
Lisa realized she
signed a contract dur
ing initiation that
promised she would
live in as long as
necessary. She also
realized such con
tracts are important to
the financial stability of
the sorority
"They told me exact
ly what I had to do I'm
not saying they pulled
any wool over my
eyes," she said
imi nani ivy uu,
you're probably going to be fined for it,” she said
House members occasionally were called in
front of the "standards committee” if they failed to
meet house rules One girl came in at 6:30 one
morning, was reported by an alum, and was called
in front of the committee, Lisa said After three
violations of house rules, the member generally
was disaffiliated, she said
During student government elections, the
house members had to show proof that they had
voted before getting their dinner plates, Lisa said
To help them decide who to vote for, a hallway
sign listed the preferred name for each position
Lisa said she also got tired of a lifestyle that
emphasized heavy drinking
"Almost everything in the Greek system
revolves around drinking Maybe it's because
they're insecure, maybe it's the norm
"You can't have a vake-up breakfast — it has to
be screwdrivers "
But Lisa said she could have lived with per
ceived drawbacks if she had been allowed to
move out of the sorority and into her own place
The board of alums who listened to her request
denied it, however Members were allowed to
move out in a certain order, determined by the
number on their sorority pins, seniority, or points
accumulated for doing good deeds
i uun i imnK in your
freshman year of college you can make a com
mitment for four years," Lisa said "Rush is
caught up in emotions and crying and love, but
you have to realize it’s a legal contract and it is
binding."
Disaffiliating has posed a few problems for Lisa
She wanted to sell her chapter pin but was
badgered by a horrified classified salesperson at
a Portland newspaper when she tried to place the
ad
She had to tell her ' Greek" parents.
"My mom was just blown away because I
decided to disaffiliate. She never thought of
entering the real world before she married ”
And there are the friends she left behind
"You feel like a dissenter," she said "Lifelong
sisterhood only goes as far as the sorority doors
Today, Lisa seems satisfied with her decision
She and her roommates manage their own affairs,
cook their own food and arrange their own social
activities.
She said she enjoys "not waking up to 55
women "
"It's fun your freshman year, but there has to be
a little more to life than that "
Lisa paused and reflected on her last state
ment
"I think what it is is that I just grew up
Speech team places fourth at Humboldt
The University forensics team
captured fourth place overall at
the Redwood Invitational Tour
nament at Humboldt State
University last weekend
The tournament limited com
petition to individual events "If
we would have had our debate
teams, we would have taken
second, if not first," says Sean
O'Rourke, forensics coach
Ann Marie Looyens. a new
member of the team, took a first
place trophy in open division for
best speaker, while Mark Tone
and Shelley Barber tied for third
place in overall speaker points
Mark Schweitzer also placed
third in junior division for best
speaker
In open persuasion, Judy
Cunningham took first place
with Sean Smith in second In
communication analysis,
Looyens captured first place
and Angie Hummel grabbed
third
Looyens and Hummel
grabbed first place and Tone
and Barber took third in duo
interpretation It was Looyens
third first place trophy of the
tournament
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