q&a with panhellenic women, every group represente

This is our collective response:

The purpose of Greek life at SMU is to foster close friendships with people who have similar values and goals. When we build these kinds of connections, we make ourselves powerful global citizens who are active and aware. Greek life gives us social, philanthropic, and academic ways of expressing and developing this unity. It challenges us to be better men and women. When it does what it's supposed to do, Greek life makes us stronger and more capable of handling the world's bigger issues. You have to make sure you're joining for the right reasons - for friendships, productivity, activity, and growth. Where SMU Greek life struggles is that it doesn't really bring us into contact with these values and people from other groups who still share these values - there needs to be more inter-council activity between IFC, Panhel, MGC, and NPHC, so we need to get back to those values that drew us all here to Greek life in the first place. :)

Does this answer your question?

Yes it does! Basicly that was a convoluted way of saying that if there is a mission for Greeks at SMU, you are not following it.

We're still waiting to hear back from AXO, GPB, and DDD! Be patient - we should have everyone's response by noon. Check back later for an answer. We're glad you asked! :)

(pt 6)

(GPB cont'd) You should feel sorry for those girls (and guys). They are obviously unhappy with life. It's sad but it's true. We believe in the mission of Greek life and we support our sisters and other sororities. We're all in this together and if we get a smaller pledge class of girls we like who stick to our values, then that's great. It's a victory for the Greek system! I wish this website would shut down because it just hurts us and our friends. We should encourage each other with positive rankings and Panhellenic love! I don't believe in negative rankings and you shouldn't either. Give every sorority a chance. Don't pay attention to the small-minded gossip of a few bitter people who probably aren't even Greek. We are all strong in our own ways and we owe it to ourselves and our sororities to put those strengths together.

EDITOR - These posts were minimally edited for spelling and grammar, but otherwise the thoughts are original! We hope you find them useful as you go through rush! Stick to your beliefs and values and we're sure you'll find people like you who want to do good in the world and make the Greek community stronger! :)

Why does it feel like pi phi is using their responses as a way to self promote? "Soooooo many girls want us" l o l

" Rankings are obviously posted by people with problems. Let's just get that straight." - Love this comment!

(collective response!)

Not necessarily! We have an idea of what we want to improve on - if previous PCs weren't strong academically, we might push to improve that. If we wanna get more involved with our philanthropy, we'll probably recruit girls with a good history of volunteering. Ultimately it comes down to whether or not you fit our dynamic, which we know better than any PNM or frat boy. If we see you out with other sororities, it might make you seem "harder" to get but that doesn't mean we won't try! If we feel like you belong with us, we'll keep rushing you and inviting you back. If we feel like you'd fit in better somewhere else, we'll cut you and give you the freedom to explore those houses more. :)

YES, we DO talk to each other during rush week. Or at least, all 8 of us have talked to friends in other houses. If you come into our house with a bad attitude, like "I'm gonna be an XYZ, nothing else, I don't want to be here, I won't 'end up' here" you bet we'll tell our friends in XYZ you said that. It looks bad, like you don't respect us or value our time, or you're above the system.

We don't know who cuts you unless you tell us, but obviously if you come back on pref day crying and angry, we'll know a) you got cut from what you wanted, b) you don't want to be in our house, and c) you thought you knew what was right for you more than we did. Please trust our judgment. We are here to help you in the right direction, even if that isn't with us.

I love this response. Beautifully and thoughtfully expressed!So how do we go about closing down this site so that every organization doesn't continue to be hurt by it?