National Panhellenic Conference

connections and for good reason too. “Numerous studies have shown that the healthiest, happiest people tend to be more involved in their communities. While there is debate on whether one causes the other is unclear, there is some sense that having wider social connections and relationships are an important part of being happy.” (Maslow, 1987, pp. 20-21) Maslow attempts to explain this in what is known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The middle block in the pyramid represents ‘love and belongingness’: the need for friendship, intimacy, trust and acceptance, receiving and giving affection and affiliation -- being part of a group. Greek Life is a way to fill that psychological need. A 2012 study made by the NIC or North-American Interfraternity Conference estimated that about 14% of incoming college freshman intend to join a sorority. That is a a good amount of girls wanting to join such a controversial group so there must be something motivating them. Going along with the psychological needs theory a closer look proves that sense of confidence, gender identity and self-symbolization might have something to do with it. Young women already affiliated in a sorority typically exude confidence. By finally discovering a sense of belonging, your self-esteem rises and you feel more confident. Young women joining the recruitment process see this and are in ‘awe’ of such self-confidence. This is an attractive benefit to those suffering with insecurities or nerves. When most people…

At the beginning of my senior year, I applied to almost ten different colleges and universities – from the east coast to the west coast and basically everything in between. I remember my reaction for each and every return letter I got. The one that stood out the most was the letter from Utah State University. Out all of the acceptance letters Utah State University was the only letter that made me jump up and down, and squeal like the excited little girl I was in that moment. My reaction was not…

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themselves (Handler 1995). The process to gain entrance to a sorority is sorority recruitment, where the sororities allow new member to come into their space to be considered for membership (Stuber 2011). Most members join through the prosses of formal recruitment. This process is run by National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), which was started in 1985 and is comprises of 26 sororities…

Good evening, everyone. I’m Amber Smith. And I’m Caroline Vogl and we are co-presidents of the Fall 2017 pledge class. We are extremely excited to be standing before you today as the newest initiated members of Alpha Gamma Delta. *crowd cheers* It has been quite the journey from putting on our rush shirts and nervously boarding the busses to the Days Inn. Our acquaintances from Bid Day have become our cherished friends in the short amount of time that we’ve been together. We’ve grown together…

Delta Sigma Theta is a sorority I took keen interest in after doing some profound research. Not only is it a sorority but indeed a sisterhood. The values and driven purpose to which the sorority serves to the African American communities here at home and abroad speaks volumes. I first took an interest with pledging as a teen. I grew up in an era where the Cosby show exemplified the educated black family thus the spin off “A different world” broadcast the image of college life at an HBCU. I…

As many of you probably haven’t heard of the Divine Nine which consist of 9 different African American fraternities and sorority organizations which has been a pivotal part of African American history and culture since the early 20th century. Which are the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Phi Beta Sorority, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. In the early 1900s, African…

of the tale of Orsippus losing his loincloth in the process of competing in a race before crossing the finish line. He then began staying nude in other events and this tradition spread throughout the Greek Olympic culture. They even started to lubricate their bodies up using olive oil because nudity in sport started to be seen as a beautiful custom the should be appreciated because of themuscle and physique of a man in motion. Part two ends with what the victors received by their polis for…

course football, which only means on thing it is thanksgiving and yearly tradition that is football on thanksgiving. This year slate of games have both playoffs implications, as well as possible perfect season implications with the three games slated for thanksgiving this should be entertaining and exciting to watch after spending time with loves ones and recovering from eating to near coma levels. The first of the these three games Is the Philadelphia eagles vs. the Detroit lions Detroit lions…