Sororities sometimes get a bad rap

By Marissa Cianchetti

I received an e-mail the other day from a friend defining sorority girls. It was from the urban dictionary. It starts off like this, “I am a sorostitute. I’m better than you and I know it. You can find me on campus in the SUV my daddy bought for me, rocking my Chanel sunglasses, North Face jacket, Nike Shox or Rainbow sandals. I never leave my sorority house without my letters somewhere on me…”

The definition continued by going into many inappropriate and untrue things about sorority girls and their actions. Although I was offended, I did get a laugh out of it. My roommate, on the other hand, did not find it funny at all.

Case in point: articles like this give sororities a really bad reputation that they don’t deserve. Yes, there is drama. What could anyone expect with a 100 girls in a room? However, we do many great things that would be impossible without such a big group of girls. For example, my sorority, Delta Delta Delta, donates millions of dollars to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital ever year. In two weeks, I have 35 letters due, addresses to my friends and family, asking them to help us raise money for St. Jude’s. At the main hospital in Memphis we even built a Tri-Delta wing, with money that we had raise nationally.

Another philanthropy we have is Big Brothers/Big Sisters. We even had a party that all the bigs and littles could come to with ice cream and games. I am a big sister to a girl in Danville which helps support our philanthropy.

The other week Tri Delts from UK, Transy and Centre came together and were the largest organization at the Race for the Cure in Lexington.

How would any of that be possible without sororities? We actually do more good than harm. I’m not saying a sorority is the most important thing, but the different philanthropies each sorority has receives a lot of money from the fundraising events we put on. Yes, we do gather socially and go out together. I see those formals as a reward for all the hard work we put into helping out others.

The Greek Women of Centre College are some of the most involved women on campus. They are a part of clubs, they do community service, they are on student government and there are athletes, along with supporting their Greek organization So the next time you hear about a negative going along with a sorority girl, remember that we actually do a lot of good.

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