So Many Reasons...

Sororities for Dummies conducted a survey last week concerning the reasons why girls decided to join a sorority. The survey yielded unsurprising results to most. However, some feedback from young women in sororities at The University of Oklahoma informed that the

survey could have been more specific.

Results from the survey showed that sororities are not all about social events, parties and such. If it did the unanimous answer to the survey would have been social aspects. But respectable percentages answered that girls joined for community service and philanthropy as well as alumni or continuing legacy (when the mother of the girl is in the same sorority the girl is in now).

Ashlan Barta, a member of the Sigma Phi Lambda sorority, joined for other reasons than those listed in the survey.

However, the answers from the survey were not deemed specific enough for the survey to be answered. Sororities for Dummies spoke to experts in the field of psychology and sociology to explore other reasons why girls join sororities.

Some additional reasons offered by the professors were reasoned and thoughtful. "A basic human need of belongingness," Dr. Nicole Campbell, professor of psychology at the University of Oklahoma said. "Sororities help to make a smaller community within a large campus. I can see how women who did not have sisters in the home would be drawn to that, but I can also see how women who did have sisters in the home would as well." Others were comical. "Because they like boys," Dr. Jennifer Hackney, professor of sociology, said. The reasons girls join sororities are varied and many. Each young woman would provide a unique reason as to why they individually joined.

The process to join a sorority is made out to be a difficult, exhausting and sometimes degrading process. The Rush is a very anticipated event here at the University of Oklahoma and undoubtedly across many universities across the country. Sororities for Dummies explores the process, what goes on during Rush and finds out what does it take to make the sorority.