A Pledge is a Promise

                                    A Pledge is a Promise

            I had a friend who recently was imitated into a fraternity and he was telling me how hard and time consuming it was to pledge. He asked me if it was as rough to join my sorority and I was like no that is too crazy. In my opinion what he had to go through was not pledging it was hazing. The amount of work he had to go through to become a brother did not seem worth the final gain of joining the Greek community. I am unable to understand how people can treat you like that and then call you their brother it just seems illogical. The next question asked was how was my pledge period and what was I required to do to gain sisterhood.

            To start off we do not refer to our future sisters as pledges and we came up with the phrase that pledges are promises not people. From the second a girl decides to be a sister we call her a new member since she is one of us just new to how things work. After your bid is accepted your door is decorated with Sigma letters welcoming you into our family. Next the vice president teaches you all things that you need to know to be a sister and the treasurer meets with you and goes over all of the financial information. Meanwhile you get the opportunity to meet with different chairwomen as they show you their side of sorority life. The whole new member period you receive all the rights as a sister and spend time with us just as you would any of your friends. The week before initation is big/little week as I mentioned in an earlier blog and inspiration week. During I week you participate in various fun activities that prepare you for the sorority. When I told my friend this he said you guys do not know how to have fun, but in my opinion not being tortured is pretty fun.