Wow.

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Worried that a negative stereotype of the sorority was contributing to a decline in membership that had left its Greek-columned house here half empty, Delta Zeta’s national officers interviewed 35 DePauw members in November, quizzing them about their dedication to recruitment. They judged 23 of the women insufficiently committed and later told them to vacate the sorority house.

The 23 members included every woman who was overweight. They also included the only black, Korean and Vietnamese members. The dozen students allowed to stay were slender and popular with fraternity men — conventionally pretty women the sorority hoped could attract new recruits. Six of the 12 were so infuriated they quit.

Yeah, I just read that, Hil. Just...WOW. So awful, and way to REALLY give your sorority a bad name, damn!

Teppy, I'm sorry you had to deal with that asshat after all your hard work.

I have finished as much of the dinner as I can finish until the water decides to actually start boiling. I think I am being pretty organized, but that thought is making me nervous.

IOmemeN, I think my landlord was here like she said she would be today. However, she never called to tell me they left the place, and the left the door from our apartment to the shared space in the cellar unlocked.

Hil, that is just plain craxy. And stupid. I'm glad those other girls quit. And how is asking someone to vacate the sorority house by a certain date NOT an eviction? I hope that national president ends up having an overweight, highly intelligent daughter who is refused entry to a sorority for the way she looks.

Tep, I liked your newsletter much better. Especially your calendar. I'm one of those who likes a calender representation of the month, not a table. That other newsletter would have driven me nuts. The other one was more fussy, and I thought the graphic on the front page actually made it look less professional. I think someone needs to take him down a peg or two.

Teppy, your committee chair is just wrong. He probably likes webpages chockful of frames and music. And little doodads that follow your curser around, i.e., he has no taste.

the graphic on the front page actually made it look less professional

I reflected on the fact it was a printer's nightmare. Big block of black at the top? Back when offset presses cranked out these things at the local print shop, trying to balance the black and the type immediately would be a pain.

Nowadays you could call it "toner waster," I suppose.

wow. Delta Zeta was one of the soroieties that showed up at my college durring my senior year. Interestingly, it appealed to some of the more ambitious women I knew ( and respected ) . I am fairly certain that my friend J would be horrified.

Teppy, insent.

JILLI!

The BMW dealership is playing MCR RIGHT NOW AIFG!

(i never heard em afore!)

I'll pass that message along. She's currently going mad at fabric & thrift stores.