Becoming a sister

As I have told you all, this blog is about my journey of joining a sorority and trying to see if it is different than all of the movie stereotypes and all that. I chose this as my topic because I think that people could benefit from seeing what it’s like in a sorority from the inside instead of what the media shows. What I plan on doing in uploading photos and videos from events we have and philanthropy fun-raising to show the good that goes on here. When it comes to looking forward in this class I had ideas for what I will do in unit one and two. For unit one looking at photoshop I think it would be cool to make a collage of all the things important to me and make them go with the same color scheme and make it beautiful. For unit two I have always wanted to create a a logo because my moms best friend does that for a living and make really good money, she actually created the the Jamba Juice logo. I would really like to create a logo for my moms work that maybe she could use in real life. Getting back to the topic of this blog page there were some things that made me want to write about being in a sorority. The first thing that made me want to join was just how much I loved the girls and the house, I will link the Instagram so you can go take a look for your self. Another reason that I joined my sorority was because of their philanthropy, fighting hunger is Alpha Gamma Delta’s purpose and they put on events and raise lots of money. This is a link so that you can see our home page and then read about our philanthropy if you would like. The 3rd but definitely not last reason I wanted to join a sorority in general is that it is such a great way to meet people and hopefully my forever friends and sisters. Being a part of something so big, like internationally big is so cool and it really feels like you have a place to belong on such a big campus. If you click here you can see some reason why you should join one too! Now let’s get to the weekly update. So far it has been amazing but a wild ride. Rush week almost killed me and then we went immediately into sylly week and for anyone who doesn’t know what that it, its a literal week where you go to school like normal and then party all night every night and then wake up at 8 am and do it all over again. I got super sick during this and had to stay in one night because I was coughing and had a runny nose so bad. What happens here in Pullman during sylly week is called the Pullman plague. According to teachers the whole campus gets sick and it lasts for weeks, I didn’t believe this was possible but let me tell you it is. I am finally getting over being sick but a lot of people are not yet. That is part of the problem being in a sorority, you live in a house with 200 girls and when one person gets sick, everyone does. Luckily I don’t live in yet so I stay in my dorm where hopefully it is harder to get sick. While sylly week also killed me, it was definitely one of the most weeks I’ve had. You meet so many new people every night and its your first college parties and everyone is so nice to freshman here, not like Highschool. What happens in your first few weeks of college and going out, is that your sorority signs you a “rose” and they are one year older, live in the house and they are your temporary big. Once we get initiated we will get a real big and we will become the little and it is a way to integrate new girls into the house. The first rose I had, I absolutely loved. her name is Kate and she is so sweet and kind and couldn’t wait to show me everything and take me everywhere. It was easy to start to feel like a real part of this campus and sorority when you have someone showing you everything giving you the inside scoop. I hope that at the end of this all Kate becomes my Big 🙂