2008 Woodie Awards
Letter to the Editor: DZ: No thanks for the memories
Issue date: 2/20/07 Section: Opinion
This is from the Delta Zeta sorority Web site: "Delta Zeta: developing women of integrity." DZ nationals handled the situation at DePauw with anything but integrity. The problems with DZ did not happen overnight, so if Kathi Heatherly has 25 years of experience with Delta Zeta, why was she not able to turn around the chapter when problems first started years ago, thereby averting the need to take the abhorrent action she and the nationals took in December? Why didn't she demand changes by the governing councils about acceptable behavior of greek organizations toward one another when the despicable actions and attitudes of the other sororities and fraternities started years ago toward DZ?
The reorganization of DZ will not work as long as the greek population continues to exhibit the shallow mentality pervasive at DePauw. I wonder how the new "bottom" sorority will feel when the other sororities now shun them because interacting with them will affect their social standing? I told my daughter not to pledge DZ because of their reputation, but she said they were genuine, authentic girls unlike the superficial, materialistic "Barbie Doll" sororities. After all, college should be about learning to deal with diverse people as preparation for the "real" world. Obviously, this is one area that is missing on the DePauw campus. Maybe applications are down at DePauw because the applicants can see the shallowness of 70 percent of the student body.
I am proud of my daughter for seeing that nurturing, authentic relationships are important in life, rather than how many Jimmy Choo shoes you own or whether you have a pretty face. You can lose all that in a blink of an eye. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be a value important to DZ nationals or the other greek organizations. Twenty-nine Delta Zetas are now cheated out of memories that the other greeks will have. After only one semester in the house, my daughter's "memories" as a new alumna are memories of the semester from hell. Thank you for the memories, DZ.
Kandy Kinker
The reorganization of DZ will not work as long as the greek population continues to exhibit the shallow mentality pervasive at DePauw. I wonder how the new "bottom" sorority will feel when the other sororities now shun them because interacting with them will affect their social standing? I told my daughter not to pledge DZ because of their reputation, but she said they were genuine, authentic girls unlike the superficial, materialistic "Barbie Doll" sororities. After all, college should be about learning to deal with diverse people as preparation for the "real" world. Obviously, this is one area that is missing on the DePauw campus. Maybe applications are down at DePauw because the applicants can see the shallowness of 70 percent of the student body.
I am proud of my daughter for seeing that nurturing, authentic relationships are important in life, rather than how many Jimmy Choo shoes you own or whether you have a pretty face. You can lose all that in a blink of an eye. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be a value important to DZ nationals or the other greek organizations. Twenty-nine Delta Zetas are now cheated out of memories that the other greeks will have. After only one semester in the house, my daughter's "memories" as a new alumna are memories of the semester from hell. Thank you for the memories, DZ.
Kandy Kinker
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