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A different sorority experience Posted on August 24, 2011 COLUMN: Are you sure joining the greek system is right for you? by, Laney Ellisor/The Daily Monday, August 22, 2011 Editor’s Note: This is a firsthand account about one woman’s experience. We understand there might be others on campus who have a different story to tell, and we encourage you to share that story with us by emailing dailyopinion@ou.edu. This is the story of my journey in and back out of the greek system and my motivations for both decisions. My experiences gave me insights that I felt were my duty to share with the women who are unsure — like I was — whether they should rush and where they belong. I hope any woman searching can find her answer here. BE SOMEONE, BE GREEK “If you’re not greek, you’re nothing at the University of Oklahoma.” So said my longtime friend one night as we swung on the Walker-Adams Mall swing set. He was a Phi Gamma Delta pledge; I was an impressionable high school senior. The greek system was foreign to my rural hometown of Broken Bow, but all my mentors from summer leadership camps were in houses. I thought to be someone I had to be greek, so I was already planning to go through formal recruitment. The summer after graduation I received a pamphlet in the mail from the OU Panhellenic Association. It included instructions on how to dress for each day of formal recruitment and countless pictures of beautiful