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[ Music ]

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[Female narrator:] Indiana University, it's
one of the best-known, one of the largest,

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and one of the most beautiful institute --

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IU is a people place where students have
the opportunity to work and grow together.

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For the woman who is interested in extending
herself not only in school but through a variety

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of worthwhile activities aimed at
developing her potential as an individual,

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the sorority system offers
a home away from home.

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The Indiana University Sorority:
it's more than a place to live.

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[ Music ]

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A university as large and diverse as IU contains
students from many different walks of life.

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For more than a century, the sorority
system has been a contributing

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and vital part of the campus living experience.

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The Panhellenic Association is
made up of 1,600 young women,

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representing the 21 sororities
with chapters here at IU.

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Under university sponsorship and supervision,

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the Greek letter organizations are
an alternative residence lifestyle

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which may meet the needs of
any young woman of today.

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The university does offer other styles
of living both on and off campus.

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The IU residence hall system is one of the most
complete and modern systems in the country.

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Their facilities meet the needs
of graduate and married students

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as well as the traditional undergrad.

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For young men and women coming
out of high school,

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the residence hall living experience is
the first step in the process of learning

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to work and relax with other students.

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But, for many of us, we're looking for
something more: a real sense of belonging,

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a chance to grow and discover things
about ourselves while we learn

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about others and the way they feel.

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A sorority offers a chance for discovery
and fulfillment of personal ideals.

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[ Music ]

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The beginning of the sorority
experience is called "rush" and tries

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to give each girl a chance to
visit chapter houses at IU.

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It's a mutual selection process
aimed at finding out what is right

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for the sorority and right for you.

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Each sorority offers a chance
to meet new friends

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and opportunity to discover new relationships.

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There are always some things that are changing
and there are some things that never change.

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[ Inaudible Speakers ]

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[Female student:] Well, no.

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I have an eight o'clock today.

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I have [inaudible].

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[ Inaudible Speakers ]

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[Female narrator:] Living in a house
means sharing in the lives of other girls.

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You develop special friends who
will share your same interests

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and many times your same goals in life.

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Sharing together is the richest
part of the sorority experience

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and will be the most lasting
memory of your sorority life.

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The sorority system takes pride
in high scholastic achievement.

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The scholastic average of all
sorority women at IU tends

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to set the pace for other groups on campus.

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Each chapter expects its members
to acquire good study habits

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and maintain high academic standing.

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Chapters try in many ways to provide an
atmosphere that encourages serious study.

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Scholarships within the chapters
from alumni, panhellenic,

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and national organizations are available
to many members who achieve scholastically.

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Fostering academic excellence both in the
house and in the classroom is all a part

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of the sorority's ongoing educational
enrichment through well-equipped libraries,

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tutorial programs, distinguished
faculty, and guest speakers.

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Sorority life isn't confined
to the house though.

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Everyone needs a chance to get out and
work off tensions from the classroom.

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You may want to take a walk
or bike ride through campus,

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or just stretch out under
a tree with a good book.

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Or there are a number of clubs which center

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around interest areas such
as gymnastics or swimming.

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Sorority women are also avid participants
in intercollegiate and intramural sports,

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with some traditional rivalries between
houses that spur on competition.

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Of course, it's all in the
interest of good, clean fun.

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[ Music ]

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[Female student #2:] Crisscross on one.

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Any questions?

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Connie, be ready because it is you.

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[Female narrator:] Dinner time
is a special time in the house.

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Often, it's the only time we can get together
with sisters to discuss the day's activities.

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Sometimes we invite the men
over from a fraternity.

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That's always a nice change of pace.

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[Male student:] It's going to be a gypsy with --

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[Female narrator:] Sororities and
fraternities often have exchanged dinners

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to get to know other houses on campus.

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[Male student:] -- come over and
fill in the tissue paper, yeah,

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while we're drinking our Kool-Aid and
we've got ice down in the back courtyard.

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[Female narrator:] Each house also has a
house mother whose duties include a lot more

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than just running the house.

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Mom's sort of a living Dear Abby.

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She's the kind of person
who's around when you need her

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to lend a sympathetic ear
to all kinds of problems.

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[ Inaudible Speakers ]

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After supper, there's usually
time for a song or two.

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[ Singing ]

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Just like everyone else, sisters look
for any excuse to sing and celebrate.

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And birthdays are a great
excuse to have a party.

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[ Singing ]

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[Female student #3:] A happy 19.

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[ Cheers and Applause ]

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[Female narrator:] No, the special days aren't
forgotten just because you're away at school.

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Sisterhood means sharing in the special
times of other sisters and taking part

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in the events that mean something to them.

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More than anything else though, sisterhood
means enjoying the company of other sisters,

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like sitting by the fire on a cold
winter evening with popcorn and talk.

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There never seems to be enough time for all
the things you'd like to hear from others.

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One of your sisters may want to share her
special moment through a candlelight to tell

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of her excitement over getting pinned.

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[ Singing ]

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You know it's funny how you always wondered what
it would be like to meet that certain someone.

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And then one day he comes along
and asks you to marry him,

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and then it's not dating anymore;
it's his life and your life.

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[ Music ]

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A lot of unstructured things
happen in a sorority.

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A heavy snowfall may find a few sisters
busily constructing a frozen friend, well,

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at least until somebody declares all-out war.

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[Female student #4:] Meeting
will come to order, please.

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[Female narrator:] But the
well-defined structure

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of the panhellenic association is
what makes the sorority system tick.

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[Female student #4:] -- at
3:30 at the pi phi half, okay.

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Applications for exec counsel
will be October 24.

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Each house is allowed to submit one girl's name.

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Real important, so start
talking it up in your houses.

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[Female narrator:] Panhellenic meetings
include representatives from all chapter houses

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on campus who plan and coordinate
many projects and programs.

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[Female student #4:] -- and the
rush chairman meeting will be

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at Alpha Gamma October 12 at 6:30.

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Female narrator: Each chapter
house also has its own government.

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Meetings are a weekly part of
living in a house and learning

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to be responsible for planning its activities.

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[Female student #5:] -- been kind of noisy
lately and I think we should all be considerate

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and keep quiet between 7 and
11, Monday through Thursday.

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So I think we should all be considerate
of your sisters and get studying.

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Parents Weekend is this weekend.

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Be sure to sign them all up for meals,
especially Saturday night's meal.

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Sign up in the smoker.

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We have a report from our treasurer
Lori Malin [assumed spelling].

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[Female student #6:] House bills
are due on the 7th of this month.

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And please, everybody, get them
in on time because there have been

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about 15 people late this past month.

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[Female narrator:] House living cultivates
the female potential toward leadership

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and scholastic achievement and at the same
time develops mature, responsible members

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who will soon take their
place in our modern-day world.

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[Female student #7:] Now Jody
has a presentation for us.

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[Female student #8:] Okay, the
next one is Officer the Week.

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Our Marshall Deb, she's honored
this week for jobs so well done.

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She's a definite kappa keep.

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[ Cheers and Applause ]

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[Female narrator:] Whether it's service
to the community, a long-standing interest

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of the sorority system, or involvement in
such campus activities as Homecoming, IU Sing,

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or the Little 500, any sorority women serve in
leadership positions on university committees,

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in honor societies, or as members of
other university-sponsored organizations.

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Sorority life can open up a whole new world
of excitement, involvement, and challenge.

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In the spring, the panhellenic-style
show involves participation

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from all the houses on behalf of the United Way.

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Through service, sorority
members learn how to give freely

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of their time and energy to benefit others.

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Local and national service projects range from
cancer drives to working with the handicapped.

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Fulfillment realized through service
to others is not easily diminished

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and grows in value through the years.

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Some sorority women give their time to
participating in IU's red carpet days program,

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talking with high school students and their
parents during a day when they visit campus.

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[Female student #9:] Good afternoon.

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My name is Lisa Grantham and I'll be your
Red Carpet Day bus tour guide this afternoon.

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I'm a senior majoring in the School of Business

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and my concentration is the
merchandising management area.

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During our tour today, we will be passing
by the residence halls: 10 residence halls

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for undergraduate students and 33
fraternities and 17 sororities.

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When I was a freshman down
here, I lived in fourth quad

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which is the only all-girls quad left on
campus, and I now live in a sorority house,

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so I feel comfortable in answering both
questions of sorority life, Greek living,

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as well as residence hall living.

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[Female narrator:] IU's Little 500 is
the world's greatest college weekend.

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And we all seem to be involved
in one way or another.

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[ Music ]

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When I first came to IU, I wonder.

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Do I really want to join a sorority?

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I didn't know if I could live with a bunch of
other girls and still have time for myself.

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I'm not what you call a loner.

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But I do need time to myself to
think and study and just be alone.

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I remember I tried to keep an open
mind during rush and choose a house

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where I not only felt comfortable
but where I felt I could be me.

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But you know something?

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As it turned out, I found a lot more.

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Not only did I stay individual, but I found
I was making friends with girls who were just

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as much themselves as I wanted to be.

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It's really been great.

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I think I've made some lifelong friends here.

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Joining a sorority has been one of
the best things about my years of IU.

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Whether it's academics, recreation,
or a midnight serenade,

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being in a sorority means giving your all.

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[ Singing ]

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Being in a sorority is learning
to be yourself with other people.

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It's striving for individual
growth and development.

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It's a lot more than a place to live.

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[ Singing ]