Panic, right? Uh So I had a and I would attribute a lot of this to my,
what we call them our pledge moms. So I had a senior, her name is Shelly,
her South, um, who was my pledge mom and she was terrific. In fact, I just
had lunch with her probably six months ago and uh she just kind of threw
me in stuff and I never had a date until I got to college and she set me
up with, oh my gosh. I had some really interesting dates but it was so it
was so good for me because I needed that. I needed someone to just throw
me into that kind of environment. Um I will say I did learn one thing.
There are a lot of men who say they're 6 ft tall
who are not somehow that seems to be a um the, you know, baseline for a
lot of guys. So I went on a lot of dates with a lot of guys who I could
eat peanuts off their head, but they said they were 6 ft tall
and then she encouraged me to actually get involved in some other things
too. She, she, you know, kind of forced me to run for president of our
pledge class and that kind of started everything. So she was really,
really a good influence on me. They moved off campus but I think a number
of them are coming back. It, uh, it was a little difficult reading the
newspapers for a while with some of these off campus parties. But, I mean
, if you get a number together in, in one place, they're gonna have
parties and they're not gonna be supervised. Whereas, you know, when
they're on campus there is some supervision and uh the alumni advisors
really play a large role in that super supervision. So, I'd, I'd, I'd like
to see them all come back on campus, uh because they really can contribute
to the fabric of their big fund givers, you know, if they had a successful
experience. But, uh yeah, there has been about a two year period here
where they've been off campus and we don't have a fraternity row anymore.
We don't have a alpha drive. We don't have a, a Delphi drive and a lot of
our successful uh people, businessmen were right out of the fraternities.
Uh Leadership, a lot of leadership came from fraternities, sororities and
that's n that's not just the issue. So, um and again, fraternities and
sororities aren't perfect, but they're made up of 18 to 20 you know, one
year old kids basically. So, um they're, they are gonna, you know, have
some bad judgments or whatever too. But all in all I it, for me, the
already gave me just an incredible opportunity to learn a lot about
leadership and a lot about people and there were times I wanted to and
just go because I was so tired of some of the other stuff. Um But uh all
in all it was, it was definitely worth my investment and I continue to
support my sorority.