WEBVTT 00:00:00.980 --> 00:00:06.426 Panic, right? Uh So I had a and I would attribute a lot of this to my, 00:00:06.459 --> 00:00:10.495 what we call them our pledge moms. So I had a senior, her name is Shelly, 00:00:10.528 --> 00:00:15.876 her South, um, who was my pledge mom and she was terrific. In fact, I just 00:00:15.909 --> 00:00:21.125 had lunch with her probably six months ago and uh she just kind of threw 00:00:21.158 --> 00:00:26.456 me in stuff and I never had a date until I got to college and she set me 00:00:26.489 --> 00:00:31.515 up with, oh my gosh. I had some really interesting dates but it was so it 00:00:31.548 --> 00:00:35.815 was so good for me because I needed that. I needed someone to just throw 00:00:35.848 --> 00:00:40.106 me into that kind of environment. Um I will say I did learn one thing. 00:00:40.139 --> 00:00:45.616 There are a lot of men who say they're 6 ft tall 00:00:45.649 --> 00:00:52.057 who are not somehow that seems to be a um the, you know, baseline for a 00:00:52.090 --> 00:00:55.585 lot of guys. So I went on a lot of dates with a lot of guys who I could 00:00:55.618 --> 00:01:02.135 eat peanuts off their head, but they said they were 6 ft tall 00:01:02.168 --> 00:01:04.576 and then she encouraged me to actually get involved in some other things 00:01:04.609 --> 00:01:08.346 too. She, she, you know, kind of forced me to run for president of our 00:01:08.379 --> 00:01:12.456 pledge class and that kind of started everything. So she was really, 00:01:12.489 --> 00:01:17.217 really a good influence on me. They moved off campus but I think a number 00:01:17.250 --> 00:01:21.467 of them are coming back. It, uh, it was a little difficult reading the 00:01:21.500 --> 00:01:25.626 newspapers for a while with some of these off campus parties. But, I mean 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:30.406 , if you get a number together in, in one place, they're gonna have 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.046 parties and they're not gonna be supervised. Whereas, you know, when 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:40.217 they're on campus there is some supervision and uh the alumni advisors 00:01:40.250 --> 00:01:45.867 really play a large role in that super supervision. So, I'd, I'd, I'd like 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:50.346 to see them all come back on campus, uh because they really can contribute 00:01:50.379 --> 00:01:55.217 to the fabric of their big fund givers, you know, if they had a successful 00:01:55.250 --> 00:02:00.826 experience. But, uh yeah, there has been about a two year period here 00:02:00.859 --> 00:02:04.326 where they've been off campus and we don't have a fraternity row anymore. 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:09.916 We don't have a alpha drive. We don't have a, a Delphi drive and a lot of 00:02:09.949 --> 00:02:15.096 our successful uh people, businessmen were right out of the fraternities. 00:02:15.129 --> 00:02:19.427 Uh Leadership, a lot of leadership came from fraternities, sororities and 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:23.517 that's n that's not just the issue. So, um and again, fraternities and 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:26.406 sororities aren't perfect, but they're made up of 18 to 20 you know, one 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:32.835 year old kids basically. So, um they're, they are gonna, you know, have 00:02:32.868 --> 00:02:37.156 some bad judgments or whatever too. But all in all I it, for me, the 00:02:37.189 --> 00:02:39.995 already gave me just an incredible opportunity to learn a lot about 00:02:40.028 --> 00:02:44.686 leadership and a lot about people and there were times I wanted to and 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:50.066 just go because I was so tired of some of the other stuff. Um But uh all 00:02:50.099 --> 00:02:52.775 in all it was, it was definitely worth my investment and I continue to 00:02:52.808 --> 00:02:55.899 support my sorority.