By Lee LeBoeuf, Sophomore
If you were to go back in time to tell the naive 17 year-old Lee that one day she would not only be a part of a Greek organization but love every second of it—filling her Instagram with pictures of her in full "sorority squat" and "throwing what she knows"—she probably would have laughed in your face. In the midst of the constant questions that every senior in high school faces, I was occasionally asked if I ever planned to join a sorority once I began my college career. The answer was also a firm no and usually followed by a short speech about how I did not think I needed to pay for my friends. Once I arrived at OWU and immersed myself in campus culture, I began to notice something I didn’t expect: a majority of the outstanding leaders on campus were Greek women. More specifically, they were Thetas. I had never seen so many strong, independent, open-minded, and ambitious women. Despite their wide range of interests they had one similar grounding quality—Theta.
Don't get me wrong, I did not grow up without female role models. My biological sister and mother are the two strongest women I know, and raised me to believe in feminism and equality. But, after identifying so many new role models in the OWU community, I saw the opportunity to develop similar relationships with my peers—I signed up for formal recruitment.
If you were to go back in time to tell the naive 17 year-old Lee that one day she would not only be a part of a Greek organization but love every second of it—filling her Instagram with pictures of her in full "sorority squat" and "throwing what she knows"—she probably would have laughed in your face. In the midst of the constant questions that every senior in high school faces, I was occasionally asked if I ever planned to join a sorority once I began my college career. The answer was also a firm no and usually followed by a short speech about how I did not think I needed to pay for my friends. Once I arrived at OWU and immersed myself in campus culture, I began to notice something I didn’t expect: a majority of the outstanding leaders on campus were Greek women. More specifically, they were Thetas. I had never seen so many strong, independent, open-minded, and ambitious women. Despite their wide range of interests they had one similar grounding quality—Theta.
Don't get me wrong, I did not grow up without female role models. My biological sister and mother are the two strongest women I know, and raised me to believe in feminism and equality. But, after identifying so many new role models in the OWU community, I saw the opportunity to develop similar relationships with my peers—I signed up for formal recruitment.