Webster has gone most of its long life without greeks; we have written about the progress of the first fraternity there, Delta Upsilon. Now it looks to be joined by upstart Delta Phi Epsilon, the first sorority on campus. The Student Government Association (the college has no greek umbrella group yet, of course) approved the organization in a secret ballot Thursday, paving the way for DPhiE to seek colony status from their national.
The vote was attended by a raucous debate by onlookers as to the propriety of DPhiE's mission, even as Delta Upsilon men stood in the gallery to support the sorority hopefuls. Rerepresentatives of DPhiE tried to dispell stereotypes of sororities as "cliquey and shallow" and stressed their core values and strong commitment to philanthropy. But the sorority's very constitution was challenged strenuously by the SGA Segreant-at-Arms Lydia Schulte: "You have to have a vagina to get in. You have to pay to get in. How does that benefit our school?"; SGA PR Representative Justin Raymundo wondered out loud about the eligibility of the transgendered.
So frenzied grew the attacks on DPhiE's mission that both the SGA's president and vice president alternately had to admonish the crowd to behave civilly and avoid personal attacks: "I feel that we have to bring it down a little bit. Things are running pretty hot in here right now." But when the vote was finally called, Delta Phi Epsilon was approved, though by what margin was unknown. Mr Raymundo stoutly defended his motion calling for a secret ballot: "I wanted to make sure that everybody felt comfortable voting because the discussion was so heated." Wise man.
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