Citizenship

I think that by simply being involved in a fraternity, we are all displaying citizenship. Working with others towards a common goal is part of the definition of citizenship. Specifically, one of the things I do well that expresses my citizenship within my sorority...


EMPATHY: I think that I have the ability to empathize with the other people in my sorority, which I think is part of being a good sister. Knowing my place in the sorority is something that I think will come within the next year, once I am really immersed in the sorority by living in the house. I love talking to people about how they feel about situations and their opinions. I think that I am usually pretty good at seeing things from other perspectives which makes it easier for other people to relate to me, which is one way that I can contribute to the community. 


In my chapter, we have to attend another fraternity or sorority philanthropy event each quarter. I think that it is so important that we all support each other. When it comes down to it, we all want to accomplish the same things and the separate chapters can be really helpful in the success of other chapter's philanthropic endeavors. We also have various volunteer opportunities with other sororities that focus on the two sororities working together for something that may be totally separate from either of our individual philanthropies. I think this is definitely something that could be improved upon, because really we can all do more to support each other. The idea of different chapters working together for a common goal is something I think we all really need to work on. All of our strength working together can really make a difference for the greek community. Especially on the topic of expansion of the greek community as a whole, I think recruitment could definitely be a task we all take on together. 


Within the Columbus community, I think a great example of how the OSU greek community expresses citizenship was in the past two weeks when we all participated in Rock The Block. The community service was a great outreach program that showed the greater Columbus area that we, as fraternity men and sorority women, care about things other than ourselves and that we are willing to do something for the greater good. Rock the Block was a great way to hang out with my chapter as well as do something productive.