January 22, 2020
Georgetown College’s Student–Run Newspaper
Volume CXL Issue 1
Spring semester kicks off with Chapel Day 2020 By ROBERT BIRD Staff Writer This past Sunday, Georgetown College celebrated the annual sorority Chapel Day, a day in which every sorority organization on campus welcomes new members to their chapters. After a long week of women’s recruitment, the women who accept bids from their chosen sororities run out of the John L. Hill Chapel dressed in that organizations colors and letters. The new members run out into the arms of their new sisters who are welcoming them at the base of the chapel, and it is
truly quite an amazing event for anyone to witness. The four sororities who participated in Chapel Day were Alpha Gamma Delta, Phi Mu, Kappa Delta, and Sigma Kappa. Each chapter welcomed home many new members, and each and every member was overwhelmed with joy and and happiness at seeing their new sisters run out of the Chapel. The new member numbers for each chapter currently stands as follows: Kappa Delta, Sigma Kappa, and Phi Mu each received seventeen new members, and Alpha Gamma Delta received five. At the beginning of the week of recruitment, over 90 women had signed up to go through the recruitment process. Jorie Beil, who is a freshman here at Georgetown and went through women’s recruitment said that, “Recruitment was a process THE GEORGETONIAN/KELSEY ADAMS that gave me the Freshman Lacrosse women run out opportunity to of the chapel together in their new grow so many of my sorority colors, showing their panhel- friendships here on lenic spirit. campus. Not only
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was I able to join a group of women that will support me throughout the rest of my college journey, but I also met so many girls along the way…I would encourage anyone considering Greek life to go through recruitment.” One of the key and interesting aspects of women’s recruitment is that several women are selected, who do not wear the letters of their sorority so as to become neutral and unbiased, and become leaders for the women going through recruitment. These individuals are called Gamma Chis. Emma White, who served as a Gamma Chi for this year’s recruitment had the following to say about her experience as a Gamma Chi: “Being a Gamma Chi and being a part of the Panhel team is probably the most self-gratifying experience I’ve had while at GC. Empowering these women and guiding them through the recruitment process to find their home wasn’t always easy, but it was all worth it in the end. Also, because of being a Gamma Chi, I’ve gained a TON of new friends!” Also quoted was Hailey Bowman, who was another one of the Gamma Chi’s for
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Gamma Chis, the Greek women who help potential new members through the recuitment process, stand together before running out of the chapel. women’s recruitment. She said on her experience, that she, “wanted to help the Georgetown College ladies find their home and be there when things got hard…Recruitment 2020 brought its challenges but this team was amazing and so were the women who went through!” On being involved in the recruitment process in her sorority for the second time, Sigma Kappa member Samantha Hutchinson was quoted as saying, “Sorority recruitment was such a great ay to not only open our doors to the women around campus, but also our values, philanthropy, and
sisterhood. Each organization has such a beautiful and unique way of expressing our love for the sisters and friendships we have made and we are so happy that we got to welcome and share our experiences to all the new members.” All in all, women’s Chapel Day was definitely a rousing success. Coming up next is men’s Chapel Day, and it will definitely be another interesting and exciting event to experience on campus, as we see the men of Georgetown College find their forever homes as well.
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