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Home-grown sisterhood for Psi Lamda Xi — local sorority with long-term vision Sorority born out of Delta Zeta’s departure seeks presence, maintains small, independent, tight-knit community By KAITLIN KLOSE and MATT WELCH investigate@thedepauw.com
The sunshine of a fall afternoon shines into the Psi Lambda Xi house with a black-and-pink tint, the colors representing a newer shade of sisterhood on DePauw’s campus. DePauw’s only local sorority — meaning no other chapters exist — has
16 members and is still growing. Their university-owned house holds only five members, but 10 other members live on campus together while one is off campus. Sophomore Janelle Thixton, a member of Psi Xi, is happy with the organization’s independence from a national organization. “We are not accountable to people off campus who don’t understand the
situation on campus,” she said. “This is about our sisterhood on our campus.” Senior Erin Chappell, president of Psi Xi, said that the sorority aims to build sisterhood through frequent service and social events. “It’s just right for me. It may not be a typical sorority, but it’s what I like and what I get out of it,” she said. In Dec. 2006, DePauw’s chapter of
Delta Zeta sorority underwent a reorganization, with all but 12 of the women placed on alumnae status by the national organization. After an uproar on campus, many of these women left the chapter entirely. The incident, first reported in The DePauw, appeared on the front page of The New York Times, and in March 2007, DePauw’s then-president, Bob Bottoms, officially terminated
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the university’s relationship with the sorority. Several of the women wanted to keep their sisterhood alive, so they decided to create their own local sorority. Michelle (Edvenson) Weaver ’07 See “Psi Xi” | page 3