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Yes, I Am Labeled As 'That Sorority Girl' And I Am OK With That

And it changed my life forever.

Jordan Specht

Feb 06, 2018

Pennsylvania State University

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Yes, I Am Labeled As 'That Sorority Girl' And I Am OK With That

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I'm that sorority girl who trusted the process and found their home. Although cliche, I don't think I could have survived the last two years of college without my sorority sisters. With recruitment just ending, I started reflecting on the importance of sororities and just how much it has truly impacted my life...

Coming into college, I doubted the thought of finding an amazing friend group that could top my friends at home. I have always been supported and held up when the going gets tough by my home friends and the thought of making new friends haunted me daily. The minute I joined a sorority, the feeling of being a lost puppy, alone in the bubble of a world that we live in suddenly dwindled. I have never felt more a part of something in my life.

Here are the things I have gotten out of being in a sorority, and one day you will realize how amazing and life-changing sororities truly are.

1. They pick up the phone after hearing the first ring.

Looking back and comparing freshman year to now is a huge 360 turn. I would call my mom 20 times a day about my nerves, doubts, and stresses that I felt during my first semester of college. Now, rather than calling my mom to calm me down, I can pick up the phone and can call my best friend.

2. They are your nightly dates.

The bond between my friends and I is stronger than steel. I never have to worry about eating alone because we are always that group of girls that show up to a restaurant with 20 people and mandate to sit all at one table because we can't be apart from each other for longer than 20 minutes.

3. They are your biggest motivators.

On those days that I am feeling down, stressed, or overwhelmed, these girls simply know how to make me laugh and put a smile on my face.

4. They are the ones that simply get it.

Even though my most dramatic days where when Starbucks messed up my order and suddenly ruined my life, my friends are the first ones to my side and the last ones to leave until I feel better.

5. They are your nerds and your crazy going out buddies.

These girls double as my finance tutors and partying buddies. When it comes to being serious and studying in the library until 2 a.m. or last-minute deciding to go out even though your favorite episode of "Friends" is on, they will always push you into becoming your best. Even if that means making you stay in on a Friday night to finish that paper.

6. They are your forever dance partners...

Especially when it comes to my dance moves, my best friends know how to make me feel like a "Dancing with the Stars" professional in the heels I can't even walk in.

7. ...and your partner-in-crime.

I always know my best friends will back me up in times of need. They are my rock and the girls I turn to for almost everything. They pick me up when I feel like I have no strength and motivate me to succeed both in school and in the real world.

So, yes I am "that sorority girl." I am that girl who met her lifelong best friends and bridesmaids. I am that girl who will be sitting in a wheelchair in the future with my 20 best friends, reminiscing about our fun days as college kids. I am that girl that trusts the process and found myself a home at a place that was foreign to me at first. I wouldn't give up these friends for the world.

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Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

North Carolina State University

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Summer is hot and humid, and it's almost like summer was made specifically to drink the refreshing, cold, crisp wonderful, delicious, nutritious nectar of the gods. Which is none other than beer; wonderful cold beer. With summer playing peek-a-boo around the corner while we finish up this semester, it's time to discuss the only important part of summer. And if you haven't already guessed, it's beer. There are few things I take more seriously than my beer, in order are: sports... and beer. Here are my favorite summer brews:

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Yes, I Am Labeled As 'That Sorority Girl' And I Am OK With That

And it changed my life forever.

1. They pick up the phone after hearing the first ring.

2. They are your nightly dates.

3. They are your biggest motivators.

4. They are the ones that simply get it.

5. They are your nerds and your crazy going out buddies.

6. They are your forever dance partners...

7. ...and your partner-in-crime.

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Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

7. "This reminded me of you"

8. Breakfast foods

9. Over-sized clothes

10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

14. Surprises

15. Blanket cocoons

16. Good hair days

17. Really good coffee

18. Days where you're in a good mood naturally and for no particular reason

19. Conquering a fear

20. When they give you a lot of guac at Chipotle

21. Being so comfortable with someone that you can literally talk about anything

22. Home-cooked meals

23. Tattoo stories

24. Leaves changing color in fall

25. Butterflies in your stomach

26. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

27. When you can't stop laughing

Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

Coors Light Summer Brew:

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

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Sam Adams Summer Ale

Hell or High Watermelon

Blue Moon Summer Honey

LandShark Lager

Corona

75 degrees and sunny, plus, no humidity. I mean do I really need to say more?

Perfect Weather

You'll get an effortless tan

You can exercise with a view

You don't have to worry about bug bites

In n Out all day, every day

We have outdoor concerts

We live where people vacation

Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

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1. "Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)