Chance for Merit Money

flatlander
Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:19:18 +0000

Hi bookmom,

I can only speak for my daughter, who is very liberal; she had a memorable experience voting in a presidential election in Ohio last November, as you can well imagine! She joined the Young Democrats (can’t remember if that’s the correct name), and watched the debates and returns in her dorm with students representing a wide range of political leanings.

She is not at all preppy - she has her share of band T-shirts, which she wears with pride, by the way!

Although my daughter chose to rush and subsequently join a sorority (which, as I said somewhere in this thread, I never in a million years thought she would do - she couldn’t wait to get away from high school and all the cliques), she did so because she liked the community-service aspect. Of her close group of friends, some decided to rush, others did not. They still get together on a regular basis, so the sorority scene does not seem to be the dominant social factor in their lives.

Re sports: I know Denison’s teams have done very well over the years, but it seemed to me that there is not an “exclusive” feel to the teams, i.e. team members not associating with anyone else. (I know this can happen on many campuses.) One of her good friends plays tennis, and her roommate was on the swim team last year. My daughter is not doing a sport this year (she rowed at the club level last year), but she joined the running club to keep her muscles moving.

Well, I feel with all these positives, I must balance my reply with a negative: The food is pretty bad. My daughter is a vegetarian, too, which doesn’t help.

Hope this answered your questions!

flatlander