This article describes the open forum held for Davidson students about the establishment of the first African-American sorority at Davidson College. At the event, a panel made up of students supporting the sorority and student life administration spoke and answered questions from students.
Two page article describing the establishment of Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Incorporated and their efforts to obtain a spot on Patterson Court alongside other Latinx student organizations. This article is from the April 25, 2018 edition of the Davidsonian student paper.
This is the yearbook photograph spread for the newly chartered Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated chapter at Davidson College in 2011. Delta Sigma Theta was chartered on March 27, 2011.
This article describes the early stages of establishing an African American sorority at Davidson College, and the students leading the sorority initiative.
The first yearbook page of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, from the 2009 Quips and Cranks yearbook.
Text reads:
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 3, 1908 at Howard University in Washington. D.C. The sorority serves through a membership of more than 200, 000 women in over 975 chapters in the United States and several other countries. As the Sorority grew, it kept in balance two important themes; the importance of the individual and the strength of an organization of women of ability and courage. The Sigma Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha was established at Davidson College on November 23, 2008 and it is the first sorority at Davidson.
Image of Anna Marie Glaize and Cherita Jefferies, two students who were instrumental in bringing the first historically black sorority to campus, at the open forum/ panel in which Davidson students discussed the sorority initiative.
The captions reads: Anna Marie Glaize '08 and Cherita Jeffreys '08 participated in a panel on the Pan-Hellenic sorority last fall.
This document is the introduction page to the Committee for Expanding Women's Options at Davidson Presentation to Patterson Court Council, a report that described the purpose of sororities initiative and an action plan for bringing sororities to Davidson.
This document was created by the Expanding Women's Options at Davidson Committee in collaboration with the National Panhellenic Council in order to sketch out the timeline of how sororities would be introduced at Davidson. The document begins with "Background of Women's Eating Houses," then "Sorority Extension Process to date," and finally "Proposed future timeline."
This poll illustrates responses from students on whether or not sororities should come to the Davidson campus. On the left is the women's response chart, and on the right is the weighted response from the student body. This poll was commissioned by the Council on Campus and Religious Life and the Student Government Association in Fall 1997, and the results were released on November 11, 1997.
Introducing Sororities— Direction of Impact
These pie charts interpret student response to the question, "Would the introduction of sororities have a positive or negative impact on the current eating house system?" Responses were entered on a scale from 1 to 5, 1 being most negative and 5 being most positive. 3 is neither positive or negative. It encompasses responses such as "don't know," "undecided," or neutral," but is not ascribed to one in particular. The Davidsonian has combined 4.00 and 5.00 into a group which represents an overall positive direction of impact. 1.00 and 2.00 are grouped to represent an overall negative direction of impact.
Image of the September 25, 1997 CCRL meeting in which the sorority issue was discussed. The image features Dean Leslie Marsicano, PCC advisor Jim Barber and students Bonner Mead and Cristina Rodriguez, who were the main proponents of bringing sororities to Davidson.
Davidsonian cartoon that parodies the debate over bringing sororities to campus. The sorority cartoon is negative towards sororities (and those students that support them) by portraying sorority members as sexualized and vapid. It also parodies the advocacy of students like Rodriguez and Bonner in PCC and CCRL meetings by using the refrain, "unique opportunities for social and service activities."
