Strawbridge says the members of Chi Omega's Executive Board often have trouble translating modern issues like homosexuality to the older women who compose the Housing Corporation. One of the hottest issues currently on the Housing Corporation's worry list is fraternity boys constantly sneaking into the sorority house. At midnight in the Chi Omega house there's not a boy in sight. Girls lay in their pajamas, studying or chatting on the phone. Bedroom doors are open, and girls wander the halls with zit medication splotched on their faces.
Doors slam and the hallway empties.
That's where Brown steps in, but she is only invited to speak at three or four sororities per year at most. Childress, Panhellenic's president, doesn't recall holding any programs on sexual orientation, and says there are currently no plans to do so. He suggested these groups help by creating climates for healthy conversations on sexual diversity. The open invitation to Rush is a noble effort, but you just can't do that without an accompanying educational effort. Stacey Zott is a member of the 1995 pledge class of Chi Omega.