I had a hard time thinking about a moment this week in which I had made a connection. After spending some time writing my list of things that have happened this week, and doing some studying for my history midterm, I discovered that I drew a connection without my realization. In history class, we were talking about the different labor unions that were created during the time of industrialization. More importantly, they were very selective and secretive about the people and things of which they discussed. Without consciously realizing what I was writing I wrote “Phi Mu Rituals” in my history notes. We are currently preparing for rush and there are so many things of which we, as a sorority, keep under-wraps and private. While I don’t know why labor unions who petitioned things made me think of Phi Mu, I know that I drew a connection between my personal life to an event in history.
Now that I have been more involved in Phi Mu as the semester progressed, I realized the magnitude of this connection. I realized that Phi Mu can sometimes be considered a part time job to gaining an education. So much like the Labor Unions fought for certain issues of the work force, I fight for in this organization. When we have to miss an event, we have to send in an excuse along with proof. To me, this parallels having to take off work for events and giving a reason. Since we have had several other rush practices after this post was made, the part where I talk about the process of recruitment are kept under-wraps is still growing and evident. With new rules being applied to recruitment, this is secrecy is ever growing.