EDITORIAL: A sorority's image problem.(Editorial)

From: News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) | Date: March 16, 2007 | Copyright information

Mar. 16--When the national office of the Delta Zeta sorority zeroed in on its chapter at DePauw University to fix an "image problem" and improve recruiting there, the national leaders of the sorority learned more about image problems than they had imagined.

Weeks after the New York Times published a story about "image discrimination" decimating the membership of the Delta Zetas at t DePauw University, the furor continues. The case of Delta Zeta is widely seen as an indic...

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