A couple of years ago I had to use self – defense to defend myself against one guy was bothering me.I was at Cleveland State waiting for one of my classes to start so I was in one of the common areas.This one guy, Joe, who I knew through a mutual friend came and talked to me. He wanted to know what I was doing and we started to have a conversation.Joe commented that I was wearing a skirt because it was hot outside. While he was talking to me he kept looking at my thigh and how good my legs looked. Then he put his hand on my thigh as a joke so I moved his hand and told him to stop. Joe though that I was joking so he put this hand back on my thigh again. I moved his hand again and said, “What are you doing? Stop It”. He looked at me like I was confused and then said, Oh, you know you like it” and put his hand on the back of my neck. I never let anyone touch my neck because I used to have horrible dreams when I was younger about being strangled. Now I had explained this to Joe prior so there was no excuse for touching my neck. I grabbed his hand and through it off my neck. I reminded him that I hate it when anyone touches my neck. Joe did not listen to me and grabbed my neck harder than before. At this point I was scared that he was going to hurt me so I saw his pen right next to me so I grabbed with my left hand. I rapped my left arm around my neck and stabbed his hand. I stabbed him so hard that I drew blood. He jumped out of his chair and asked, “What was that for?” I looked at him and yielded at him that he knew that I did not want him to touch me anymore. Just because I was wearing a skirt, that did not give him the right to touch me in anyway. To this day he will not go anywhere near me because he is afraid that I will hurt him again. If I needed to I would do it again.

After the last meeting I started to think about goals that the sorority needs to work on.
One of the main goal that the organization needs to work on is rebuilding the friendships within the organization. As all of you can remember during pledging we are taught why this organization was founded. It was because the founding mothers did not like the views and morals of the other sororities on campus. With all the backstabbing and hatred that does on in this sorority it is everything that the founding mothers stayed away from. This needs to be an organization were sisters can come with their problems and feel save and free. If you have nothing better to do than join a group that is based on hate, than you have no business being in this sorority. We are a family and we need to start acting like a family. Personally I enjoyed the birthday card idea. When I talked to inactive sisters they were happy to receive something from the sorority, so that they still felt like they were an active part of this organization. There is a reason that we have a birthday list call or text the sister and wish them happy birthday. Facebook is so impersonal show each other that you care.
The second goal that we need to work on is RESPECT for each others and the traditions that were started by the older members. There is a reason that we have scrolls so that each member knows when they pledged and their level of experience in the sorority. When ever you see older members treat them with respect and it will teach the younger members to respect you as well. Respect each others scroll and understand what challenges each other has gone through to get where you are. Respect what is written in the constitution and operation manual because everything is in there for a reason. Voting is taken very seriously. You all know this.

There are days that I love my friends and there are some days were I wish that some would crawl into a hole and die. Last night I learned that one of them started a Facebook group about another one of my friends.  This is a private group on facebook called “Haters”. The girl that they are bashing doesn’t deserve this. She was born with heart problems and now she is twenty and only has half a heart. Doctors thought that she would never live past the age of five. Of course they had there problems in the past but they claimed that they have worked it out. Well i guess we were are fulled. I can’t believe that this is happened in my own sorority. After I heard this my stomach was so upset that I started to threw up. Oh, My God are we still in high school here people?

On October 3, they announced the winner of Top Chef and I’M NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.  The winner was Hung.  As you know I could not stand him all through out the whole competition.  For this session the judges decided to change it up and let three, instead of two, chefs in the finally.  The chefs that were remaining was Cassie, Dale, and Hung.  I was cheering for Dale to win because I enjoyed watching him.  He was a team player and he actually made connections with the other chefs.  I also thought that both Cassie and Dale had soul and a spirit when they cook.  I did like Cassie because I did want a woman to win Top Chef.