PEOPLE - 94 SOPHOMORE KRIS MILLER STRIVES to finish her GAlA induction book Nov. 9 in her PaITie Cobb dorm room. Miller decided to forego the induction process her freshman year and wait until her sophomore year to join asocial club. -A.INGRAM SOPHOMORES PUSH BACK CLUB PROCESS While freshmen scurried around the student center during Induction Week Nov. 8-12 looking for induction books to sign and club members to meet, were several deciding factors that contributed to his decision to join a club his second year. He said trying to handle joining a club freshman year was not an option. "}have more of a hold on classes now than I would have sophomore inducteeJen Singleton took a mOTe relaxed approach. "God wanted me to wait until this year:' had last year," Daggett said. "Itwasntsomuch about the stress with pledging but the stress with keeping up with my classes." Singleton said the Singleton said she did not get a bid from the dub she wanted last year, but it turned out well anyway. "God wanted me to wait [to join a dub] unlEN SINGLETON, SOPHOMORE ultimate advantage of til this year," Singleton said. "I went on a spring break campaign and got to know some of the people who were members of the club I decided was the one I wanted," Sophomore Seth Daggett said there going through induction as a sophomore was that she knew what to expect this year. "You don't take it as seriously because you know these people already:' Singleton said. "They're not just some mean person who I wouldn't have otherwise known." Senior Chris Morton said joining Gamma Sigma Phi as a sophomore was a better idea in the long run. "Pledging as a freshman would have been really tough," Morton said. "It turned out easier because J knew more people and knew more of what the clubs were about." However, Morton said that pledging under fellow classmates this year was somewhat awkward. " I didn't really know how to interact, but I did what they told me and most importantly, I did the best that I could," Morton said. Morton said his advice for sophomores planning to join a club was to spend as much time as they could with members of the club they want to join. "Pledging a club gave me the chance to know more people I wouldn't have otherwise," Morton said. ~lISA BLOUNT
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