Student Rushes Sorority In Order to Receive More Facebook Likes

WEST CAMPUS—Jenna Saunders (CAS ‘17) recently admitted that the reasoning behind her decision to rush Alpha Epsilon Phi was based solely on the increased Facebook activity it would create.“Before I was in a sorority my profile picture had a measly 30 likes, but today it has more than 300,” Saunders said. “I love being in a sorority because it means that I almost always have notifications. I also love raising money for charities, I guess.”Reports show that intense love and admiration pops up on a student’s social network once she joins a sorority. Sorority members who upload a profile picture in which they flash their sorority sign are 38 percent more likely to crest 300 likes. Similarly, a cover photo of a sorority charity event is guaranteed to garner at least 80 likes.Allie Westbrook, a recent Alpha Phi recruit, recently broke records with her profile picture, which garnered 500 likes.“It was a picture of me and some sisters in Puerto Vallarta, flashing our signs on the beach,” Westbrook said. “The caption for the photo reads: ‘I wear my letters on my front because I know my sisters have my back.’”At press time, a member of the Model UN Club had 12 likes on a photo of her posing with General Secretary Ban Ki-moon.