The Role Of Girls In SDT

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We identified our social group by recognizing the SDT symbols worn around campus and noticing members promoting different events on campus. Also, a few individuals in our group live in Newing and Dickinson (communities of dorms in Binghamton University), which are known for housing many students involved in Greek life. This provided us with the opportunity to observe how girls in sororities interact on a daily basis, specifically members of SDT. We initially recruited our informants in the dining hall by approaching a group of girls in SDT that we had previously met in classes, and explaining our project to them. Ultimately, we felt they would be good informants for our project and we asked if we would be able to study their subculture for

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