I've always tried to defend AXO. I'm not exactly sure why. Whenever they'd come up in conversation I'd hear things like "Oh my God, one of them stalked me for months" or "Seriously, they are so trashy" or the almost compliment of "They're decent enough, until they start talking." Harsh. I'd say, "Come on, they can't be that bad," but was always met with a resounding "Yes they are."

I'm not as hardcore down on AXO as everyone else. My primary interaction with them has been when I shared a front row seat with a group of sisters during football season. They were quite entertaining, providing nuggets of insight such as, "Everyone here is sweating, that is soooo unattractive." But to be fair, their relative cuteness did make the student section look good as the ESPN camera found it necessary to zoom in on them before and after every commercial break.

But everyone else doesn't share my indifference. I've learned that a general rule of thumb is that if you're in a hot sorority, you don't have to be slutty because you can pick and choose among the guys who are falling all over you. Conversely, if you're in an ugly one you have to slut it up to try and be popular. I don't make the rules, I just report them. It seems, however, that AXO ignores this according to some, "They're cute, so they don't have to be slutty, but they choose to be anyways." Best of both worlds I suppose.

So to sum up, I'll compare AXO to Forever 21. Most of the stuff there is loud and flashy but some things may occasionally look good. And Lord knows a lot of people shop there. But when all is said and done, the clothes are of such poor quality they almost fall apart just hanging on the racks. If Kappa is Louis Vutton (stuck-up and expensive) and Pi Phi is the Salvation Army (self-explanatory), then I guess AXO is somewhere in between. And I don't think they'll be happy to hear that.

Campus rep: 7/10
Bitch factor: 6/10

Also, keep voting, Wesleyan is catching up to us with two days left.