Mariam Malik '98

President, Panhellic Council

WHEN MARIAM MALIK '98, a native of Pakistan, joined Tri Delt her sophomore year, the 116-woman sorority had only one other international member, "if you don't count Canadians." She had felt stranded in an alien culture at Dartmouth. She had wanted to branch out, meet different kinds of people. Thus her decision to join a sorority.

As current president of the Panhellic Council, which coordinates all sorority activity on campus, Malik is passionate about the benefits of membership. "There is so much acceptance. There's always someone looking out for you, making sure you're happy and doing well." This sense of security is particularly precious, she says, to students like herself whose families are far away.

Her central goal is to broaden this membership, reaching out to different parts of the campus, including ethnic organizations, spreading the word that sororities are not cliques, but "support systems that allow women to learn and grow and change."

Malik