You can't control what you don't measure.

I am so mad right now, I am almost beyond words. My tears won't stop rolling and my body won't stop shaking. And if you think it's just for that one person that I particularly care about, it's not. It's for all four today.

What went on during that lapse of two and a half hour...did anyone even listen to our speaker? Did anyone even hear what he said? How can you measure professionalism? How can you measure it quantitatively? How can you measure brotherhood?

So when it came down to it, what happened to all the quantitative things that can be judged objectively? Why do I feel as if people blindly judge on subjective qualities? If every single one of them has met their objectives and their requirements, why are there still so many votes? Are we judging them objectively based on what they have done or are we letting how we feel towards them cloud our judgment?

Yes, I understand that there has been some integrity issues, but he addressed him didn't he? People make mistakes .. people lie .. people do things they regret, but he admitted to them and he's trying to improve as a person. We're here to help develop and shape these people, but the process is only so long to see improvement. You have to compare them to themselves and the things they have done in the amount of time given. Is there no credibility for that at all?

And what about the letter? Have you guys even read it?! For a group of people to write something so in depth and something so genuinely from the heart ... for someone that they barely met and got to know within a span of what? 5 weeks? Doesn't that show something? They genuinely care and like this person ... they see him as something some of us obviously don't. So what if he's not a good president? It doesn't mean that he's a bad pledge. You can't compare him to past presidents; everyone works and runs things differently. You have to compare him to himself... and that is something that I keep trying to emphasize. You have to compare people to themselves and see the gradual improvement that these people have been showing.

I almost feel as if everyone is blindly voting. If I were to ask every person who voted "No", would every single one of you have a concrete answer to back up your reasoning for why you don't believe these people should continue? For all of those who were undecided, have you thought with reasoning before voting? If you voted "No" while undecided, wouldn't it have been better if you had said "Yes" and actually gave these people a chance if they haven't proved what you were seeking already?

"Can you see this person in our chapter?" I can understand how some people may see this as a question about whether or not they are someone we can work with .. but have we tried? Have we given them the chance to work with us? To me, this question is almost asking us whether or not we like you. And then that brings to my question are we judging him based on whether or not we like him or are we judging him on what he has done substantially? Objectively? Collectively?!

And onto the whole grades issues. So since when did we focus so much on grades? There are people who pledged with a 2.1 and they've definitely picked up their grades. It wasn't an issue then, why now? And it's almost hypocritical for those people who emphasize grades so much when I can almost say that 75%+ of the chapter have less than 2.5 (from what I've seen in all the transcripts from last semester). Yes, I understand that school is definitely important, but to have this so heavily impacted on a person .. I don't know about that.

What about the other one? The one who has done so much... and I don't even know how she got so many votes out. ...REALLY? What has she done that has provoked so many votes? She has done nothing but positive things.

It almost then becomes like a popularity contest with power-hungry people voting... and that is what makes me angriest. I urge all of you who have a say in these people's process to think twice about voting. EDUCATE yourself and TRY TO UNDERSTAND the person before making your decision. WHAT IF YOU WERE IN THEIR SHOES? Have you even tried thinking outside from what you see in front of you?!