Body image has always been a touchy subject on college campuses, but a recent study from a student in Illinois shows girls rushing sororities have a more negative body image than others.Ashley Rolnik, a student at Northwestern University, said she conducted the study for her senior honors thesis to find how body image is related to social groups. The survey tested women in two groups: those who participated in sorority rush and those who didn’t participate in any sorority-related  activities.Rolnik found girls with a higher body weight were more likely to drop out of the rush process.She also said she wasn’t trying to single out sororities, which were simply one example of social groups affecting women’s body image.”I have nothing against sororities,” Rolnik said. “I was more interested in studying group norms and expectations.” Angela Guillory, director of LSU Greek Life, said this isn’t the case at the University. Guillory said Greek Life hasn’t done any official studies, but she doesn’t think body image is a significant problem in sororities at the University.Guillory also said the Greek community wouldn’t hesitate to discuss a potentially serious problem and create programs to combat it.”If there was an issue, we’d deal with it head-on,” Guillory said.Julie Hupperich, associate director of the Student Health Center and director of Wellness Education, said body image can sometimes be an issue, but she is hesitant to place the blame on sororities.Several factors, such as personality type and family history, can lead to eating disorders, Hupperich said. She said some girls are predisposed to the disorder, and sororities may affect them, but they are not the entire cause.”It’s kind of a situation like ‘what comes first, the chicken or the egg?,'” Hupperich said.Amanda Meyer, elementary education sophomore, said many of her friends are in sororities. She said she doesn’t think it has affected their body image at all. “I don’t think [it’s a problem],” Meyer said, “Not here.”—-Contact Rachel Warren at [email protected]