Going Greek: Part II


I got a few responses in regards to my last post about "Going Greek". I also got a few instant messages from some other readers. One in particular from a girl who is in a sorority at Dickinson College. She reminded me that the biggest problem with greek organizations, as well as any organization really, is that a few people give the entire organization a bad name, which ultimately leads to the words "fraternity", "sorority", and "greek" giving off negative impressions immediately. Another thing that she reminded me of is how some people have aspirations to join other clubs and do other activities, but for some reason once they go greek they sometimes opt out from not participating in much else on campus. The problem with this is that these people are just members of a fraternity or a sorority and nothing else. The Administration and independent students tend to develop an attitude towards these members. Especially when there are several independent students who write for the newspaper, are on student senate, work in the library, play intramural sports, attend diversity seminars, and still manage to keep a solid GPA. I am not going to lie, I can understand why they feel the way they do. They do all of these activities and they look at those greeks who don't do anything but stumble to class hungover, raise hell on the weekends (and rarely get caught), and do moderately well academically.

It is sad that few people give such a large number a bad name, but that is how a lot of things are in the world. You are guilty by association.