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The school I went to in the South banned Greek organizations altogether and had harsh sanctions for students who covertly formed them. It really depends on the school.
The school I went to in the South banned Greek organizations altogether and had harsh sanctions for students who covertly formed them. It really depends on the school.
As it should be. Two prominent schools that ban them are Rice and Notre Dame. Rice actually provides for this in its founding statement, and I believe it includes the world "elitist." Aside from Notre Dame, it's real hit-and-miss with Catholic universities...some have them, and some don't.
Good grief! People have noted that many southern university towns are liberal. But very few of the undergrads attending schools in these towns are from the towns themselves. For example: Chapel Hill is very liberal. But very few UNC-CH students are from (born and raised) in Chapel Hill -- rather, they come from all over the state. Same for Austin, Charlottesville, and so forth . . .
Good grief! People have noted that many southern university towns are liberal. But very few of the undergrads attending schools in these towns are from the towns themselves. For example: Chapel Hill is very liberal. But very few UNC-CH students are from (born and raised) in Chapel Hill -- rather, they come from all over the state. Same for Austin, Charlottesville, and so forth . . .
The towns would reflect what Sheena talked about if that is what the majority of students represented. As already noted the Greek system is a very small part of student population. Her description fits college towns/students in Alabama/South Carolina/Mississippi much better than concluding it's ALL of the south.
Good grief! People have noted that many southern university towns are liberal. But very few of the undergrads attending schools in these towns are from the towns themselves. For example: Chapel Hill is very liberal. But very few UNC-CH students are from (born and raised) in Chapel Hill -- rather, they come from all over the state. Same for Austin, Charlottesville, and so forth . . .
I don't equate liberal with NOT having a Greek system. UNC, UVa, and UT have huge Greek systems. For that matter, America's historically most liberal campus, Berkeley, has a significant Greek presence as well.
When I was in college in the mid-90s, I felt that most fraternities and sororities were nothing but cliquish clubs designed for nothing more than to provide friends to individuals intent on drinking alcohol and having cheap access to sexual encounters. I found most people who went "Greek" to be very immature.
I went to a university in the south known for a popular "Greek" system.
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When I was college in the mid-90s, I felt that most fraternities and sororities were nothing but cliquish clubs designed for nothing more than to provide friends to individuals intent on drinking alcohol and having cheap access to sexual encounters. I found most people who went "Greek" to be very immature.
I went to a university in the south known for a popular "Greek" system.
Don't many also screen for "appearance" and "wealth," at least in the sororities? While I understand how they could thrive at a public or private non-sectarian university, I certainly don't understand how colleges with a religious bent (Villanova in PA, Baylor in TX, etc.) allow them, since splicing and dicing the student body by socioeconomic criteria counters the values they try to promulgate.
When I went to the University of Arkansas, all the rich kids from the Delta cotton country were in the fraternities and sororities. **** kickers like me from the hill country didn't like buying our friends. Just like a hundred and fifty years ago we didn't like buying our farm hands.
why do sorority girls only date guys that are in a fraternity? that's so inmature and shallow.
To answer the person who bumped this 3-year-old thread...sorority girls do NOT only date fraternity guys.
Apparently...just the girl that you're concerned about!
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