Though I agree with you that most of the sororities you named are known well nationwide, it's probably news to you that many greeks in the West have never met a member of, or heard of, Zeta. ZTA is a huge sorority, but it has relatively few chapters in the west whereas this territory is the bread & butter of other organizations. The only reason I even knew of ZTA when I was in college was because my aunt was a Zeta. And Phi Mu and AOII? I had only heard of them from looking at the NPC badge photos that were in our new member ed binders. I just met members of those organizations for the first time a month or so ago at an alumnae panhellenic meeting!

So, I believe you unintentionally made the point that others were trying to make - the world is much bigger than your own back yard, and if you haven't strayed far from home, it's best if you don't try to speak with much authority as to places/things you've never experienced.

Amen, Triad Sister!

I have to laugh whenever someone uses Wikipedia to make a statement.

And, us Southerners are thanking God right now for that!

As long as we're all happy right? I'm a pledge at a southern fraternity and I don't think I would love the northern fraternities as much.

You don't know what you don't know

Now, do you mean northern chapters of your fraternity? Or fraternities more widely known in the north?

Can't argue with that.

Northern chapters , there seems to be more emphasis on greek life down here:o. Here it seems people care more about the fraternity than boozing every weekend.

And what leads you to assume that northern chapters don't care about the fraternity just as much as the southern chapters?

Going on what my sister said, you can't really compare what you don't know.

When I was up visiting my dad's fraternity, the brothers I met didn't show much enthusiasm about the chapter or the alums that showed up and just kept talking about going out that night. Its just one chapter so take it with a grain of salt.

I totally agree! I'm originally from Ft. Myers, Florida (south of Tampa); and except for the snow birds and immigrants, the born & bred FLORIDIANS are VERY southern! lol :)

Same thing in some areas of Broward and Dade county... :rolleyes:

Well, that was a stupid thing for me to say. :o I must have been in a really pissy mood. My apologies to the Southerners. I do have to agree with Benzgirl that you only know what you know. Since I only know being Greek in the North, I should have kept my mouth shut.

If I had gone to school with a competitive rush like those at many southern campuses, I probably wouldn't even consider wanting to be Greek.

There's a lot of stuff about southern recruitment and "traditions" that I'll never understand (see my posts in kitemom's Texas Recruitment thread) because I never went through one and what I know about how it's like is from GC and my southern sisters I've met over the years.

To those who are slowly turning this into a pissing contest: our experiences are different, and I really don't think it's fair to believe that certain chapters are better than others based on geographics.

:)

Especially when people get their heads out of their asses and meet members from across the country (and from other countries) who don't care about these exaggerated geographic/school size/school type/whatever else differences.

^^^^ Ditto.

KenUDiggit should consider that one fraternity on one northern campus is not the "be all end all". My alma mater has over 60 fraternities and I can't say all of them get drunk on every weekend. He is using one experience to generalize Greek life the north to be somewhat Animal House.

We could start a new thread on "What is the dumbest thing you have ever heard a non-GDI say"

I can see what you mean by generalizations, but I didn't mean to(take it with a grain of salt). I'm sure there are fraternities in the south that have no care whatsoever other than drinking, but thankfully I am not in one of them! I'll talk to you later!