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While I am not happy with the way my Greek advisor in undergrad ran things (specifically not comign to our council meetings and never enforcing rules) I definately do not feel that we woudl be better off without them. As I believe MadMax said, "we do all teh planning....etc." I'm sorry but if all of greek life was left up to greeks, it would die in about 2 minutes. we need the suppotr, we need the connection between us and the administration. and while i feel i would have been a better greek advisor than the one i had, i also know he had other responsibilities such as orientation which many other advisors do too. plus i have been given the opportunity to meet and work with some really great greek advisor (West Chester Univ.-best Greek advisor ever!!!, Penn State, the new one at Lehigh in fall, E. Illinois, Wazzou). The good greek advisors are out there. I agree with alot of people who ahve said that we have to colaborate with our advisors. they arent gonna know what we need or how to help us unless we talk to them. so many people at my school would bitch and complain but never went to our advisor. i soon found out that if i went to him, he would try to help us as best he could. Save a few misguided advisors, very few want to see greek life die off.
Being a greek advisor is alot of work and many times the pay and respect from students does not outweigh the stress, long hours and personal investments involved. I hope it will for me. I am starting grad school for higher ed in the fall, to start my journey to becoming a dedicated greek advisor that can help all of you out.
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