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Originally posted by kleptobyte
All fraternities should be dry. What does alcohol have to with Hellenism? Not the "Hellenism" frats claim to forward but true Hellenism, you know from Greece. You know, the ideals that your little clubs were supposed to forward and represent? The answer is, nothing.
If you want to have a club based on copius alcohol consumption, make one that doesn't defame the image of ETHNIC GREEKS!!!!!
What if some Chinese guys made the WASP club and centered it around the debasement of women. How would you all feel about that?
It's time your cute little college clubs stopped defaming Greek culture and language. I'm all for dry frats and sororities. maybe reputable people would join instead of clueless, cultureless suburban kids who have to borrow our language and culture as monnikers for their debauchery.
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FYI: By and large, Greek Lettered Organizations (a.k.a. "cute little college clubs") are not associated with Hellenic culture.
fraternity and sorority
answers.com
"Fraternities [and Sororities] are usually named by two or three Greek letters and are also known as Greek-letter societies; women's Greek-letter societies are commonly called sororities. The oldest Greek-letter society is Phi Beta Kappa, founded (1776) at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. It soon became a scholarship honor society. After 1830 the literary societies that existed in many colleges were slowly supplanted by fraternities modeled on the three established (1825–27) at Union College. After 1870 many professional and honorary fraternities were established to give recognition to scholarship in various fields."