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Two things I definitely have to agree with:
1) Competitiveness of sororities/fraternities at HBCUs. I'm in the AUC and ladies and gentleman here have to devote an ENTIRE YEAR of effort to get into these orgs, sometimes more. It's not a spur of the moment decision. You have to know practically from the moment you walk through the door. And there's no schooling here. You have to already know how to play the game, or you lose.
2) EVERYBODY AND THEY MOMMA WANT LINE JACKETS. GSS and APO (very small on CAU), KKY/TBS, SAI, Sinfonia, they all got line jackets and numbers, hand signals and calls. (I seent a Phi Mu Alpha line jacket the other day and my eyes went O_O Them things cost as much as NPHC jackets) Shit, the freshman dorms get Greek letters, paraphernalia, step teams, and beef with each other. The Greek phenomenon is desirable but because of point 1 people have to find alternatives for it, or create their own.
Just the perspective of an outside, but you know. It's almost funny to watch from this perspective, but it's like desperation. I watch 100+ young men and women vy for 35 spots.
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