[Taualumna]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Regarding your question about the diplomat's son...I don't see why we wouldnt bid him. If he fits in, he fits in. It is pretty rare we take people from outside the south, but if they had all the familiar trappings of someone with southern heritage, it would be fine. Now, there are certain fraternities that might not. For example, some top tier schools at Ole Miss won't bid you unless you're from a private school in Mississippi. I personally think that is stupid, especially since I went to public school. Our fraternity is about half and half as far as school, but it probably evens out, given that Atlanta and Birmingham metro area public schools are often as good if not better than Alabama or Mississippi private schools. Also, we don't limit ourselves to just Alabama (I went to Auburn) in taking pledges. Of course there are places we somewhat avoid in the south (some Atlanta, Florida), but we also get a lot of our guys from the Carolinas (Charlotte, Greenville, Charleston). I mean, I love the South, but I'd probably vote to bid a kid from Vermont if he was cool enough. Granted, I'd make fun of him for being a yankee, but so long as he didn't partake in yankee practices like voting democratic, I wouldnt foresee a problem.

See? That's what I thought. It's not that you don't feel comfortable with minority members, but members who don't "mesh" with your chapter's culture. I bet you probably won't give a bid to a guy from an old New England family because he doesn't "mesh" with southern culture.