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Originally Posted by shinerbock
I agree, but I really don't think greek life is that different among the top fraternities at Bama and UVA. Both would probably consist of wealthy and well educated students, although on a slightly different scale. My point is that on big campuses, the best (I know people on here are against tiers, but they exist) fraternities are generally wealthy and conservative. Also, I'm not really sure how many people would include KY or VA schools into "southern greek life," although I do think it is generally the same. Granted at UNC or UVA the best fraternities may be only 75 percent republican as opposed to 98 percent republican at Auburn or UGA, but the commonality remains, I think. My problem with this is more an annoyance than anything, I just don't like having to continually clarify that when I say "on big southern campuses" or "top southern greek schools" I don't mean UCF, Emory, or East Carolina.
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It seems like you're picking out schools in the South which already fit your idea of what is "proper" Southern Greek life, and then determining based on those schools what Southern Greek life is like. Maybe that's the reason when you mention the term, you have to clarify what you mean - the rest of us are using a larger, more representative sample to get our idea. Perhaps if you used a more specific term, you wouldn't have to go back and clarify. To me, UCF, Emory, and East Carolina are all pretty firmly in the South last time I looked at a map, and their Greek systems seem just fine.