I had an Anthropology professor that had very strange conceptions of Greek life. First day of class, her class was filled up with students looking for overrides. She looks at the filled seats and the fifteen or so kids standing up, and her first words addressing our class were: 'So, is this some kind of frat prank? What frat?' The fact that I abhor the word 'frat' notwithstanding, I found this remark reprehensible. Lucky I wasnt wearing my letters, because a Kappa Alpha friend of mine was, and the KA president got a call from the office of Fraternity/Sorority life with a complaint from a professor about flooding a classroom for no reason.
Later in the semester, we were to watch two videos in a week. The first, she forewarned us not to judge them, because it was their way of life, and ours was no better than theirs, the kind of objective disclaimer you could expect from an Anthropology professor. Before the second video, she advised some students to leave the room if they wanted, because this video was so terrible. The video was about a fraternity event. I was wondering whether this tape was about hazing or a date rape incident or something else terrible that are some truly immoral things of fraternities or other collegiate groups. The video was 'Salamander', a tape from the late 70's/early 80's about a Phi Delt chapter who dipped salamanders in beer and ate them. Not a shining example of Greek life, but certainly nothing to leave the room about. I only say this because the truly squeamish video came first. The topic, which was oh so objectively defended? Female circumcision (sp?) with rusty razors and broken glass in Third World countries. During that tape, many students left the room to vomit.
Now that Ive thoroughly disgusted you all
...doesnt that sound more than a little biased?