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Originally Posted by barbino
Having gone to UK (University of Kentucky) I knew exactly what this meant. This advisor is not really doing anything new, although she may think that she is. In the late 70's, my UK Pi Phi chapter won a Panhellenic award for inviting the Delta Sigma Thetas over to our house for dinner. UK Panhellenic was starting to push integrating the chapters even back then.
Greeks at UK have traditionally been segregated. When I went through "rush" in 1976, one GLO closed that year because they pledged a black member and it split the house. I thought that things had changed along with the passage of time (30 years!!!!) but I see that it still has not.
Greek membership has changed, though. Now there are no longer just IFC, NPC, and Divine Nine chapters to consider --there are GLO's for Hispanics, Asians, multi-cultural houses, houses based on sexual orientation, various religions. What it comes down to is this: the need for the fraternal spirit. Man was not meant to live alone. Man is a social animal. Fraternities and sororities fulfill this need. It might take another 30 years for UK to fully integrate its GLO's, no matter what this advisor suggests. The emphasis should be on membership within the environment that suits the individual.
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Originally Posted by Senusret I
I laughed.
And laughed and laughed.
And laughed some more.
I can't believe there was an award for inviting the black chicks to dinner. I'm going to invite the DC Dekes to our chapter house when the renovations are done and hope we get a mention in the Washington Post. Well, at least the Mini Page.
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i laughed hard too. but in its defense, it IS the 70s (in the midwest, no less) and may have been seen as "progressive." (shyte, my school probably wouldve given an award for that in 2007 for that...)
:: wouldve love to be a fly on
that wall at that dinner ::