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The funny thing about this article is that is actually promoted a somewhat elitist type of organization that carries just as many negative stereotypes as what they purport to combat. It is converting Delta Tau Chi into the Omega House.
Granted wine appreciation and opera are important things- but that is stuff you learn at home, not in a fraternity. I started going to the opera at the age of 4 and I still enjoy it- but I had no interest in doing that in my capacity as a fraternity member. And none of these schmaltzy wine appreciation classes ever taught anyone anything about wine except Merlot vs. Cabernet- which is something you can learn in 5 minutes with 2 bottles of plonk.
And to be as nitpicky as some of the various fraternity chapters around the nation who are taking these types of Balanced Man programs to enormous extremes (even beyond where HQs want to go)- aren't wine appreciation classes distribution of alcohol using chapter funds? Would not most participants be underage?
Each chapter can do as they please- it is good we are not all the same. But I just wanted to point out the above to demonstrate that the "new way" taken to extremes can be just as silly (and potentially illegal) as taking the "old way" to extremes.
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The GC Master Beta
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