Ok, I just gotta chime in here.. not into the argument, but into the debate about someone on GC stating their opinion on a specific sorority...
JMO (PLEASE NOTE THAT!) but give me a BREAK!
If someone posts on this bulletin board that they want to know the reps of houses on a campus, and someone responds, all that respondent is giving is THEIR opinion. Rushee's are going to hear different opinions from all over.
They may use these opinions to form their own, but quite frankly, anyone that takes on another's opinion without evaluating against their own knowledge and experience is weak-minded anyways. Especially opinions posted by random individuals on the Web that they have never met!!!
Andk, heck, I WISH someone would have given me the lowdown on certain houses prior to my rushing.
When one is affiliating themselves w/ a group, they are deciding that they will be automatically perceived -by people who do not know them as an individual- a certain way because that group is perceived as such. I want to make sure I know what that perception is before I affiliate. "A man is characterized by the company he keeps."
I'm not saying those perceptions are fair, or even accurate, but they are there. Let's be realistic, folks.
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