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Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE
Doesn't all-inclusiveness defeat the purpose of Greek life?
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I'd say so. A [social] GLO is essentially a continuous group of friends bound by a ritual. I don't know about any other ritual than my own, but in my sorority ritual reminds us of our common values. Logically speaking, you can't have a set of values AND all-inclusivity. One of those must go.
ETA: I just totally makes me
when I hear a campus administration denounce Greek Life because it is a culture of exclusivity. Do colleges take anyone who applies? Hell no. In all honesty, Greeks do want to grow the size of the Greek community, but (except for Tufts) no individual chapter can be forced to take a particular potential member.
One of my friends went to Bowdoin, which did away with Greeks for this reason. They do have co-ed "social houses" that everyone joins, but you're assigned to one as I understand it. Sorry, I choose my friends, I don't need to be assigned to them.