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Originally Posted by deepsouth
A few observations about this article (probably insensitive, but screw it):
1. What kind of Fraternity sends e-mails as invitations. What happened to talking to girls in person or even calling them to tell them about the party?
2. Duke would be one of few schools in the south where you would get that kind range of last names of those quoted in an article about greek life. On my campus, that article could have been about the multi-cultural club and still had more joneses and smiths. I guess that's the thing about being a private school. (Not saying that it is a bad thing, just an interesting contrast from, say, Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, USC, Texas etc.)
3. Also on the private school thing: is the overwhelming liberal culture what fuels this sensitivity? The deal with Sigma Nu at Emory and now with the snakes at Duke. Why does everyone care what goes on with a private organization?
I don't mean these to offend, I am just shocked by the difference from what I am used to.
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No one would care if it wasn't made public, because then no one would know about it. Nothing to do with sensitive liberals and a lot to do with people keeping the activities and behaviors of private organizations private if they don't want commentary. Sending an email is not a way to keep things private as the forward button is so easy to find, and people at Duke should have learned that lesson from Karen Owens. I am well aware people have all kinds of thoughts and ideas, and I'm more shocked by how dumb and open people are than what they are doing. I did all kinds of dumb stuff but I didn't get caught or make it public, and that's really the core of this, don't put it all out there if you don't want to deal with repercussions, commentary, or criticism.