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OP, why don't you just get involved in student government or any other areas (review boards etc) that would allow you to voice your opinion and concern about greeks on campus? it doesn't do much good to come to a message board and air it all out.
also ditto to what the others said about pref conversations. i pretty much suck at talking to people i don't know, its awkward, especially when you get to that point in recruitment and you're constantly being told that the "fluff" convo's aren't allowed anymore. but those awkward uncomfortable situations don't mean the chapter as a whole isn't a good fit, i can almost guarantee that in every chapter there's someone who sucks at talking to people.
if you go around your whole life with a negative attitude toward things you're going to miss out on a lot of awesome opportunities. now i don't know much about USC or its greek life but most of what you say seems to be conjecture, yea i know they've been in trouble recently and blahblahblahblah, but i'm sure they do other things that are positive. it's just hard to take what you say seriously because you aren't a part of greek life, you are an outside observer, (this has been said before) so you really can't speak for member's values etc. also worthy of noting is that these people are young, they make mistakes, who says that once they are done they won't be more like your ideal greeks? i don't think going out and partying is so much a "greek" thing as it is a "young" thing, i think it's probably amplified by greek life activities and is therefore more noticeable in this case.
in closing, nobody is perfect, and it's unreasonable to assume they ever will be.
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