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Originally posted by justamom
This thread reminds me of "Name the top 3 sororities on your campus". I am convinced that people who obsess with this kind of stuff (I mean taking it farther than a curious look/discard type of mentality) are unsure of themselves and need the props of an organization-car-street address-logo to give themselves credibility. The sad, sad truth is, you can be a member of the most "prestigious" organization in the world, but if you were a jerk before you joined, most likely you wll be a jerk AFTER you join.
Most people can recognize this.
Kappa Sig has recetly returned to campus at LSU. Their numbers aren't as high as some, but not as low as others yet, they have the VP of the student body in their organization as well as numerous young men who strive to hold leadership positions on campus. Two fraternities have a reputation for mixing predomnately, but not exclusively, with 2 sororities, yet the other fraternities prefer to mix with some of the OTHER sororities because they feel more comfortable and think the girls are a lot more fun to be with. The ONLY absolute one can garner from this question is "Who's the BIGGEST". There is NO LITMUS TEST that absolutely defines THE best GLO (IMO). If you use the concept of a chain being as strong as it's weakest link, it's easy to see EVERY GLO has a link that could be considered weak. Even within the individual chapters some person or clique can waver from the "standards" and weaken the whole.
Sheer numbers are not important unless quantity has surpassed the importance of quality.
Power and money??? Take a look at the stock market and tell me that it hasn't devastated lives and turned prominant people into paupers.
Anyone who would SERIOUSLY use these concepts to choose or rank an organization, is far too contriving for me and appears to need validation in their lives.
End of rant! 
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momma--Heller undertook his rankings on a grandiose scale;
obviously some folks would disagree with him, but in the overall
picture a desired profile emerged.
Sometimes in order to move ahead you must generalize and continue to refine. Without it, you'd go nowhere.
So, in defense of Heller, he did just this and filled a need.
You have read the will and taken the class picture, but otherwise done nothing but gripe and stood still.
There is room for you, too. Help the Kappa Sigs...