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First, I'd like to say that on a campus of 30,000, only about 1500 students are actually Greek (Not counting USFC of course), and our campus has also tried it's best to bring Greek Life down (I mean, we average one house expelled a year). And no matter how much money we raise thru Greek Week and other Philantropies, the only way Greeks get some Pub is if they do something bad, AND Numbers have dropped tremendously since the 80s. But despite all that, we know we're in the minority, and just try to have fun and keep up the traditions that our Brothers and sisters before us did, and try our best to show others that the stereotypes just aren't true.
Second, my house is the smallest one and youngest (we were rechartered in 99 with a new group of guys), and my pledge period wasn't what I had liked it to be. I didn't have a big sis, we didn't do pref, we didn't do walkarounds, and we DIDN'T HAVE A FORMAL. But I'm still proud of what I've done and accomplished in Delta Sig, and I don't complain because I know we're going to work hard to bring a lot of those traditions back to our house.
Basically what I'm saying is that you have to make the best of (what you would think) is a bad situation, and try your best to change it. You shouldn't have time to be complaining about the negative aspects of your Greek life, because you should be workin hard to change them.
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