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I just moved from the south to New England and I will attest to the fact that it is quite apathetic. The general attitude of everything (not just greek life) seems to me (notice I said SEEMS, not IS) like it is less friendly in general. Also, and this might be off topic...people here do not dress in as bright of colors....just an observation.
Anyhow, the first time I visited here, I went down Thayer St. (in Providence, Brown Univ. area) wearing my DZ pink bid day baseball style tee and I swear, I would have gotten less stares if I had been, oh...ON FIRE. It was quite strange. In Houston, you pretty much can't go out of the house without seeing at least one person in a greek shirt of some kind at the mall, grocery store, etc.
So does this make me choose different shirts to wear around town...heck no. I will wear my letters proudly. You wanna stare, go ahead. It's PR as far as I am concerned. And I will smile and be polite just like usual and maybe someone will be open enough to realize that greeks are a positive thing.
So be agressive. With your politeness, friendliness, helpfulness, letter-wearing, recruitment, standards, etc. Do not settle for any less that what you want. You will be surprised.
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