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Brother Jim
Ah, Brother Jim!
Rest assured, his condemnation is not specific to Greeks whatsoever. He's just hitting that topic on Greek-heavy state campuses because he knows that's what will get the most attention there.
I got to know Brother Jim pretty well when I was dating a guy who went to Oberlin College, which has no Greek system, but which takes enormous pride in its large, open, and accepted queer population. What do you know...Brother Jim didn't have a word to say about Greeks at Oberlin, but he sure had a lot of opinions to share about "f*gs" and "abominations" and the various ways they were going to suffer in hell for loving each other. Needless to say, this got him quite a bit of attention (and provoked some rather colorful counter-demonstrations/love-ins from the local population of drag queens, Goth lesbians, etc.)
Honestly, most Obies agree with Brother Jim about Greek systems, albeit for opposite reasons, so don't take his anti-Greek criticism personally. He's simply about attention-grabbing condemnation of people who join any group he dislikes. He knows people at PSU, KU, etc. hold the Greek system in high esteem, just as Obies prize their tolerant/countercultural self-image, and he goes for the jugular wherever he goes.
Ivy
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