Then I suggest that each group police itself. The worst thing that could happen would be for clueless people ( who really think that every fraternity and sorority is like those in Animal House) to go storming around and try to ban all Greeks. We all know that Greeks do much more good than harm and we don't deserve the reputation that a few people have given us.
I hate generalizations. I hate hearing "all Americans are violent", "all Southerners are rednecks", and "all Greeks are drunks, hazers, and ho's". I belong to all those groups, yet none of the generalizations fit me. I believe that to rid campuses of all Greeks would be "throwing the baby out with the bath", so to speak.
As a researcher, I know not to believe every study that comes down the pike. One got released last week by a major university that said parents feed their adopted kids much less than they feed their biological kids. @#!!!
Therefore, I suggest that we Greeks pay attention to what we do, especially in public, and those of us who are alums should pass our help down to the actives. We should strive to show the world how much good we achieve--maybe through formation of a group like Pnguintrax suggested.
But never, ever should we tolerate interference from outside sources.
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