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Originally posted by DeltAlum:
The Animal House era is over for organizations who want to survive.
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DeltAlum, I always like hearing your input on these situations.
Survival, unfortunately, is the name of the game for Greeks right now. And, I believe that we all have a right to come out against what's going on "behind those closed doors" because it's impacting all of us. I'm so glad that this event was ultimately vetoed - hear, hear to common sense!
Why do I care so much about what goes on behind "closed doors" of a fraternity house? When the university administration decides to ban all greek life from their campus, they aren't going to discriminate... all groups are going to be gone, not just one fraternity and not just the men's groups. I haven't heard of one situation where the university abolished Fraternities and let the womens groups remain.
All over the country, Universities are having discussions about "the value of Greek Organizations". I want them the hear about all of the great things that we are doing without it being shadowed by these other events. And, as is often stated in posts on this board, it's likely that a Wet T-shirt Contest at a fraternity house is going to get a heck of a lot more media coverage than the fact that Greeks have a higher GPA than non-greeks or that Greek Week raised $20,000 for some great charity.
Unfortunately, the actions of one group can have a huge impact on all of us.