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Originally posted by hoosier
"I hope I'm not offending people that are in [fraternities and sororities],"Stewart said. "I don't mean to be so harsh on [the system.] There are things in it there are good, but ... I was in Pi Kappa Alpha ... the letters themselves are meaningless. People are people."
Stewart then made a general statement about his experiences with the Greek system.
"My point is, as fun as it was to have parties in that house, it wasn't worth the pressure of living up to someone else's expectations as to what you're supposed to be, and going to meetings where they had parliamentary procedure to discuss a toga party,"he said.
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Uh.... Perhaps I'm not the only one who noticed, but it sounds like if he's calling his fraternity "abusive", there *may* have been problems with hazing. If there was, and if there was pressure to act a certain way, as he mentions, I can see why he might be disillusioned. Besides, he does acknowledge good things about the system (and maintain Pike friendships). Maybe if he had gone through at a different time/place, he would feel differently.