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I guess I'll explain the situation at Florida Tech.

Orientation counselors are allowed to be Greek. The woman who runs Orientation is actually the Greek Advisor. But no one is allowed to wear letters on campus until Friday, for Meet the Greeks. Orientation counselors are allowed to wear their letters too at that point. Greeks do help out at Greek Move-in though, but they wear specific shirts with everyone's letters on it. You can't say which group you're with, but you're allowed to encourage the freshmen and transfer students to go Greek.

I don't see how this is a violation of your free speech. The emphasis is on getting the freshman used to their new college environment, and I don't think it's outrageous that they ask you to put your Greek affiliation aside for a week. The freshman don't have time to be worrying about being Greek... they have placement tests to take and all that other crap.

We use orientation week to set up for Recruitment anyway. We work on it for several hours a day, and those of us who are Orientation Counselors and Greeks have to do that on top of doing all the b**** work for the Orientation staff.