[DeltAlum]

Reality check...

I am offended.

If it were not for alumni, there would be no Greek Letter Organizations as we know them.

There would be no chapter owned houses, because there would be no money to buy them.

There would be no house corporations.

You would not have a national office.

There would be no financial support.

There would be no post graduation "network" to help you in your careers or life.

Alumni chapters, where you can meet and share common values and memories would not exist.

At graduation, you would have no opportunity left to be a part of your organization -- the experience would end.

There would be no traditions and no history.

While the undergraduates may be the keeper of the flame, it is the alumni who lit the torch.

While some alumni may seem "pushy," you would miss out on what may turn out to be some real wisdom.

If you have a large alumni base and many advisors, count your blessings -- from experience I can tell you that alums willing to help can be difficult to find.

It might be that, when you become an alum, that you may look at your collegiate chapter and feel that the actives are in grave danger of ruining what you have worked so hard to achieve. Remember this conversation then.

I hope that after a few more years of life's experience, some of you will remember what you are saying today -- and consider how offensive, ungrateful and, in some cases, how childish you sound. That's a large part of what we call growing up.

It happens to the best of us. It's being an adult.

Some of you are acting like children.

And if you say to me, "Get a life," I'll be happy to compare my experiences to yours any day.

Now, I'll just totter back to corner and watch the rest of this ridiculous debate. And, I'll still be offended.