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Educated -
You present an interesting point of view, but I have to agree with Texas Princess that GLO's are completely different from other campus organizations. Want to talk about discrimination? Perfect example. One student drinks himself into a coma one night while off-campus with non-fraternity friends. Next morning the headline reads "XYZ fraternity member dies of drinking related causes". A sorority member gets into a fight at a downtown bar with her ex's new girlfriend? "Member of ABC sorority arrested". A brother gets arrested for cocaine possession in his home, now rumor is that ZYX fraternity members do coke.
People (especially those not in Santa Cruz) don't neccesarily remember 'Matt Cox and Casey Loop', they hear and remember DOC fraternity members. That doesn't sound right to you? Two members can't be responsible for the entire reputation of the organization? Exactly. But you know what? That's an issue that greeks across the country deal with every day.
I asked you at one point if you were in a Greek Organization, but you never questioned me why. Hanging out, being close friends with, and partying with people is one thing but when you actually join a GLO, you are not simply adding a group to a list of associations you are a part of. You become a part of the house, and the house becomes a part of you.
You hear Greeks everywhere say 'I'm a Delta Gamma' or 'I'm a Sigma Chi', not 'I joined this organization called Delta Gamma'. You become a part of something bigger, and one of the risks is trusting your brothers and sisters to act in a way that you yourself want to be portrayed. In Alpha Phi, your membership can be put under review if you display 'character unbecoming of an Alpha Phi', because if one is acting in a way that makes the entire organization look bad, steps must be taken to protect the greater whole. When you join an org big or small, national or local, your reputation at the hands of others, and you will have to pay the consequences for another brother or sisters actions (for example, losing your chapter or being judged as a member of the 'coke house').
Discrimination? Yep, and it happens everyday.
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