[Firehouse]

The fact is that not too very long ago, most campuses had only IFC and Panhellenic chapters. Now, at least on campusses I'm familiar with, the IFC and Panhellenic systems nestle very comfortably next to systems of historically Black fraternities & sororities as well as the new arrivals: systems of 'multicultural' fraternities & sororities. If even more Greek letter societies, even not traditionally social, want to be more like us, how can that be a bad thing?! What it means is that what we offer has a powerful, universal appeal, crossing all sorts of race and national origin lines. It is our best defense against those who hate us, who consider us elitist and politically un-correct.
It seems to me that Greeks are experiencing a surge of popularity across the board, and that we are no longer depriving ourselves of excellent markets of good people because of race or other arbitrary reasons. There will always be those administrators and academics who hate us for their own political or social-agenda reasons, but that has always been so throughout the 200+ year history of the American college fraternity system.
It's better now than it used to be, and it used to be really great.