I said this before on another thread, but in case you missed it, here it is again:
In the spirit of Robert Egan's book "From Here to Fraternity", which discusses everything about Greek life, and what to expect, from rushing, to bids, to pledging, to initiation, and beyond, we as Black Greeks need to publish a book that corresponds to Black Greek life (Note: while From Here to Fraternity discusses about Black Greek life, it is NOWHERE near to the degree as he discusses NIC and NPC orgs culture--plus the book is about 20 years out of date to boot).
I say this because despite the Internet having good tidbits on Black Greeks, it is EXTREMELY naive for us to assume that everyone is going to know the ins and outs on Black Greek culture, and with the anonymous nature of the Internet, the credibility and authenticity of those doing the postings on what Greek life is and isn't is at best questionable. A hard-bound book at least lends itself some credibility.
Preaching discretion does no good if freshmen do not know the purpose or reasons behind it in the first place and no one bothers to tell them because "it's a given"
We have the book "The Divine Nine" (BTW, I hate that term). Let's get a book called "Crossing The Burning Sands" (or something to that effect).
What do yall think?
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