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I think that the Universities should look into why parent's don't support GLO activites before they decide to defer rush or give GLO's the boot. Parents can have different reasons for disliking activites, some founded, and some unfounded.
For instance, my mother has always been against my involvement in dramatic theater. She thinks it is a waste of time, and that it does not cultivate any useful (read: employable) skills. Many many many people disagree with her, and have lots of good reasons to do so. If my parents caught wind I involved myslef in drama in college, they would have gone nuts. Same thing with GLO's. My mother was in a GLO in college that didn't offer her much. My Dad loved his fraternity (DKE), but he thought they drank waaaaay too much, and wanted me to stay away from it. However, my experiece with Chi Omega changed their minds so much, they tried very hard to get my sister to rush when she went to college.
If they thought even for a minute that my involvemnt in any extra curricular activity was going to hinder my ability to get a job or into grad school, I would have never heard the end of it.
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