Is he crazy?
Greeks are easily blamed for all types of things that all college students do. We are social organizations and are at school to have fun and meet new people. In fact an area facilitator just told our chapter that we arent having ENOUGH fun! We are too concerned with programs, volunteering, and being active in school we forgot about the social part! We learned we shouldnt have to miss out on fun just to impress everyone and dispel every stereotype. One slip up from one person and everything good we did doesnt matter anyway. We volunteer, we support the school, we do study hours, we sponsor programs, we attend other Greek events. All the other people on campus can do whatever they want and since most campus's are fairly large, chances are no one really knows them or cares.
As Greeks, our letters mean very little to non Greeks. They dont understand us or our bonds and ideals. They look at us and stereotype us. Its so easy to stereotype any group with a recognizable name. Like i have stressed to my chapter, whatever one member does, reflects on all of us, not only the chapter but all the Greeks on campus. People on campus know your group, and if they see one of your members up on a bar pole dancing at a party, they are going to be able to say "So and So sorority are all *****". But what if they see a nonaffiliated woman up there? "There was this girl at the bar that was such a ****. They sound similar, however, which story do you think is retold and everyone recognizes the name so they keep retelling it? This is how Greeks get stereotyped, because we have a label which makes it easy for us to publicize the good things but in turn makes it so devastating for us to stop rumors or even true things that dont represent our chapters as a whole.
Lesson to be learned: We as Greeks have to basically walk on egg shells unlike the rest of the college folks who dont represent anything as well publicized as the Greek Community. So what if bobby sue came out of the fraternity house at 7am? Not that many people know her so the story isnt interesting to everyone. But if a sorority girl comes out of the house...you dont tell the story with just her name in it, you say her name and sorority. And if you dont know her name, it doesnt matter cuz everyone sure knows her sorority with the big house with the letters on it.
Dont help spread rumors about other chapters on your campus because inevitabley it will affect all Greeks. Most non Greeks just lump us all into one undifferentiated category anyways.
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