With Greek Life being not so big at Rowan, I'd be surprised if many people bothered to read this book with much more than a "this is pretty true", about their system. The Greek members may not say it, but the non-Greeks may. It's the culture of Northeast Greek life...either you are or you aren't, but if you are, you are always defending what you're about to non-Greeks, and if you're not Greek, you often times have some stereotype in mind. I've seen it at nearly every school I've visited in PA, NY and NJ.
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Originally posted by 33girl
One of our sisters shared the email that she and other Greeks received from the English department, and they said that part of the class is to learn how to view journalism critically. So hopefully they'll be doing things like dgdramdawg's review.
Apparently they have had books on things before like "high school football culture in Texas" and "the plight of the working poor" and they try to pick something controversial. However, I doubt there are many people in these classes who plan on becoming Texas hs football coaches. I understand the desire to have a book that gets you talking, but for the school to choose something that has to do with a group of these freshmen's fellow students, and could possibly incite unfounded negative feelings toward them, is utterly irresponsible.
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