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unrecognized...
Unrecognized greeks draw a mixed reaction from me. But mostly,
I am against going on to a school who does want us. As an old
college dean myself, I cannot understand the objections, as the
Greeks give far more loyalty than the barbs ("Barbarians") and
are good recruiters themselves, as well as ambassadors.
The failure to recognize is a buck-passing ploy, but perhaps no
worse than the ersatz greek bureaucrats--largely made up on non-Greek college staff...who do not like the greeks anyway.
Why go on a campus who does not want you? Beta tried to go on Notre Dame a few years back and the students were told in
no uncertain terms Beta or Notre Dame...end of discussion.
Some schools attract a type who'd not necessarily be greeks, the
rep like at Reed, Carleton, Oberlin, Cal Tech, Bob Jones, Grinnell,
well, you know, and some of us mockingly call them "three eyed"
schools...but at any rate, we got enough opportunity and enough
challenge just keeping ourselves afloat on our recognized campi.
CU-Boulder has been a disaster in that the administration withdrew recognition basically 'cause they could not handle the
situation, and it has become a real embarrassment. If they had
advisers, housemothers, recognition...perhaps the result would
have been a more positive one. At any rate, a gutless hierarchy
ignored it and now is grandstanding with a deferred rush idea. The idea of unrecognized greeks, deferred rush, and closed campi
has been around a long time and will continue. Let us just try to
keep our chapters healthy, scholarly, and fun, huh?
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