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Originally posted by Taualumna
I think the real reason why GLOs are not recognized by some schools is because of ritual.
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Delta Upsilon is a non-secret fraternity, so they don't have a secret ritual. And Phrateres is an all-girl club at UBC with an initiation ritual (I know, I was in it), and the administration at UBC has no problem recognizing them.
http://www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/phrateres/
There is also Ceres at U of Alberta which is an all girl club at U of A.
I think it's
perceived that Greeks discriminate against people based on race or sexual orientation, and that all we do is party, promote underage drinking (more of a USA problem with its age 21 business than here, but I digress), behave immaturely and fail out of school (Hey...movies like "Animal House", while funny, are not great for Greeks in terms of promoting a positive image). I also suspect that with Canadian University Administrators, that there is some anti-American sentiment too, since Greeks started out as being uniquely American.