1. What is the name of your University and for how long have you had Greek Life?
SUNY Cortland and we've had greek life... i believe since the college started... it was originally a women's teaching college since like 18-something- we used to have arethusa (spelling?) and a few other groups that have died off- we're the only sorority that has stayed alive for going on 77 years
2. What is your student population and what percentage of students are involved in Greek Life?
we have about 6000 give or take- and i'd say only like 10% maybe?
3. What is an average per semester cost for dues?
$200 - 160 in dues and like 40 if we pay extra for shirts or something
4. How many fraternities/sororities do you have on your campus?
5 sororities:
nu sigma chi
alpha phi
delta phi epsilon
sigma delta tau
phi sigma sigma
2 recognized fraternities
pi kappa phi
omega delta phi
we also have 2 unrecognized- delta kappa beta, and beta phi epsilon... we also have tau kappa epsilon and pi lambda phi which also aren't recognized- but i THINK they are national....
5. What type of rush do you have (deferred, formal, etc.)
informal in the fall and formal in the spring... we get most of the girls (this goes for all sororities pretty much) through COB
6. What are the positives/negatives of having Greek Life on your campus?
positives: active community role, get to know people better, different activities (greek week- certain events- like we hold something called ugly man- which is like homecoming king- but they money goes to our philanthropy- american cancer society- and pi kapp does queen of the roses in the spring and the proceeds go to their phil. PUSH)
negatives: sororities often bicker and try to get each other in trouble... fraternities fight each other over long standing issues... some other things...
but... all in all- if you love your organization- then you tend to overlook the negatives... its just apart of greek life here unfortunately...
hope this helps... what is the info being used for? jw