I wanted to get everyone's opinion on this.
I am a member of livejournal.com, and also a member of one of it's communities, "Sorority Girl." This has traditionally been a very positive community with sisters sharing ideas and good news about their chapters. The other day, however, I came acorss one entry and I couldn't believe what I was reading. I will post it here, so you can maybe see what I am talking about
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Posted by Livejournal member aey4l:
"So I need advice. Last night I was talking to one of my sisters and roommates and she says something about how I was "acting on Friday." And I am like what are you talking about I didn't even do anything bad on Friday. (Mind you she wasn't there) Yes, I was intoxicated, but I wasn't stupid. Well she says somebody claimed I was screaming our letters. NOT TRUE. I wont' do that no matter how drunk I am. Besides, I know I wasn't that drunk because I didn't puke all day Saturday like I normally do the day after I drink too much. So I was pissed. Someone is saying shit that isn't true. And this person said something at the party Friday about how I was an exec officer. Excuse me but since when were exec officers not supposed to drink??? Yeah I'm pissed. And I really feel like I should say something to the girl who called the people to come pick me up on Friday, but I dont' want to start a war. What would you all do? I don't think the sister in question likes me or most of the rest of the chapter very much but like I said I don't want to start a war."
Upon reading this, my first reaction was "And we wonder why people think greeks are nothing but drunken partiers."
Maybe I am just being over sensitive. Yes, I like a good drink as much as the next person, but the way this sister wrote about her expeiences momentairly made me feel emberassed to be Greek. I represent my sorority 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and I try so hard to prove to others that Greeks do not fall under the traditional stereotype. Then I read this, and it just really bothered me.
The link for this is
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sororitygirl You can scroll down and see the entry, along with any responses made to it, for yourself. One person responded annoymously to this entry; "Glad to see that you do such a good job of representing sororities. Isn't there a keg party or something you could go to instead of complaining here?" Normally, I don't like annoymnous responders because I think they lack balls. However, in this case, I actually agreed with what they said. The other responses were supportive of the sister.
Sorry this is so long, I am just really interested to hear what everyone thinks.
Disappointed in Greek Representation
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