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Old 03-20-2011, 12:26 PM
OneLove AGD OneLove AGD is offline
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Under attack again

There has been a tragic death at Cornell, a member of SAE.

"Cornell will no longer recognize Sigma Alpha Epsilon as a fraternity on campus, the Cornell Daily Sun reports. The decision comes with new, shocking allegations in the February death of SAE brother and Cornell sophomore George Desdunes."

Of course, rather than seeing this as a tragic loss of life, people are attacking Greek Life.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_837985.html

What are your thoughts? Feel free to post on Huffington Post as well - here, most of us are preaching to the choir. Their, Greeks are demonized, and an alternative perspective would be useful.

My opinion is that Greek Life can be immensely beneficial to men and women who use it for the right purposes. Alcohol is not unique to Greek Life. I have seen no study that suggests Greeks drink or die more than non-Greeks during college. I know at my university, Greeks have a higher GPA, do more service hours, participate more in extracurriculars, and donate more money and time to charity. I am, of course, looking through rose colored glasses.

It seems unreasonable that, as a Greek member, my reputation is staked in the actions of others. At my university, a student DROWNED while at a Christian organization's event, and yet, people looked at it for what it was. A tragic accident. Had it happened at a Greek event (which hopefully it won't, because we invest more time in risk management), we would be protested with pitchforks.
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