Panhellenic History and GDIs!

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by Heather17

Given her offense, "tough cookies" comes to mind....

Or my personal favorite, "Nanie nanie boo boo, stick your head in doo doo."

Seriously though, this is not something that today's college student came up with, but something that has been passed on to us through more than a century of American history. If you think about it, GLOs are a vehicle through which we continue to celebrate our founders' values (and thereby our country's values) through ritual and sharing. (Ok...a little deep but hopefully you'll take it in the spirit its meant).

If she is so offended by that, tell her to move to Greece.

I did have one girl post and was all 'I'm greek-American' and it made me see red. This is just a personal peeve, but if you have citizenship in America and no other country, you're just American, period. Yes you can celebrate your heritage, your history, your ethnicity, but the only way you are actually a greek-american is if you share citizenships. When I get my US citizenship I'll be English-American.
I also pointed out that we use 'greek' with a small G. We don't claim to be Greek, or anything like that.

[greekalum]

Originally Posted by centaur532

I did have one girl post and was all 'I'm greek-American' and it made me see red. This is just a personal peeve, but if you have citizenship in America and no other country, you're just American, period. Yes you can celebrate your heritage, your history, your ethnicity, but the only way you are actually a greek-american is if you share citizenships. When I get my US citizenship I'll be English-American.
I also pointed out that we use 'greek' with a small G. We don't claim to be Greek, or anything like that.

Wait, these are people on the INTERNET? I thought you had GDIs marching up to you on campus getting up in your face, as you said.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by greekalum

Wait, these are people on the INTERNET? I thought you had GDIs marching up to you on campus getting up in your face, as you said.

Oh, no. I don't think anyone would actually dare do that. If they did I'd laugh. Really hard. But it was a verbal 'in-your-face' kind of attack.

[greeklawgirl]

Originally Posted by centaur532

I did have one girl post and was all 'I'm greek-American' and it made me see red. This is just a personal peeve, but if you have citizenship in America and no other country, you're just American, period. Yes you can celebrate your heritage, your history, your ethnicity, but the only way you are actually a greek-american is if you share citizenships. When I get my US citizenship I'll be English-American.
I also pointed out that we use 'greek' with a small G. We don't claim to be Greek, or anything like that.

Well, it can be your personal pet peeve, but I wouldn't be surprised if you heard that frequently. I'm Greek-American. I was born Greek-American and I'm going to die Greek-American. I'm extremely proud of my mother-culture and my heritage, but it doesn't make me any less proud to be American. I wouldn't begrudge anyone of any other culture if they called themselves Irish-American, Chinese-American, Mexican-American, or what-have-you.

And yes, I've dealt with plenty of people asking why the fraternity/sorority system is called "greek." And usually, when I explain that it is called that out of respect to our distant ancestors, the light bulb goes off and they are usually pleased.

[RU OX Alum]

I think Stoner-Americans should all band together.