"Southern" Sororities?

[shinerbock]

You're right about the majors, DST, liberal grad schools eat that stuff up. Thankfully we usually don't have to compete with them for jobs, however. On a side note, quit trying to show that you're southern. I don't think you dropping lines like "bless your heart," is convincing anyone that you're some sort of southern belle.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

You're right about the majors, DST, liberal grad schools eat that stuff up. Thankfully we usually don't have to compete with them for jobs, however. On a side note, quit trying to show that you're southern. I don't think you dropping lines like "bless your heart," is convincing anyone that you're some sort of southern belle.

And I want to convince everyone I'm "some sort of Southern belle"? What does *that* mean?

[shinerbock]

Well, I've seen a few instances when you've tried to refute our points about the south with your own, and I don't think your statements reflect our values/opinions. I simply don't want people to think your viewpoints are shared by the majority of southerners.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Well, I've seen a few instances when you've tried to refute our points about the south with your own, and I don't think your statements reflect our values/opinions. I simply don't want people to think your viewpoints are shared by the majority of southerners.

And I don't want anyone to think that your viewpoints represent EVERYONE in the South. I think it would be fair to say that we each value different things about the South, but that doesn't make what I value or my opinions any less worthy than yours.

[shinerbock]

Which is fine, but when me or Macallan say something about greek life in the south, it generally has been on par with how it really is. Now I've stated before that at small directional southern schools, this may not be true, but regarding the prominant southern campuses and greek life organizations, I think it is. Somebody can say, "I'm a huge liberal and I live in Atlanta..." but that is obviously not reflective of political views in the South. I think your viewpoints are probably the exception, not the rule. Just clarifying.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

at small directional southern schools, this may not be true, but regarding the prominant southern campuses and greek life organizations, I think it is. . . . Just clarifying.

Just to clarify a little more, what exactly do you mean by "directional"? And what qualifies as "prominant." Because I can think of quite a few small, and I presume "directional," schools that I would consider significantly more "prominant" (as in prestigious) than many of the, for example, SEC schools.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by MysticCat81

Just to clarify a little more, what exactly do you mean by "directional"? And what qualifies as "prominant." Because I can think of quite a few small, and I presume "directional," schools that I would consider significantly more "prominant" (as in prestigious) than many of the, for example, SEC schools.

"Directional" means they're Northern, Southern, Northwestern, SouthEastern, etc... and is a negative term.

It's not only used in the South though, I know quite a few University of Illinois students that use it for Illinois' directional schools

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Which is fine, but when me or Macallan say something about greek life in the south, it generally has been on par with how it really is. Now I've stated before that at small directional southern schools, this may not be true, but regarding the prominant southern campuses and greek life organizations, I think it is. Somebody can say, "I'm a huge liberal and I live in Atlanta..." but that is obviously not reflective of political views in the South. I think your viewpoints are probably the exception, not the rule. Just clarifying.

I think for certain types of Southern campuses, that's the case. Other campuses, not so much. I'm not really sure what you mean by a "small directional Southern school" so I don't know if I agree with that dividing line or not - several larger and smaller schools don't fit your mold, just as several larger and smaller schools do, so I wouldn't really see size as being the deciding factor. It seems to have more to do with the culture and history of the school.

[shinerbock]

I think you're right, and I agree with that. By directional school, I meant people who are like "southern greek life isn't like that, and I know, I went to Middle Tenn. St, or NE Louisiana..." While thats fine, when speak of the attributes of southern greek life, we're talking about that which is distinctive to southern greek systems at big SEC type schools...You're right, there are better academic schools than SEC schools, although there really aren't too many in the south that trump them, or the other schools I would refer to...Texas and the like. Basically, I'm just arguing the defense people make when we say something about southern greek life or southern opinion, which usually consists of "I go to _____ and I'm not like that..." Nobody is saying everyone is like that, but refuting that it basically is like that is pointless. You can go to UGA, be in a bad fraternity, and say "we don't wear brooks brothers or vote republican," which may be true, but that doesn't refute the idea that most do dress and vote like that. If your point is that not everyone acts the way me or macallan or whoever do, that is completely understandable, but often I feel people are trying to sway other's image of the South with a portrayal I don't think is accurate.