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Originally Posted by Lucky SC
ty i was wondering how long it would take for someone to agree with me and see what i was talkin about lol.
and i'm set in my ways violet, hands down i think the system is better down here atleast for the IFC, i dunno bout NPC. People go to schools like Alabama and go greek not because of the education at that school, but because generations and generations have, most of the people have been bred that they will do the same thing from a child.
Out of my direct family, i'm the first to go to college so not so much in my case except that i knew i wanted to go to an SEC school simply because of the athletics aspect. But many of the people i've met here at school have had family members past their grandparents go to the school and done the same greek chapter, to me that speaks volumes.
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I wasn't making an argument of "who is better". My argument was "does the Greek community have these things? If yes, they are strong." The original question was, "How do you determine strength?" not "Who is the best?"
Maybe generations go Greek at SEC schools because the Community is "strong" (by the criteria I outlined)and has been for a long time. I wasn't saying that "tradition" is the antithesis to a strong community (definitely not), but that
"tradition" does not make or break a strong Greek community. I'll edit my post to more clearly reflect that.
I'll give another example that all of our fratty posters can agree with. Washington & Lee. Their
Panhellenic community is only around 20 years old, but their Panhellenic is not weak by any means. They have a reasonable number of chapters,
incredible percentage of Greeks, they are growing, they are chapters well-regarded by their HQs and the University. They (meaning Panhellenic chapters) do not have the age and "tradition", but W&L is almost always mentioned whenever the fratties talk about strong Greek schools. W&L has more "tradition" on the IFC side, but does the lack of Panhellenic tradition weaken the Panhellenic strength? No way! Is W&L Panhellenic only strong because of the IFC tradition and not because of their own merits? Absolutely not.
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