A local sorority at USC?

[DrPhil]

lane swerve/

Am I reading this correctly? Is this a nonGreek criticizing Greeks and acting like she has the answers? Warning. Any member of a GLO who would agree with what this nonGreek is saying has completely missed not only what she is saying but also the tone and context.

If you see some issues with your GLO or with the Greek system at your school, you're an insider. Work towards change. Don't let a nonGreek be the voice of criticism and the leader for change. As far as I'm concerned, that's a good way to scare away prospective members. When you admit that you have issues and appear to be admitting that nonGreeks have it as, or more, figured out than you may, why would anyone want to join your GLO?


/lane swerve

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

lane swerve/

Am I reading this correctly? Is this a nonGreek criticizing Greeks and acting like she has the answers? Warning. Any member of a GLO who would agree with what this nonGreek is saying has completely missed not only what she is saying but also the tone and context.

If you see some issues with your GLO or with the Greek system at your school, you're an insider. Work towards change. Don't let a nonGreek be the voice of criticism and the leader for change. As far as I'm concerned, that's a good way to scare away prospective members. When you admit that you have issues and appear to be admitting that nonGreeks have it as, or more, figured out than you may, why would anyone want to join your GLO?


/lane swerve

You're reading it correcting, the fact that she was rushing is just a little gravy side note to the potatoes.

[28StGreek]

Originally Posted by kaeb

but right now at SC, that's not how most people see Greeks, especially in light of the whole sex-on-a-roof/viral email/tons of transports/social probation thing.

I know that GDI v. Greek, Tier debates, and partying happens at all schools, and that larger, establish Greek systems share similar problems and that USC is nothing unique.

I also personally feel that she should have taken her bid, because to succeed at USC (or any school) is all about Grades, Campus Involvement, Leadership training (in positions) and your support network (friends, family, sisters/brothers) and not because of which houses you are having BnBs or Exchanges with. You can really achieve and excel as a member of any GLO.

But I think that there may be genuine reasoning behind the OP in suddenly all being critical of a system she had seen for a year before she decided to go through recruitment.

This year seems to have been more aggressive in terms of behavior and 'Fratitude' or 'Sratitude' (to borrow a term), and I really think it is coming from certain individuals/groups on the Row who are trying to emulate the image/lifestyle represented on certain Greek-interest websites. The popularity of those websites has really blossomed in the past semester to maybe since the fall.

The Cocksman email, and then the rooftop incidents, while isolated cases, seem to be the straw that has broken the proverbial camel.

For someone on the outside looking-in, at the moment it looks like there is nothing Panhellenic/Interfraternal going on the Row. People up and down the row were so quick to criticize the Sorority who were hosting the Philanthropy event for being a house of sluts, when it turns out that the girl involved did not even go to USC and was a member of another GLO at another school! Everyday there appears to be a scandal of sorts relating to the Greek system that is coming out of the student body rumor-mill.

And the fact that the entire Row has been put on Social Probation seems to rubber stamp the negative views that Greeks are not doing things right.

Of course all the leaders in SC Greek community are trying their very best to turn it all around, and I am sure with the exception of a few bad apples, that every house's members are committed to the positives.

The Greek tradition at SC extends all the way to 1887, so I am sure it will survive this past semester, as it has done other scandals in the past. Hopefully the recovery happens sooner, in time for Fall recruitment.