The Death of Greek Life... You're Next

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Originally Posted by GrkAlmSpclist

Here is an article that I think will enlighten you - it talks about the shrinking of Greek life around the nation and is backed by a good mix of facts and opinions http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/t...ternity-system

The article you posted is from 2005. That's almost ten years ago, dude. It's not a good indication of what is happening today. The mid-'90s through the mid-2000s saw a decline in the size of the Greek system; since then it's been growing exponentially. Not only is it growing, but on most campuses, it's either at an all-time high or at a close second to the all-time membership high (the '80s being our last big upswing). If anybody's sources are telling them that Greek life is waning, they need new sources.

Membership on my campus now is close to twice what it was when I attended (around 2005). You can see that trend on campuses around the nation. And if we survived that downswing (not to mention the 1970s where membership at a lot of schools was 10-20 percent of what it is now!), I'm sure we can survive another, whenever it comes.

You keep saying "It's nice that Greek life on your campus is growing, but you can't assume that's happening on every campus." Actually, we can:

"Nationwide, membership is up, growing a bit more than 15 percent from 2008 to 2011, to 285,543 undergraduates, according to the National Panhellenic Conference." - the New York Times

Not sure how it gets more complicated than that.