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At my school, the membership in all of the Greek orgs as well as other student orgs went down the past few years. Not because people did not want to join, but in a lot of instances they did not have the time or money. Since the economy has been less than impressive, the college students found themselves jobless and I believe that accounted for the lack of participation in a lot of groups who required membership fees.
I also agree with Rainman, there is a lot of politics on various campuses and he said/she said drama thats keeps a lot of people out of the orgs that they could be valuable members. When I came to college I knew nothing about greek life or even the names/reputations of the different orgs. I had heard of a couple, but then again, you cannot join based on stereotypes. During my second year in college I decided to rush XYZ org and with a 3.5 GPA, on-going community service, membership in several different student orgs, and a good reputation around campus I did not get into that org and I think it had nothing to do with my not matching the long-term goals or that org.
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