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Originally posted by bsusean:
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I am doing a graduate project in which I have to interview several people regarding an issue in higher education. Since I am involve in the Greek community, I decided to deal with an issue facing Greeks. Here are the questions:
1. Should Greek organizations still exist on today's college campuses?
2. If you had to argue the "other side," what arguments would you make?
It sounds like a very interesting yet controversial topic! Good for you!
I think when addressing this issue, what will help give weight to the pro-Greek side is the mention other philanthropy minded, fraternal (or sororal) organizations like The Lions Club, Rotary Club, Optimists' Club, Shriners, Knight of Columbus, Daughters of Job.
In a way, Boy and Girl Scouts are similar too: they're same sex organizations (for the most part, though some Boy Scout troops are now co-ed, I believe), they deal with philanthropy and also life skills (as do GLO's) It would be interesting to know, if we took a GLO and changed its Greek lettered name to something non-Greek (like Lions Club or something), would the critics still be so vocal?
2. If I had to argue the other side, I would say that sometimes GLO members (through immaturity, group think, drinking or wanting to embody the "negative fraternity image" stereotype) turn away from the principles originally set forth by their founders. From a community relations perspective, this is to their detriment.
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