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09-05-2008, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by violetpretty
I'd say so. A [social] GLO is essentially a continuous group of friends bound by a ritual. I don't know about any other ritual than my own, but in my sorority ritual reminds us of our common values. Logically speaking, you can't have a set of values AND all-inclusivity. One of those must go.
ETA: I just totally makes me  when I hear a campus administration denounce Greek Life because it is a culture of exclusivity. Do colleges take anyone who applies? Hell no. In all honesty, Greeks do want to grow the size of the Greek community, but (except for Tufts) no individual chapter can be forced to take a particular potential member.
One of my friends went to Bowdoin, which did away with Greeks for this reason. They do have co-ed "social houses" that everyone joins, but you're assigned to one as I understand it. Sorry, I choose my friends, I don't need to be assigned to them. |
Exactly. If someone wants all-inclusiveness, then they can join a club or an Honor "GLO."
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09-05-2008, 11:40 PM
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Exactly. If someone wants all-inclusiveness, then they can join a club or an Honor "GLO."
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Even honor GLOs have standards/values. They're just different than those of a social GLO.
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09-08-2008, 12:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by violetpretty
One of my friends went to Bowdoin, which did away with Greeks for this reason. They do have co-ed "social houses" that everyone joins, but you're assigned to one as I understand it. Sorry, I choose my friends, I don't need to be assigned to them.
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I met a Bowdoin DKE alum at the bar last night. He was all freaked out that I knew they didn't have fraternities anymore and wondered how I knew all that, ha ha.
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09-08-2008, 12:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by violetpretty
One of my friends went to Bowdoin, which did away with Greeks for this reason. They do have co-ed "social houses" that everyone joins, but you're assigned to one as I understand it. Sorry, I choose my friends, I don't need to be assigned to them.
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My cousin is a student at Bowdoin. They are assigned housing the first year but they can pick which house in which to live as upperclassmen.
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