How Powerful Are The Greeks On Your Campus?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by bamagirl09

Not very powerful at bama. I would say overall greeks are the least powerful student group on campus. they are completely apathetic and not involved in anything.

this is sarcasm, right?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by 33girl

this is sarcasm, right?

I thought the same thing. Remember the Machine articles?

[SigKapSweetie]

Unless things have changed drastically in the last few years, UF is the same way. The Greeks run pretty much all of SGA. When I was an undergrad, they hung charts of who to vote for in the sorority houses (Greek candidates, of course) and counted the 'I voted' stickers that we placed on it. The chapter with the most stickers won...something. I can't remember what it was, but all that means is that it wasn't a shopping spree at J Crew.

[flirt5721]

Same goes for NMSU but just because they are Greek really doesn't mean anything. They are just more involved in things then most GDIs.

[bamagirl09]

Originally Posted by 33girl

this is sarcasm, right?

Of course!

[Kevin]

At Central Oklahoma, we typically are at the head of all bodies of student government, except for the judiciary part (but they don't really count). This is not done without some serious collaboration with non-greeks though.

I can say this though -- our student body's Constitution was written by a member of my chapter, I'm not aware of a Senate Speaker Pro Tem (that's the dominant legislative branch), a President or Speaker of the House who hasn't been Greek.

GLOs are far and away the most active participants in general campus life events, sports, intramurals, etc.

[Thetagirl218]

At UNF I would say the majority of people in SG are Greek, but there still is about 35% that are GDI. However, over the years most people that come into SG end up going Greek! I was an officer in SG for a while, and I can say that the last 3 Student Body presidents and the president-elect (He was elected last week) are all Greek. Most of the Senate Leadership has been Greek for the past 5 years or so and a couple times there have been cases where GLO presidents have been officers in SG.

[knight_shadow]

At UTA, the majority of the campus offices (Student Governance, Ambassadors, Senate) are held by Greeks. There are, however, several other organizations (Campus activities, for instance) that are run by non-Greeks.

I don't know if it's power, per se, since Governance doesn't really "make the rules," but it does give Greeks more presence on campus.