Will Farrell's Statement About Today's Fraternities

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Why should we care what he has to say?

You continually have a very "head in the sand" mentality.

Things Greek do everywhere can and should matter to the community as a whole. We don't get to pretend that our little chapters exist in a vacuum and aren't affected by the climate of public perception of us.

[als463]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

You continually have a very "head in the sand" mentality.

Things Greek do everywhere can and should matter to the community as a whole. We don't get to pretend that our little chapters exist in a vacuum and aren't affected by the climate of public perception of us.

Let me preface this with saying that I absolutely love Will Ferrell but, I get where Kevin is coming from. I somewhat agree because Bill Maher did the same thing--though he is not Greek. Why should I care what Bill Maher says about my membership? I also get what you are saying too because there are people out there who will care what WF has to say. We need to work on bettering our organizations from the inside out though.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

You continually have a very "head in the sand" mentality.

As opposed to the Chicken Little displays we see every time an 18-21 year old kid does something stupid, I prefer my way.

Things Greek do everywhere can and should matter to the community as a whole. We don't get to pretend that our little chapters exist in a vacuum and aren't affected by the climate of public perception of us.

I'm not sure public perception is all that big of a deal. I care about public perception really only insofar as it interferes with our ability to recruit and retain quality members. The proper response in these cases is to point out that almost always, the HQ of the offending chapter shuts it down and there is full cooperation with the authorities.