Do You Consider Yourself Greek?

[WhiteRose1912]

Originally Posted by AlphaHeyAlpha

you're a group of people in band who wish they were greek but were to scared to rush so wear letters to be cool...

I sincerely hope that you're not actually this ignorant.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaHeyAlpha

you're a group of people in band who wish they were greek but were to scared to rush so wear letters to be cool...

Bumping an old thread just to hurl an insult? Classy.

[Measi]

Originally Posted by WhiteRose1912

I sincerely hope that you're not actually this ignorant.

Sadly, I think the answer is yes.

What a fantastic representative of that organization. Glad I personally know others who aren't.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Croakies n Bows

Not to attack kappa kappa psi but just because you have greek letters does not make you greek, it the background, meaning and daily values that the greek letters bring to your organization that makes it greek or not. Honestly i think that Farm House is more greek than a lot of greek letter organizations out there.

Do you have any idea what the background or meaning of KKPsi is?

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by AlphaHeyAlpha

you're a group of people in band who wish they were greek but were to scared to rush so wear letters to be cool...

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Bumping an old thread just to hurl an insult? Classy.

Originally Posted by Measi

What a fantastic representative of that organization.

Considering that she has posted not only her name on this site but also her organization and school I think it would be safe to say that she isn't too bright either.

Yes, I too know many wonderful people in this organization. Sorry that you have one boob of a sister!

ETA:

Originally Posted by Croakies n Bows

Not to attack kappa kappa psi but just because you have greek letters does not make you greek, it the background, meaning and daily values that the greek letters bring to your organization that makes it greek or not. Honestly i think that Farm House is more greek than a lot of greek letter organizations out there.

AHA- isn't your boyfriend a Sigma Pi at Arkansas? Hmmmmmm.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Considering that she has posted not only her name on this site but also her organization and school I think it would be safe to say that she isn't too bright either.

Yes, I too know many wonderful people in this organization. Sorry that you have one boob of a sister!

ETA:


AHA- isn't your boyfriend a Sigma Pi at Arkansas. Hmmmmmm.

[blkwebman1919]

Originally Posted by WhiteRose1912

I sincerely hope that you're not actually this ignorant.

Hope springs eternal....

There's about as much chance of that as the original poster actually replying to this thread...

[Measi]

Originally Posted by Croakies n Bows

Not to attack kappa kappa psi but just because you have greek letters does not make you greek, it the background, meaning and daily values that the greek letters bring to your organization that makes it greek or not. Honestly i think that Farm House is more greek than a lot of greek letter organizations out there.

I see - then you're clearly ignorant of how KKY and TBS work, given that both organizations do have the things you list above.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Croakies n Bows

Not to attack kappa kappa psi but just because you have greek letters does not make you greek, it the background, meaning and daily values that the greek letters bring to your organization that makes it greek or not.

You left out whether you wear any shoes other than Sperrys.

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Considering that she has posted not only her name on this site but also her organization and school I think it would be safe to say that she isn't too bright either. . . .

AHA- isn't your boyfriend a Sigma Pi at Arkansas? Hmmmmmm.

I had that same thought.

[pshsx1]

I'm going to ignore the abundance of ignorance and post about the actual topic since it's here...

I asked my friend if her sister was in a sorority (which I knew she was) and she was in KKPsi, a law fraternity, and some other honor society. I then said 'that's a lot of Greek' and she got offended. So I guess to her, KKPsi wasn't in anyway a GLO.

But two of my other friends who are in KKPsi both consider themselves Greek.. just in a different way.

/2 cents

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

I asked my friend if her sister was in a sorority (which I knew she was) and she was in KKPsi, a law fraternity, and some other honor society. I then said 'that's a lot of Greek' and she got offended. So I guess to her, KKPsi wasn't in anyway a GLO.

But two of my other friends who are in KKPsi both consider themselves Greek.. just in a different way.

/2 cents

I think that's what the OP was getting at -- how some KKPsi members/chapters try to draw a distinction between themselves and "the Greeks" while others do not at all:

Originally Posted by WCUgirl

My undergraduate chapter was very adamant that Kappa Kappa Psi is NOT Greek. Even though they wore letters and had a ritual, they were not Greek.

I think it's just that they didn't want to be associated with what they perceived as "Greek life." Well, I don't really know why, but that's the only thing I can come up with.

What about your chapters?

It's an interesting campus-by-campus phenomenon, and I've seen it to some extent among all the "music Greeks."

[pshsx1]

I was talking to my friends who are Sinfonians and they feel that KKPsi and TBS are GLOs and Phi Mu Alpha is an honor society. I find it a tad odd that they can't see eye to eye.

ETA: And I also assume they were trying to throw that as an insult as well.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

I was talking to my friends who are Sinfonians and they feel that KKPsi and TBS are GLOs and Phi Mu Alpha is an honor society. I find it a tad odd that they can't see eye to eye.

Of all the things I've heard, I've never heard that approach. It is odd -- especially considering that KKPsi and TBS call themselves an honor fraternity and an honor sorority, while Phi Mu Alpha is very clear that it is a social fraternity.

In my experience, Sinfonian chapters will say that are not "Greek" if the campus culture is such that they don't want to be seen as "Greek" because of negative stereotypes. Otherwise, they'll say they're Greek, but, as you say, in a different way perhaps.

Then, of course, there are the campuses where Phi Mu Alpha is IFC -- there they won't see a difference beyond what would be seen with Farmhouse, Triangle or Alpha Gamma Rho.

ETA: I won't ask what chapter your Sinfonian friends are from, but if they think Phi Mu Alpha is an honor society, their probationary member program was sorely lacking and their FEO completely failed them.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

You left out whether you wear any shoes other than Sperrys.

lol

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

ETA: I won't ask what chapter your Sinfonian friends are from, but if they think Phi Mu Alpha is an honor society, their probationary member program was sorely lacking and their FEO completely failed them.

Maybe they think it's an honorary social?

I'll just stop there.. no need in just going off of assumptions for the next few posts and causing any trouble.