Hiya!
I have been a 'lurker' here for some time, reading all about what ''being greek' is about. I have never been a member of any GLO, unfortunately. I live in Europe, in Holland, and although my country has a fairly established 'Greek' system (although it is very different from yours) I have never felt the need to join, basically because rather than trying to get away from all the negative stereotypes, which most of you guys seem to do, over here, most of them seem be be interested only in reinforcing the stereotypes (drinking, drinking etc....)
I did go to school in America (exchange program with my university) but it was for one semester only so not enough time to rush and pledge (or whatever it is called these days) but I did learn a bit about the greek system because I have a friend (who I call my American 'sister') who was in a sorority and I dated a guy who was in a fraternity. It was really cool, I got to go to a bunch of parties, including a formal, which was really neat, and I helped out with some of their philantropy stuff. Maybe I should join this Internet fraternity you are all so excited about. It may be my only chance to get a t-shirt..
Anyway, what I was wondering about
: How many chapter actually have 'foreigners', exchange students and such and how do they fit in? Do they totally become Americanized or do they try to contribute a bit of their own culture to the fraternity/sorority.
Just curious here, hope someone can answer this for me.
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