How do professors look at greeks?

Akkus · #1 08-02-2006, 10:43 PM

I heard that certain people (ex. cops) aren't very nice to greeks. How about professors at school?

adpiucf · #2 08-02-2006, 10:48 PM

Pretty much the same. As a whole, academia and the law don't view Greeks well, unless they themselves were Greek. You shouldn't let this stop you from joining. Many Greek groups throw semi-regular professor networking events or award their professors for their great teaching/mentoring as a way to promote good relationships.

The reason for the historically poor view of Greeks are the isolated yet well publicized acts of sheer stupidity and poor decision making involving alcohol, neglecting studies or being disrespectful. Cops tend to have a negative view of fraternity men because of noise complaints, DUIs and underage drinking-- things that go on at any college campus, but ones that are especially publicized if they occur at a fraternity house. There's a lot of mystery surrounding what happens in those selective Greek groups, so people like to pin stereotypes or are just perversely curious as to what they are doing.

trideltrockstar · #3 08-02-2006, 10:49 PM

I've seen very different reactions. It really depends on the personality of the professor. I had a Journalism professor who loved Tri Deltas - he'd really liked their writing in the past, so by the time I had him, I felt as though he almost liked me better because I was a Tri Delta. Other professors seem to have prejudices against Greeks in general however.

Akkus · #4 08-02-2006, 10:56 PM

In the future, lets say when you are applying to a graduate school, would you mention in your application letter that you've been a greek?

Elephant Walk · #5 08-02-2006, 11:30 PM

Our professors love us. And more than likely, so do our police officers. Usually if many guys in the house have the same professor/class (usually business majors), we invite him/her over, feed them, and help us prepare for a test. More than often, they are more than happy to help.

Police officers give us the same treatment, because we tend to know them all. We are forced to have police at our parties as sort of door security, so we spend time talking to them at the door. We bring pizza and bring out water or juice for them.

KSUViolet06 · #6 08-02-2006, 11:37 PM

Where I go to school, the profs really don't have much of an opinion of us, good or bad.

squirrely girl · #7 08-02-2006, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Akkus

In the future, lets say when you are applying to a graduate school, would you mention in your application letter that you've been a greek?

i think that would depend on what type of graduate program you were applying to and how your membership experiences relate to the graduate program.

i mentioned it in mine because my membership has contributed significantly to my research interests and also to my perspectives regarding women's issues. i also brought it up at one of my interviews - so yes, i do believe there is a place for this information but only if it is relevant (its not like i was hoping another alpha gam would be on the admissions committee)

- marissa

Rio_Kohitsuji · #8 08-03-2006, 03:12 PM

Profs on the average love the Greeks here, heck we had a few that helped us out with pledging! Many here either used to be greek themselves, had children to pledge here, or were lil bros or lil sis'! We've had cops even have fun with events and there is even a thread on here of how some cops did a prank with my own sorority....

kddani · #9 08-03-2006, 03:16 PM

How do professors look at greeks?

PhoenixAzul · #10 08-03-2006, 03:22 PM

Hahaha! ^^^ I appreciate that greatly.

Due to the Otterbein curse, some of our professors are alums of our orgs! And if theyre not, theyre advisors/consultants. OC has this weird way of having alumns come back to teach or work. They understand the importance of the GLO's to sudents and the campus. I can only think of one or two who are really outspoken against us.

mulattogyrl · #11 08-03-2006, 07:01 PM

I've only had positive experiences in this regard, because many of my professors are in BGLOs. I've had 2 Delta professors, an Alpha professor, a Kappa professor, and an AKA professor who also happened to be the chair of my graduate Social Work program. So, it's been all good for me.

Tom Earp · #12 08-03-2006, 07:39 PM

I an not sure how ethniticty has to do with it? Maybe the School?

But, most of the Colleges I am aware of want their Profeesors to be incvolved in other Activitys, so why not ask?

kddani · #13 08-03-2006, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Earp

I an not sure how ethniticty has to do with it? Maybe the School?

Who said anything about ethnicity?

mulattogyrl · #14 08-03-2006, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Earp

I an not sure how ethniticty has to do with it? Maybe the School?

But, most of the Colleges I am aware of want their Profeesors to be incvolved in other Activitys, so why not ask?

Huh? Because I mentioned BGLOs?

I may have had professors that were in other GLOs, but I wasn't aware of it. They didn't make it known. I didn't go to a HBCU if that's what you mean by the school though. I went to a PWI.

kathykd2005 · #15 08-03-2006, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Akkus

In the future, lets say when you are applying to a graduate school, would you mention in your application letter that you've been a greek?

I would definitely mention it in the future, particularly if you were involved with philanthropy work or other community work. I know that I have had very positive feedback from sharing my GLO experience on my resume. When I was in college, there were a few professors who didn't like Greeks, but they normally didn't squawk about it too much after Formal Recruitment or Rush was over... On the whole, they respected the Greek organizations and shared their own stories of Greek affiliation and antics. Once, I had a professor who told me he was the "Bastard of the Revels" for his fraternity, and had a party on a fire truck. Craziness.