| From my impression, the Greek system at NU is not about crowning people as most social or most beautiful (as the stereotypes say about Greeks in other places) but rather providing people (anyone) structured space for socializing. They're not exclusive in that people who are Greek are still friends with non-Greeks, and non-Greeks are welcome at Greek social events. Also, it's impossible to tell who's Greek or not because the stereotypes about how Greeks are supposed look and socialize are NOT TRUE at Northwestern (as much as some of them secretly like to ride on these stereotypes). If anything, a lot of the non-Greeks feel confident enough in their social skills to have a decent social life without having to rely on a structured social group and are, in this way, more socially adept. Greek or not, Northwestern students are assertive, classy, confident, humble, and nice. My main reason for not joining, though, is that as a gay male, I cannot see myself socializing with mostly straight males who talk mostly about heterosexual stuff. |