| Greek Life at Duke - pervasive or not?
So I am looking at the Duke website tab "Greek Life." I want to rush a fraternity because I think greek life can provide an important formative experience on a number of levels. However, I am not interested in the "cliche" fraternity. Nor do I think race ought to be the most divisive factor in greek life, after gender. But what the Duke website tab on "Greek Life" leads me to believe is that is may be the case, even at a university as academically prestigious as Duke. If you want to see what I am talking about, see the differences between the Interfraternity Council (the well-off white-guy frats who've been around since who-knows-when) and the National Pan-Hellenc Council (the "historically African-American" fraternities).
Please tell me I'm getting the wrong impression...I really just want a smart-frat that isn't too intellectual to mess around every once-in-a-while, but also one that isn't limited according to an average income, skin color or some other superficial characteristic.
Thoughts? |