Dorm selection??? Greek House???

beastman
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:44:44 +0000

What a sad portrait of the systems, LMK2. And it’s hard for me not to nod my head smugly as it fully supports all my opinions about the system as fundamentally elitist and exclusionary.

My daughter (a junior in HS) was intrigued by the sorority houses she’s seen on a few campuses, what with their brick facades and ivy growing everywhere. That came to an abrupt end this August, when we delivered her brother to Iowa and she saw lines of girls out on the lawn of one of the houses, in some sort of formation and doing rhyming chants and hand claps. All were blonde, straight-haired clones of one another.

Obviously the system has much to be said for it as it’s survived for a gazillion years. But to anyone considering Greek I say, tread carefully, keep your eyes open and be true to your values.