General Consensus about no Greek Life

scottj
Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:55:19 +0000

Dear prepurm1216 : Boston College is a Jesuit institution which has at its core “men and women for others”. The University goes to exceptional lengths to create an inclusive environment, succeeding in some areas, lagging in others. None the less, creating an environment where all are welcomed is one of Boston College’s hallmark cultural traditions.

While Greek Life is not purely counter to these traditions, it does tend to create artificial subgroups within a campus. Therefore, the “circle of interesting conversation partners” (borrowing the phrase from Fr. Michael Himes) is limited; effectively, this is why Greek Life does not exactly “fit” with the Boston College tradition.

This is not a student view or parent view, but instead a logical view as to how the University’s core is constructed.