<p>[Greek</a> week suspended for 2009-2010 year - News](<a href=“http://media.www.thebrownandwhite.com/media/storage/paper1233/news/2009/04/24/News/Greek.Week.Suspended.For.20092010.Year-3735062.shtml]Greek”>http://media.www.thebrownandwhite.com/media/storage/paper1233/news/2009/04/24/News/Greek.Week.Suspended.For.20092010.Year-3735062.shtml)</p>
<p>Excellent decision by the administration. Gives me renewed hope that Lehigh can become a better place.</p>
<p>Excatly why is Lehigh a better place with a de-emphasis on Greek life?</p>
<p>Greek life has been an intergral part of colleges for decades. Yes, sometimes things get a bit out of hand but in many cases the parties invloved would be out of hand if they were in a greek organization or not.</p>
<p>Lehigh would be a better place because the Greek system would no longer dominate social life on campus. Not every college allows the Greek system to get out of hand as it has at Lehigh (if they weren’t out of control Greek Week would not have been suspended). And there are plenty of elite academic institutions that have no frats or sororities, or when they do, they involve such a tiny percentage of students (10% or less) they have almost no effect on the campus environment even when they act badly. </p>
<p>When a dominating Greek system is a main attraction to an otherwise quality school, I don’t view that as a good thing. Students should want to attend a college or university because of the quality of academics and the spirit of community and learning. You don’t need frats and sororities to make that happen.</p>
<p>People make decisions between like schools for factors much less important than greek life. They may include which school has better sports teams, who has nicer dorms, or who has a prettier campus. These factors add much less to the overall college experience than greek life.</p>
<p>Many elite schools also have strong greek life-- simply put there is no correlation between greek life and academic quality, they are two independant and unrealted factors. Lehigh should change for you- if you dont like Lehigh go somwhere else and quit complaining about Lehigh-- they wont miss you.</p>
<p>The latest word from the Fraternity Council is that they will do away with “Greek Week” but have the same fun activities under a different name.</p>