Thoughts on sorority life?

yourmomma
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:38:05 +0000

The Greek Report card is not unique to Penn State, but creating a national database is their idea. national Greek orgs have fought hard against that. Locally, they fought hard as well.

I understand the impulse of those who think highly of Greek life to defend it, but I think maintaining a good gpa is not necessarily the only metric of nothing-to-worry-about. Similarly, the argument that not having fraternity parties just pushes the alcohol off campus is weird to me. It’s not wrong – but why should a college tacitly endorse 4-nights-a-week binge drinking? Why wouldn’t they attempt to put boundaries on these student groups as they do others? The legal problem is that unlike every other student group, Greeks are often privately held properties, privately run.

Sorry, off topic! OP, best wishes to you and your daughter.

The Greek Report card is a good idea at least campus to campus. But they should go into detail. More transparency of issues will help students make an informed decision.

As for the regulation of Greek organizations, it seems to be driven by the thought that if they just get rid of the Greek orgs. that drinking, sexual assault and other issues will all be solved. That’s just not true. And I would argue, today Greek parties.are probably safer than off campus situations – as was indicated in early posts. But the pendulum can swing too far – and the trend is going towards unaffiliated Greek organizations. Then they University has zero control.