I'm glad that a few people didn't think it was too cliche, and if it's alright I'm going to work thru some of the questions posed about it.
When I mention the "Go Greek or Go Home" mentality I'm referring more to larger state schools than I am to SU since the Greek system is so small here and I'm sure everyone has friends both in and out of our Greek organizations. I feel like this was more sparked from all of the movies we see with the stereotypical sorority or fraternity that only allows the "cool" kids to come to parties and how when you become Greek your status is boosted. Again, obviously that's not the case here, but I'm curious to see if there is any basis for what these movies are showing us, or if they are just part of Hollywood's fantasized America. I kind of want to get opinions from both the Greek and non-Greek sides about the idea of being Greek, focused primarily on attendance at parties and why certain people are allowed while others aren't, if it is the case that these parties are exclusive. I agree with the comment on my previous post about it not being necessary to be in a Greek system to lead a full social life (I didn't join a sorority until this year and I have friends who are and aren't Greek) but I'd like to see what relationship people from both categories have with Greek hosted parties. Does that make sense? I have a feeling that the more I write the more confused I become with what exactly it is I want to do, any ideas?
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7 years ago
This definitely sounds interesting to me and I bet it'll be really useful for you to personally have the different perspectives of being Greek and non-Greek. It might also be intriguing to further explore why Southwestern doesn't fall so much into Greek stereotypes or to possibly uncover the less obvious or overt ways that it does engage in them?
ReplyDeleteBut I understand where you're at - I'm trying to work out some confusion as well..