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Originally Posted by diogen_

rockzmom

Very informative, thanks for sharing. Yet, I’m curious about the Greek system of American Universities. Could shed some light on the issue.

For instance, in accord with the abstract below, extracted from an ESL book of mine, first and foremost your girls should thoroughly peruse Greek alphabet in order to deliberate which particular letter of the alphabet unequivocally deserves “suicide”. Frankly, what is quoted hereunder, as well as some other excerpts concerning sororities and fraternities of American universities, is one of the most outlandish facts I’ve faced since Soviet Komsomol. Could you confirm or deny that these medieval “pseudo masonic” rituals , rites, and practices aimed at proliferating total mind control over younger generations really thrive and flourish these days?

Ahh, Greek life... I never did Greek when I was in college, so I am by no means an expert; however, I will try my best to answer your questions and fill everyone in on the Greeks!

Greek "rush" for both girls and boys is simple, you choose one "house" that you want to "pledge" or belong to. You select this house because you feel some sort of connection to it. It could be that your mom or dad was in that house, it is of your religion (yes, they have Jewish, Christian & Muslim Greek Houses) they also have it by race or culture (Hispanic, Chinese & African American), or maybe your major or your likes in general.

However, once you select that house, you can only pledge and try to get into that house. If you don't make it, that's it. It's over and back to regular dorm life for you.

The Greeks do take a bad reputation here in the States in the press. We only hear about the negative side of them, when things go bad, each year students tragically die during rushes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/ny...nity.html?_r=0

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We never hear about the millions of dollars that they raise for charity:
2010 Sigma Chi Derby Days at Rutgers University raised over $95,000 for Children's Miracle Network and Pennsylvania State University's Dance Marathon raised over $12.3 million for Pediatric cancer, and Chi Omega chapters (girls) have, combined, raised approximately $2.3 million for the national Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The housing that the Greeks live in can be amazing though. We saw this one, the Chi Omega in Chapel Hill but couldn't take a photo as the traffic was too busy:


Also the lasting bonds, I know an older woman who is on the Board of Education who still has lunch with her "sisters" from her sorority.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Ahh, Greek life..

Sorry, my previous post wasn’t meant to be that serious “fire and brimstone” message, but rather an April fool’s day vituperation, prompted by a few passages from A. Bierce I had read before. ))) Actually, I have no particular bias against Greeks per se, well, because I know too little about them to pass any judgment. Nevertheless, after reading your links, Greek life in unis indeed seems to me slightly whimsical. What’s more intriguing,when I followed your link I found out that the latest accident took place in Moscow))) in 2012 …Ominously conspicuous, the Russian trace revealed itself in full bloom once again.)))

Originally Posted by diogen_

Sorry, my previous post wasn’t meant to be that serious “fire and brimstone” message, but rather an April fool’s day vituperation, prompted by a few passages from A. Bierce I had read before. )))

No harm, no foul. I was going to write about the Chi Omega House anyway as it was such an astounding yellow house and it happened to be Greek so you got me to write about it earlier