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The End of an Era

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  • AxtremusA Axtremus

    “Greek life” and sports take up too much time and attention in the typical college. Just deemphasize them and move on. Focus on the academics and job skills development instead.

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    @axtremus said in The End of an Era:

    “Greek life” and sports take up too much time and attention in the typical college. Just deemphasize them and move on. Focus on the academics and job skills development instead.

    What fraternity were you a member of?

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      I never belonged to a fraternity in university. In fact, I really didn't know or associate with anyone who belonged to a fraternity despite having several friends who were in faculties and programmes in which frats were popular.

      Fraternities were not that big a deal as far as campus life was concerned and membership carried little or no weight beyond.

      Elbows up!

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        George K
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        @george-k said in The End of an Era:

        Γ Δ Ι

        Gamma Delta Iota - had it on the back window of my car.

        God Damned Independent. Never joined a frat.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          Loki
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          You go to Wesleyan for a reason and that reason is antithetical to Greek life. I would suspect many people would say duh when they read the article.

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          • George KG George K

            Wow.

            (dusts off yearbook)

            At my school, the houses were all very segregated. Men's houses on the north campus, women at the south. Each house had it's own identity - some were very socially oriented (Partay!), others were more academically oriented. Of course there were cultural segregations as well. There was the "black" house, the "Jewish" house, the "Catholic" house, etc.

            I was a member of Γ Δ Ι .

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            @george-k said in The End of an Era:

            Wow.

            (dusts off yearbook)

            I was a member of Γ Δ Ι .

            That's Klingon, right?

            "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              @axtremus said in The End of an Era:

              “Greek life” and sports take up too much time and attention in the typical college. Just deemphasize them and move on. Focus on the academics and job skills development instead.

              What fraternity were you a member of?

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              @jolly said in The End of an Era:

              @axtremus said in The End of an Era:

              “Greek life” and sports take up too much time and attention in the typical college. Just deemphasize them and move on. Focus on the academics and job skills development instead.

              What fraternity were you a member of?

              Gotta Missthe Pointa.

              "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                I knew a lot of people in frats at other schools, but they were pretty much nothing at the commuter schools I went to.

                "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                • MikM Mik

                  @jolly said in The End of an Era:

                  @axtremus said in The End of an Era:

                  “Greek life” and sports take up too much time and attention in the typical college. Just deemphasize them and move on. Focus on the academics and job skills development instead.

                  What fraternity were you a member of?

                  Gotta Missthe Pointa.

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                  @mik said in The End of an Era:

                  Gotta Missthe Pointa.

                  Γ Μ Π

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    https://fsl.appstate.edu/history-of-greek-life

                    The word fraternity comes from the Latin word "frater" meaning brother. The word fraternity is often used to described not only organizations comprised of men, but also women.

                    female brothers

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                      I'm still in a fraternity/sorority:
                      Pi Iota Tau Alpha

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        Mik
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                        The bread house.

                        That's the charitable interpretation, anyway.

                        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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