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The End of an Era

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  • RenaudaR Offline
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    Renauda
    wrote on last edited by
    #9

    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 KG Offline
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      George K
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      #10

      @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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      • L Offline
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        Loki
        wrote on last edited by
        #11

        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 .

          MikM Away
          MikM Away
          Mik
          wrote on last edited by
          #12

          @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?

          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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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?

            MikM Away
            MikM Away
            Mik
            wrote on last edited by
            #13

            @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.

            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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            • MikM Away
              MikM Away
              Mik
              wrote on last edited by
              #14

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

              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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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.

                George KG Offline
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                George K
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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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                • CopperC Offline
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                  Copper
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #16

                  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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                  • brendaB Offline
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                    brenda
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                    #17

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

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                    • MikM Away
                      MikM Away
                      Mik
                      wrote on last edited by Mik
                      #18

                      The bread house.

                      That's the charitable interpretation, anyway.

                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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