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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a college instructor, I just see more negatives than positives associated with Greek Life.  I have students who tell me that they couldn't complete the readings or do assignments because it's rush (parents, please tell you kids that rush is never a good excuse!) I see drunk crowds of students staggering between frats, young men sitting outside frats making lewd comments about the young women walking by, and the students who are really vocal about being in a frat or a sorority are inevitably my worst students.  In my experience, Greek Life just institutionalizes bad behavior and college administrators are scared to crack down.

(I don't think I've complained about this topic before on DCUM.)[/quote]

All of this, except that I am a former national officer of a national sorority. I spent two years as a "paid" (in quotes because I barely scraped by) staff member.  I've cut all ties to my sorority.  [/quote]

A traveling consultant doesn't really qualify as "a former national officer." However, it probably did expose you to both the good and the bad in a whole bunch of different chapters.

I loved my experience in a sorority at a Midwestern school.  We did some good charity work, went to some fun parties,  and made some good friends.

That said, GLO chapters in Texas and many SEC schools are sort of terrifying to me. They can be classist and elitist and sexist.

For me, it all depends on the campus.
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You are incorrect.  I was a voting member of my National Council and attended council board meetings and was indeed considered a national officer.  Not all NPC sororities are identical in structure and hierarchy to one another.  [/quote]

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