the truth
by: It’s just true
All Greek life at tech is going down. I’m not saying it’s not worth doing. It’s definitely still the most social and fun group of people at this school. But it’s just blatantly obvious that all Greek life at tech is suffering. Sororities are having a tough time meeting quota with quality members and fraternities either stick to their guns and have a small quality pledge class, or give a bid to anyone that can hold a conversation to get up to 30 kids. It’s just a consequence of the inverse relationship of kids admitted being smarter and less social (which is statistically a fact).
Besides just lack in number of quality of people, the overreach of Greek leadership is killing it as well. Rules keep getting stricter every year because covering their own asses is more important than the decades of culture that has made well-rounded, quality people since Greek life began at GT. The overreach continues with this total Greek wide liquor ban taking effect in 2020. Being Greek here was my favorite part of college, but I don’t know how much longer it can last.
#1by: Not all true
The traditional fraternity demographic is shrinking due to more women, more international students, and too many fraternities. IFC cannot let another frat come on, and when some of the smaller ones inevitably fold they do not need to be replaced. However, for sororities, you are dead wrong. More quality women are choosing Tech and going Greek every year. New member classes were so large that Theta had to be added to relieve the burden; their numbers are on the up and they fast-tracked breaking ground on a house, and also APhi just finished their house. But honestly, if you want to blame not having liquor for the downfall of Greek life then your frat doesn't have much going on for it and will be one of the first ones to fold.
Comment#4by: Wake Up
Georgia Tech is following the nationwide NIC ban on liquor which begins September 2019 for every NIC fraternity on every campus in the US and Canada. Most college administrations are following suit by also making this a campus-wide rule for every fraternity, NIC or not. This is because a response HAD to be made, on a national level, to the highly publicized alcohol-related deaths at Penn State, Louisiana State, Florida State, and Texas State last year alone, not to mention such deaths from preceding years. The bad news gets plastered everywhere but the good that fraternities offer never does. Hazing and alcohol-related deaths also make world headlines. No wonder international students' parents don't want them joining. There is a growing anti-fraternity sentiment in this country and fraternities have to change something or they will eventually be shut down altogether. Adapt and survive.
#5by: Something to think about
On a separate issue, schools like Harvard are now seeking to punish students who belong to "single gender organizations" … are denying leadership opportunities & sports teams captaincies to students who refuse to renounce their memberships in frats/sororities … are also withholding faculty recommendations for prestigious fellowships … Harvard claims that membership in a frat/sorority violates the university's antidiscrimination policies … look at what Kappa Alpha Theta just did at Harvard...had to disaffiliate from its national chapter & transform itself into a gender neutral organization to protect its members ... other top tier schools try to compare themselves to Harvard & will probably follow suit very soon ... alcohol-related deaths like those outlined above do not strengthen the argument in favor of Greek life ... so the university's alcohol ban may help to protect these organizations
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It's hardly going down the toilet. Your attitude is not really typical of what the majority of members are saying right now. You probably aren't even in Greek life here.
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