office of greek life staff
by: Seriously?The State of Missouri has seriously reduced funding for Mizzou. And less financial support has resulted in significant cutbacks to the Office of Greek Life. Records indicate that there are now only staff members in the Greek Life Office: Kathleen Duffy, Jonathan Rummel, and Justin McCormick. Our Greek community was founded in 1869 on the principles of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, Brotherhood/Sisterhood and is rich with tradition. The Mizzou Greek system has over 5,100 students as members and represents almost 22% of the undergraduate student population. There are 52 organizations within the Greek community providing a support system that makes the campus community seem much smaller and they offer a balance of leadership, academics, philanthropy/service, and social opportunities that can enhance our college experience. Now my question: will a reduction in staff mean that the fraternities and sororities will have less supervision and be able to get away with more? Will there now be fewer fraternities getting in trouble? How can just 3 people possible handle 52 organizations having over 5,100 students?
#1 by: Hopefully
Hopefully, the majority of us will act like responsible men and women and try hard not to take advantage of a bad situation. I do have some concerns that a few of the fraternities might act out and push limits. It would be much better for all of us if they'd just be cool and not take risks that can reflect badly on our Greek system. And yet, I strongly suspect that the University will still find a way to keep a tight reign on us and not let things get out of hand.
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by: SwJun 23, 2016 1:40:57 PM
We all know that fraternities often act out and push limits, take risks that reflect badly on Greek Life. Some of that acting out and pushing limits involves hazing and some involves drinking and partying. Unfortunately, drinking does sometimes increase the tendency to haze. And as to drinking and partying, we sorority women often play a big part in that. We encourage the fraternities to have bigger and more frequent parties and complain if the alcohol they make available isn't enough or what we want. And then we complain if some parties get too wild and out of control. We bear some responsibility for what goes on here yet it's the fraternities that get in trouble. Maybe it's time that all of us consider what we have to lose and start being more responsible and mature, start acting like good Greeks.