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Are you rushing to be part of Greek life?
Mikara Cimmino
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: News
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Although school-imposed requirements like "Deferred Rush" have made some students concerned about limiting the growth of Greek Life, fraternity and sorority members are still optimistic about their future.
"Brotherhood, Sisterhood, and a huge family within a family is what Greek Life has to offer," said Frank D'Errico of Alpha Sigma Psi, senior, Hamilton N.J.
Fraternities and sororities give students the chance to experience new things such as community service, holding events, and the chance to meet and make new friends for life.
"Greek life is a family within a family, just because I am in one fraternity doesn't mean I wouldn't do anything for another fraternity or sorority," said D'Errico. "We are all in this together as one united front."
Greek life contains nine different organizations and each one of these groups must complete several community service hours and hold events on campus.
"I love it. It's a big commitment and lots of extra work, but I love it," said Balkis Bernard of Delta Phi Kappa, junior, Long Valley, N.J. "We always have fun around each other, and most importantly, I know I could always go to one of my sisters for anything."
But things for Greek Life started to look down when all the members of any fraternities or sororities had to start meeting certain eligibility requirements.
In Geek langue, this is known as Deferred Rush, where all members have to have a certain GPA and freshmen and sophomore cannot rush until the spring semester.
"Greek Life has potential to be bigger then it is now, but the school does not enable us to grow when they instill things like deferred rush although rush and pledging was very successful as evident in the number of Greeks that crossed in," said D'Errico. "Having deferred rush puts a limitation on the growth of Greek Life and that's when I become concerned."
Although many students crossed into Greek life despite the changes, there is still a concern of how many students will join in the future year. As a result, fraternities and sororities continue to try to attract new comers through different methods.
"Brotherhood, Sisterhood, and a huge family within a family is what Greek Life has to offer," said Frank D'Errico of Alpha Sigma Psi, senior, Hamilton N.J.
Fraternities and sororities give students the chance to experience new things such as community service, holding events, and the chance to meet and make new friends for life.
"Greek life is a family within a family, just because I am in one fraternity doesn't mean I wouldn't do anything for another fraternity or sorority," said D'Errico. "We are all in this together as one united front."
Greek life contains nine different organizations and each one of these groups must complete several community service hours and hold events on campus.
"I love it. It's a big commitment and lots of extra work, but I love it," said Balkis Bernard of Delta Phi Kappa, junior, Long Valley, N.J. "We always have fun around each other, and most importantly, I know I could always go to one of my sisters for anything."
But things for Greek Life started to look down when all the members of any fraternities or sororities had to start meeting certain eligibility requirements.
In Geek langue, this is known as Deferred Rush, where all members have to have a certain GPA and freshmen and sophomore cannot rush until the spring semester.
"Greek Life has potential to be bigger then it is now, but the school does not enable us to grow when they instill things like deferred rush although rush and pledging was very successful as evident in the number of Greeks that crossed in," said D'Errico. "Having deferred rush puts a limitation on the growth of Greek Life and that's when I become concerned."
Although many students crossed into Greek life despite the changes, there is still a concern of how many students will join in the future year. As a result, fraternities and sororities continue to try to attract new comers through different methods.
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Brit
posted 2/13/07 @ 11:05 AM EST
I understand that universities and cities can provide limitations on any of the campus organizations, however, those can only go so far. They can restrict housing, or displaying of letters in front of the houses, hazing etc. (Continued…)
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