Why go Greek at alll?
Like most of you, I have been absolutely sickened by the revelations that have come out of Cornell University courtesy of the very impressive student newspaper staff at the Cornell Daily Sun . Moreover, having not only been young once but having been a student at a campus where they have fraternities and sororities, I have some familiarity with Greek culture. And I made the choice as a young person to never join one. Why? I didn't know at the time, but I'm keenly aware why now. Greek culture in the guise of sororities and fraternities is designed, first of all, to exclude people such as myself--introverts who might not fit in, people who might not be attractive enough, people who might not be "cool enough" and otherwise just unlucky, period. The overriding problem with the Greek life, though, is peer pressure. I am certainly not excusing a single man in that gang rape text chain, but my hunch is their decisions were at least partly, if not largely, driven by peer ...
