By: Carl Spackler

Carl Spackler
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 23:44:35 +0000

The Greek system MAY do some small amount of philanthropy, but why not?

I mean, Mommy and Daddy are paying to keep their children separated and precious from the rest of the peasants on campus. Got to have some legitimizing excuse for the existence of the greek system, so we play the philanthropy card, which every administrator here knows is code for what the parents have already donated to make sure the university tends to look the other way.

Whatever small amount of philanthropy that does get accomplished is destroyed by the exact kind of “we’re special” arguments the authors of this childish diatribe thought was so important to point out.

Higher GPA than the average? You have the means to pay to belong to a special club. Is it surprising that you probably, on average, all come from higher performing high school that gave you advantages others in the state didn’t have? The philanthropy numbers? What does that amount to on average? Maybe a thousand dollars per greek student? I’ve raised tens of thousands myself this year, and know other non affiliated students doing really amazing work without the need to “belong” to any other group in order to have the impetus to do so.

Look up any sorority’s current pic and count the level of “diversity” they have.
We toss a lot of cash around at the University for diversity initiatives, while we also allow these enclaves of elitist, classist children to remain in the same cliques they are used to at their suburban high schools they originated from. Do as we say not as we do.

Then take a close look at USG and see how much the greek system OWNS student government on campus. Do students who choose not to be in the greek system even have a chance at running for USG President? On a campus of 35k, how is it that the vast majority of free thinking undergrads don’t rise up against being controlled by a minority students that have chosen to separate themselves from the community?

Or start taking note of how many former greek members (often coincidentally also having served on USG) have jobs in Student Life. Now go ask some of their co-workers how awful it is to have to work for entitled brats that can’t do any real work but spout off the usual “OSU is my life, I bleed Scarlet and Gold” BS talking points.

I’ve been embarrassed since day one that OSU puts so much time and energy into keeping these socio-economic classist organizations around. How much money could be saved if Student Life closed down the offices associated with managing them? How much per capita is spent dealing with these students off campus vs any other off campus student? Guess what, dear authors, an enormous amount of money is invested in babysitting your little clubs for the sole purpose of ensuring you don’t embarrass this University any further than you already have done. Any gains you make in philanthropy are negated by the cost of loss of reputation caused by the results of your little “sisterhood” activities.

Honestly, as Buckeyes all, we can do a lot better than this. OSU isn’t about self segregating ourselves into special protected groups. Its about getting on the same level with each other and learning through experience, changing persecutive by breaking down barriers… not helping to maintain them by supporting them from within.

We need to do away with the Greek system entirely on campus. They perpetuate the classist, racist, elitist stereotypes that we ought to be working to do away with on a STATE University campus.
You want the greek life experience? Go to private school. We’re not going to miss you.