@slsangus
You are correct in that UA needs to increase its acceptance standards, you are incorrect in assuming that UA needs greek life. This is a state school, it’s meant for affordable education. I walk around campus seeing young kids being yelled at while lined up in freezing cold weather, wearing matching t-shirts and sweat pants trying to pledge for one frat or another. Some times there are multiple frats doing these things all at once making the podium resemble a military practice. And for what? Those are the *legal* frats and that’s what they’re showing as their *public* image.
The illegal frats are illegal for a reason, because of the nonsense mentioned in the above article. I’ve seen photo and physical evidence of some of the brutality involved in these organizations. This isn’t a cheeky game played by a bunch of bright young people. This is immense mental and physical abuse, and for what? Most of these greeks are purely social. I’ve heard freshman and sophomores debate about which one throws the best parties and has the most/hottest women. Obviously a key part of their psychology degree…
Point being, we do not need frats. They don’t serve any purpose that can’t be obtained by an open enrollment group like the plethora we have at the school.
You want camaraderie through fire? Join the army. But stay the hell away from my education.