Let me just say that it’s crap like this that kept me far, far away from the Greek system when I was in college. I mean, let’s review the really important part about the girls that got kicked out of this sorority:
 The 23 members included every woman who was overweight. They also included the only black, Korean and Vietnamese members. The dozen students allowed to stay were slender and popular with fraternity men — conventionally pretty women the sorority hoped could attract new recruits.
So basically, if you’re fat or not white, you don’t belong. You would hope that in this day and age, we’d be beyond petty things like that, but then again, what are the images you have of most Greek organizations? Weren’t they trying to fix these image problems? I suppose not. Elitism will be elitism forever, I suppose. I mean, if you look at the article, there’s a picture of the girls who got removed, and most of them are attractive women. Maybe they don’t fit that traditional Barbie-doll definition of beauty, but they’re attractive nonetheless. That’s dirty pool, as they say.
My other question is this. In the article, it states that only 12 of the girls who were in this sorority chapter were asked to remain. Six quit in protest over the goings on. What about the other six? Why didn’t they resign in protest too? This whole Greek thing. It’s supposed to be your family, sisters to the end, and all that stuff. If they’re going to do this crap to your sisters, shouldn’t you stand with them in solidarity too?
All in all, this just reenforces what I thought about the Greek system in college and makes me even happier that I avoided it at all costs. When it comes to the desire to be part of one of these organizations, it’s all Greek to me.
