cheers!

1. I HAVE NEVER RAN FOR AN SG OFFICE. I don’t know who the “we” you are referring to is, but i beg to differ with your ridiculous opinion.

2. if you look at the post time of the other “James D.” article, it says September 30th @ 12:36 pm. “whoever whoever,” since you seem to know me, you should know i was hosting an event on the student center patio at that exact time, so i could not have possibly wrote that.

3. I’m graduated in December, so live your life and i will live mine. Thanks

What about when the president of SGA/sigma chi (the Nick Phelps guy) accidentally sent an e-mail out directing derogatory comments towards Muslims??

That prejudice e-mail that was supposed to only go to “close friends” proved Phelps’ ignorance and showed everyone on the accidental list (a section of the student body) the type of person he is and the type of organization he represents.

You don’t think he led his fraternity that way? Huh? Ya think? Doyathink?

Sigma Chi doesn’t care about giving back to the school…

Sigma Chi cares about people seeing them give back to the school.

I know because I used to be one.

It’s a phony resume builder to them.

Critics need to realize that the change they wish to see in the Greek system happens on a group by group, chapter by chapter–and young person by young person–level. In some sense, it is the greatest leadership challenge that those collegians in Greek organizations can attempt to tackle (too few choose to or take the responsibility seriously enough), and may be one of the most qualifying experiences for them to help lead UK.

It’s apparent at least those profiled in the article are taking it seriously, and it’s apparent by the ages of the students that there is a valuable element of mentorship happening, as well.

I’m glad The Kernel wrote about this group; if even the cynics take a step back and look at the bigger picture, this story suggests that the UK campus and community is at once healthy enough to produce–and thriving enough to facilitate–young people like those in this article. And everyone at UK should be proud of what that means for the university.

I’m not a Sigma Chi but this story is impressive and the leadership they’ve been able to develop over the past six years has been special. If you know any of these guys, they are extremely intelligent and capable. If they were undeserving and had been hand picked to serve in these positions, then there may be a problem, but each of these guys has developed and risen to the top of arguably the best fraternity on campus.

Also, UK’s greek system has been extremely proactive in the education and prevention of sexual assault through the VIP center and SEEDS program. Fraternities generally go over the top in teaching respecting women and conducting yourself ethically. Of course some members of fraternities deviate from those standards from time to time, just like men who aren’t greek.

Lets just be honest, there are those who perpetuate the old “drunken frat boy” stereotype. There are some members of the greek community who are rude, misbehaved, and feel entitled, however you will find those same personalities anywhere.

No matter how you slice it, fraternities have been in existence this long because they provide great opportunities for men seeking to develop themselves professionally, socially, scholastically, and even spiritually. There are also many other organizations people join for the exact same reasons. Sure, some of the old traditions and rituals may seem silly or outdated, and maybe some are. The overwhelming truth is that different fraternity men benefit from their greek experience in many different ways, however the vast majority would never trade the experiences they had or the valuable lessons they’ve learned for anything.

Many guys choose not to join fraternities for whatever reason, and everyone including greeks are always accepting of that. People choose to develop themselves in different ways and there are tons of different organizations that you can be involved in. Greeks have absolutely no problem with those who are not greek, I just don’t see why that cant be reciprocated.

On behalf of the greek community, I sincerely apologize for whatever negative experience you’ve had with a fraternity or fraternity men that has lead you to believe there should be more media coverage of “rapes” than of greeks succeeding. Members of the greek system recognize its faults, people like you should recognize its successes.