The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 16, 1980, Page Page 5, Image 5
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By Jeannie Ralston
Gamecock Staff Writer
The Greek system is an essential
element of thf? univpr?itv nro
cording to a 374 to 195 vote of the
audience at the British Union
Debate Monday.
The emotional and rowdy debate
between Greeks and non-Greeks
was held in the Campus Ropm of
Capstone, which was filled to
capacity by a record number of
participants.
Julian Emerson and Christy
James, backed by a large number
of fraternity and sorority members,
supported the pro-Greek
side, while Debbie Morris and Jay
Keeves presented the opposing
side.
JAMES, a senior English major,
presented statistics citing more
than $80,000 for service projects
raised by Greek organizations last
year. This money went to such
philanthropies as hemophilia,
muscular dystrophy, March of
Dimes, the American Cancer
Societv and various local service
projects.
Reeves, a second year law
student, argued that there were a
number of other organizations a
student could get involved with to
participate in service projects.
"You don't have to join a
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fraternity. You can get involved in
dorm government or religious
organizations," he said.
n.merson, a senior mariceiing
major, sought to dispel some of the
myths about Greeks.
"We're all not rich kids," he
said. "Sixty-five percent of the
guys in my fraternity have to work
their way through school.''
Emerson said he was not going
to debate the drinking issue that is
so often expressed in the letters to
the editor of the Gamecock.
"I'm sure plenty of other
students on campus engage in this
activity," he said.
STATISTICS citing that a
majority of business leaders,
doctors, lawyers and senators had
been Greeks in college were given
by Emerson.
"That explains why the country
is in the mess it is," Reeves
countered.
Reeves pointed out that a lot of
the most important experiences of
college life are missed by Greeks
oecause they live an isolated life.
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Julian Emerson addresst
Monday night.
"They miss meeting people of
different experiences and
backgrounds," he said.
In response to statistics
produced by the pro-side that
showed Greeks have higher grade
point averages than other
students, Reeves said he could see
no correlation between Greeks and
good grades. He said Greeks often
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that might be harmful to them, like
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"In an effort to conform, many
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