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To Be Or Not To Be--A Greek
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evaluate their standing
on campus. Campus <
growth during these
years was
phenomenal. Yet
modern fraternity
membership often
remained stagnant.
Facing an identity
crisis, Greeks have
currently become
more interested in
taking emphasis off
the Greek system itself
with more emphasis on
the total person. A
sorority or fraternity is
a social organization
but today members
consider Greek life a
24-hour-a-day experience
of providing
an individual with an
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identity and a way of
caring about one
another in a potentially
large, impersonal
college situation. Of
the undergraduate
enrollement, about one
in every 10 is a
member of the Greek
system.
Philanthropic goals
are also a part of the
Greek system. Greeks
spend many long hours
raising money for such
worthwhile projects as
the Babcock Center for
rpfarHpH rhilrlrpn
Midlands Center for
retarded children, and
the United Fund Drive.
Kappa Alpha Psi
became the first black
fraternity in tLe spring
of 1970 and brought a
new era to fratenity
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life. Delta Sigma
Theta, USC's first
black sorority, was
founded in February,
1973. Like the early
fraternities and
sororities, these
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organizations are uum
social and service
oriented.
In 1971, Pi Kappa Phi
fraternity started a
new tradition on
campus for
homecoming week.
Deciding that
something was needed
in order to improve the
spirit at Carolina, Pi
Kappa Phi researched
the activities of other
schools. Finding that
Clemson had a variety
show and Florida the
Gator Growl, the
fraternity sponosred
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members' use.
Yet the Greek life
can be a four year
program of refuge
from a large campus
environment, a way of
cultivating friendship,
and one step on the
social ladder for all.
Nevertheless, less
than 10 percent of USC
students actually
oarticioate in the
Greek system today.
That's a far cry from
years' past when more
than half of the student
body pledged a Greek
organization.^ Apparently
the reason for
the fateful plunge has
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the socially conscious
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