Campus summit held to discuss Greek life issues: Comments

Comment on "Campus summit held to discuss Greek life issues"

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:41:37 -0500

I would have to agree with what Stack says. There's a way to make all parties get what they want. Currently, I believe the agreements between chapters and university are broken. From an outside perspective (6 years out) there seems to be a disconnect between the greek life and the student life and I think it's because there are so many things left unsaid. It's the grey area of things that are ASSUMED to go on behind closed doors. I trust that the purpose of the summit is to find a common goal and to re-establish agreements between parties to reach that goal together. Otherwise, we're just spinning the wheels again.

- Cuse

Comment on "Campus summit held to discuss Greek life issues"

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:41:06 -0500

Thank you, William, for your comment.

Prior to attending the conference, I had similar questions as you. What is the next step after this weekend-long summit? What results will we see within the Greek system because of what happens here?

By participating in the conference as a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, I have realized that action is largely in the hands of the students. Ultimately, we, as members of the Colgate fraternities and sororities, will decide the future of Greek life. In order to make sure that results come from this past weekend of deliberation, the Panhellenic and Intra-fraternity Councils must take control of the next steps.

While it may be easier for the leaders of Greek life to put off the reconstruction of the system because of the need to focus on the immediate issues, this summit has indicated that that can no longer be the case. If we do not take the necessary steps to revamp the system, the immediate crisis facing us will be the state of Greek life itself.

- Brittany Messenger

Comment on "Campus summit held to discuss Greek life issues"

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:15:23 -0500

In my corporate life, we had many meetings similar to what I read transpired at this conference. Most went for naught because, one, there was no apparent champion to lead the change or implement the suggestions and two, once opinions were gathered and sent to the appropriate people, participants in the conference did not participate in the follow-up. Oh, there were reports back to the participants but generally something new came up so the principals that could take action or implement the ideas were diverted to the new "crisis."
What provisions were made to insure that the information and opinions collected don't just end up in the file system a year from now?

- william atwater