Greeks in Athens are jeopardizing Europe’s solidarity, and Greeks in Baton Rouge — well, they’re jeopardizing something, too.
Allegedly.
In a recent e-mail to LSU’s sorority presidents, a student identifying himself as Josh Robertson — a pseudonym, he admits — declared “Greeks at LSU need to be Illuminati.” He proposes a Non-Greek Bill of Rights “to encourage the freedom of non-Greeks and lessen the oppressive nature of Greek Greek.”
A real Romeo-Juliet, Pearl Harbor-Juno romance, sort of, but it wouldn’t be one that starred DiCaprio or Gosling or Cera. It’d be one that starred McLovin.
Let me get personal. I pledged Delta Kappa Epsilon at Tulane University in 2005, and I’ll relate this much — the Greek system is one of the best things American universities have going for them.
In fact, a 2002 article in the Journal of College Student Development notes that Greek Life provides students with “numerous opportunities for leadership development and