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1. What is Greek Life?
2. What do students have to gain from becoming
involved with Greek Life?
3. What are the financial obligations involved
with Greek Life?
4. What impact does Greek Life have on academics?
5. What about hazing and other risk management issues?
Q: What is Greek Life?
A: Greek Life means being a member or a community of fraternities (men) and
sororities (women) who use letters from the Greek alphabet for their names.
These organizations are selective and often have a long history with the
college. Greek organizations were created as a place to foster academic,
community service and social initiatives which may be unique to each
chapter.
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Q: What do students have to gain from becoming
involved with Greek Life?
A: While the benefits may vary depending on the chapter there are many
skills a student can develop while being a member of a supportive peer
community. Participation in Greek Life allows for the development of time
management, interpersonal, leadership, and organizational skills just to name a
few. Along with these skills students will be participating in organizations
that are known campus wide for their community service involvement and students
will be developing lifelong friendships.
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Q: What are the financial obligations involved with
Greek Life?
A: While the costs involved in being a member of a Greek chapter vary it is
important to know that each organization does collect dues and some have
initiation costs as well. The price of membership can vary depending on if an
organization is local or national, if they have a house or not and depending on
their involvement with community service and chapter events. It is important to
ask about costs prior to accepting a bid.
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Q: What impact does Greek Life have on
academics?
A: Most Greek chapters were formed as academic or community service
societies with a deep belief in having members excel within the classroom.
However, pledging a Greek organization does take time and a student needs to be
able to balance the rigors of affiliating with an organization and classroom
responsibilities. Students should ask about the time involved with pledging
different organizations during Rush and make sure they can balance their
academic needs along with involvement responsibilities prior to pledging a
Greek organization.
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Q: What about hazing and other risk management
issues?
A: In accordance with New York state law, SUNY Oswego adamantly
prohibits any form of hazing conducted or condoned by any member of the campus
community. Organizations and their members who participate in hazing are
subject to sanctioning from the Assistant Dean of Students for Judicial Affairs
and prosecution in a criminal court under New York state law. The Office of
Student Involvement, in The Point, also provides risk management training
for selective organizations which focuses on the issues of hazing and use of
alcohol with organizations. The Campus policy on hazing is available to all
students in their Student Handbook.
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