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Greek Life Gets No Love Like College Sports Do

Does your university just care about making money through their sports?

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Greek Life Gets No Love Like College Sports Do
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

I spent my first two years of college at a community college in Augusta and then transferred to Kennesaw State University in 2013 to get the full college experience. It's been three years and I'm finally getting the college experience that I've been seeking. I have experience as a student-athlete and I also have experience with the Greek community.

As a student at a major university, I feel like Kennesaw State and other universities worldwide focus on making money through athletics way more than student organizations. Students who don't participate in athletics deserve an awesome college experience too. Let me give you some reasons why I feel like the student organizations (Greek Life) get no love.

1. Are you ready for some football?

Kennesaw State announcing that they were getting a football team in 2015 was the most highly anticipated thing coming to the city of Kennesaw ever. Everyone was so excited that Kennesaw State was getting a football team. Even the patients at my job were talking about it when they found out I attend school here. Football is the most polarized sport whether it's high school, college or professional. Football, especially college football, will always have a good turnout. So what about the people who don't like sports? What else is there to do for us college students to be active and engaged that can get about the same support that sports do?

2. How quick they are to take away a chapter

If you're in a fraternity or a sorority you will truly connect with this one. I'm a Sigma Nu and we're anti-hazing, but why is that in sports they can haze their new teammates and/or if they break the rules the university will do everything in their power to cover it up? If any sorority or fraternity hazed their pledges, that university will come down on them so fast and suspend them from campus for two years. Why can't we get a warning like the athletes get? Don't act like they get warnings either because I know. I was a student-athlete, as well.

3. We're all about KSU but is KSU all about Sigma Nu or any other Greek Life?

During orientation, I was being sold on academics (which is important), the commons, the new and improved rec center and last but not least, the sports teams that they have. Any sorority and fraternity will tell you about their philosophy and hard work for a week to raise money for a chapter, or the charity work that we constantly do to get a good name not only for ourselves but our respected university. Can we get some love too? How about you stop spamming our emails with junk mail and sports events and send emails about supporting whatever organization's event like you do with the basketball game or football game?
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