Greek Life
Greek life is as bad as the movies — if not worse
February 21, 2021by Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer Greek life — composed of exclusive social organizations like fraternities and sororities — tends to get a bad rap. Often in entertainment media, sororities are portrayed as a hivemind of shallow, catty girls. Likewise, fraternities are chock-full of players (in every sense of the word) who are all named some variation of Chad. It’s easy to chalk these organizations up to the stereotypes — especially if, like most SFU students, your interaction with Greek life only extends to attending the rare frat party and getting spammed with invites to rush sororities. However, these perceptions are…
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“I miss my sisters,” says treasurer who can’t defraud her sorority anymore
May 25, 2020By: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor BURNABY, BC — Gracie O’Brien, a fourth year economics student at SFU, reported in several of her group chats this week that she was really missing her sorority sisters in Iota Omicron Upsilon (IOU). As…
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Point/Counterpoint: Does Greek life belong at SFU?
September 2, 2014No, it doesn't! By Katrina Trask Pranks, panty raids, hazing, and parties are the first images that come to mind when one mentions Greek life at a university. These images have been around since fraternities and sororities were introduced in…
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SFSS club raises Greek life question
September 2, 2014The status of Greek life at SFU has once again been called into question, as the SFSS board of directors recently brought the discussion to the table. The issue concerns Grid Representation and Interest Development (GRID), the club through which…
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