It's all Greek to me:
A story of Greek life in the Brockport community
News Editor
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There are two types of Greeks in the Brockport community — chartered and unchartered. Though the latter often is seen as the partiers and the former as the “goody-two-shoes,” the stereotypes and perceptions are often not true. The realm of Greek life on The College at Brockport’s campus is often hidden behind inaccurate, false rumors and exaggerated lies, spread through online gossip and word of mouth.
Greek life is not a problem of conformity, but rather a way to unite with others. The benefits of a recognized or nationally affiliated fraternity or sorority are abundant and include an alumni network, as well as the liability insurance paid through membership fees. If members of the organization are injured at an event sponsored by the organization, the insurance is able to cover the bills related to the incident, reducing out-of-pocket costs for the injured. Greek life advisor Tammi Wiley says that national affiliation and a means to grow as a leader is a major benefit of Greek involvement.
“The Greek students are recognizable student leaders,” Wiley said. “There are Resident Assistants, BSG members, Orientation Student Advisors among others. They are strong students and outstanding scholar recipients.”
The social aspect of the organizations creates lifelong friends through healthy team bonding and building, as well as completing community service projects together.
It is expected of all on-campus Greek organizations to adhere to a relationship statement that outlines conduct for recruitment, governing rules of the organization, as well as conduct during their tenure as a Brockport Greek.
New members are expected to learn the history of the organization, as well as the values and experience of the fraternity or sorority, through living the ritual. Rituals can include poems, songs and candle-lighting activities. The rituals are secret and sacred to the organization. Members believe you can only understand the ritual if you go through it.
Recognized Greeks are not allowed to formally call a residence the house of their fraternity or sorority, though houses where multiple members live are often the unofficial houses of the groups.
Greek life has faced a plethora of changes and struggles throughout the year, as the media often portrays them negatively for more interesting viewing. The ABC Family TV show, “Greek” outlines team bonding through drinking activities, as well as a variety of hazing activities — wearing dresses, alcohol abuse and sexual promiscuity.
It's all Greek to me: A story of Greek life in the Brockport community
Students set to be Brockin' the Port
The Final Grades
By The Editorial Board
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Illustration By TJ Cordes, STAFF CARTOONIST |
It’s that time of year all students dread: finals. With finals come the even more frightful final grades.
Sometimes it doesn’t seem fair that professors get to dole out final grades when we have little say over their performances (excluding ratemyprofessors.com and those lovely bubble-sheet evaluations). So, without further ado, we’d like to share our own evaluations of the institutions here at the College at Brockport, taking a little inspiration from the “superlative” section of our high school yearbooks.
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Hair sweeps audience into story
By K.J. Bar
STAFF WRITER
The College at Brockport’s Department of Theatre and the Harlequins presented Hair, the tribal rock musical. Hair was directed by Michael Krickmire the past two weekends at the Tower Fine Arts Mainstage, with musical direction by Carol Brown and choreography by Gaelyn Walker.
As the opening night crowd filed into the theater, cast members wandered around in character to set the mood for the performance. Because it began with a ritual that intrigued the audience, anticipation for the show increased.
The first song of the show, “Aquarius,” sung by Kenneth Byrd as Ronny, was entertaining, if a little strained. The rest of the show fluctuated in terms of talent. The first time the audience saw George Berger, the leader of the tribe, was during the song “Donna.”
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By Jim Krencik
Sports Editor
Lexie Goodhart concluded a wild burst of play with a shot that tied the game at 13 all with just 47 seconds left, but the College at Brockport women’s lacrosse team could not keep Cortland from scoring the decider less than half of a minute later, ending what had been a successful stretch of revenge at the SUNYAC Playoffs for the best team in Brockport history.
“It’s nice to be so close,” said Brockport head coach Traci Lian after the game. “But it hurts so much to lose by one.”
The championship game, played at Cortland, was a back-and-forth game that tested both teams’ defenses throughout. Brockport was led by Julia Decker, who scored a hat-trick, and Goodhart, who helped stage multiple comebacks with bullet-fast shots.
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