<p>If we are going to argue Greek/Independent, can we not hijack another thread?</p>
<p>I too would be interested in hearing from any parents of boys who are at Rhodes or have graduated from Rhodes. It’s on my list for S’14. We plan on visiting, but any info on boys’ experience (especially those with learning disabilites) would be much appreciated.</p>
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<p>I certainly didn’t mean it in an agressive way; I’m genuinely curious why I see a lot of “my college needs to have everything BUT Greek life” posts on CC. Besides, going by the “Fraternities, like any separate group, perpetuate an us and them mentality”, wouldn’t that be true of every org, even something like the ping pong club?</p>
<p>More on topic, I do know a girl at Rhodes. GDI, as far as I know, and a student athlete. She’s having the time of her life.</p>
<p>smorgasbord, I am going to agree with MizzBee. If you search you can find tons of threads with people expressing both sides of the Greek scene. Because the presence of frats can make such an impression on the feel of a school, particularly if the school is small is why people pay such attention to them. Both from wanting to go greek or not.</p>
<p>I am a recent male graduate of Rhodes and I was not Greek during my time there. You will find that the Greek System, despite it being 50%, is another social activity that the campus offers. I at no point felt like an outsider because I was not in a fraternity because you can not live in the houses, there are no Greek specific residence hall floors and majority of the events on campus are open to everyone. If joining a fraternity or sorority is not something a student wants to do, there are many more options out there for them and they will feel just as involved as a student who chooses to go Greek.</p>
<p>Hi, folks! I couldn’t miss the thread title as I was scrolling/strolling through. </p>
<p>If Dave Wottle has left the building, I’m not going back. 
The first time I met him I must have sounded like every other casual but enthralled fan. Loved the BG hat but man, I really loved the insane way he ran from the back…waaaay back. He told me he drove his coaches nuts. lol I can still picture the way he ran , and in fact, it is re-running in my head as I am typing this. What a chuckle. </p>
<p>One little factoid about Greek life at Rhodes- my sorority daughter had a big triple soph year with two of her closest friends, one a soph, the other a senior. Her roomates were a GDI and the President of a different sorority. Not.Very.“Exclusive”. lol The youngest two were bridesmaid’s in the senior’s wedding. </p>
<p>Could some be turned off by Rhodes’ Greek life? Absolutely. My daughter was… before she investigated. Her opinion changed but not everybody’s would. Visit if you can and pm me for more info.</p>
<p>As to males, her two best male friends, both athletes and popular, were GDI’s and (apparently) never missed a party. As far as Rhodes’ drinking culture…that is there but the adminstration is aware and according to my tee-totaler D (until 21, that is, when she drank her way across Europe ;)) is not any different than similar schools. (Some party safeguards are in place. Buses, etc.)</p>
<p>Curm- there is a great article in the newest Runner’s World (I’m sure it will be online shortly if not already) written by Kenny Moore about the Munich Olympics and Wottle is discussed quite a bit. It is an excellent article.</p>
<p>MOWC. Believe it or not, I don’t have a subscription to Runner’s World. As it is, I have a hard time getting through my monthly editions of Fatguy World and Couch Tater. Just not enough time.</p>
<p>Edit: And why did I put an apostrophe after bridesmaid? Sheesh. I need to refill my Aircept prescription. Too much time on the motorcycle forums where punctuation and spelling are overwhelmed by the need for posting speed and creative vulgarity.</p>