What is Really Greek?

In Greek life, people value the letters they pridefully wear on their chest. It is earned as a right and when people achieve their goals and cross into the brotherhood or sisterhood, they feel as if they are always representing their letters, whether wearing them on clothing or not. The Greek alphabet reminds us that we are individually unique, but together complete because under these letters, Greeks will always be unified when representing their individual letters. 

This visual representation represents college Greek life in a negative way. From the ABC hit network television series, Greek, is an American dramedy television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University (CRU) who participate in the school's Greek system. The show's plots often take place within the confines of the fictional fraternities, Kappa Tau Gamma (ΚΤΓ) and Omega Chi Delta (ΩΧΔ), or the fictional sorority, Zeta Beta Zeta (ΖΒZ). This visual representation of the Greek system with a "red cup" simply asks for the audience's ridicule and mockery. This show confirms what all the stereotypes about Greek life are; that they are a bunch of kids just looking for a way to party harder and consume more alcohol than more, when in fact Greek Life is so much more.