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Is there a Greek System? If so, what percentage of students participate?

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Posted by enotes on Friday August 22, 2008 at 5:00 PM and tagged with fraternity, greek system, sorority, university of tennessee.

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  1. aheberli
    aheberli Student
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    Tennessee is such a big university that there is a huge "greek" population but that it is only about 25% of the students.

     As with many universities, especially public ones, school administration has a tight leash when it comes to fraternity affairs. That isn't to say that they don't provide fraternities with the opportunities they need to be successful, but that each organization knows that it needs to be on its best behavior. 

     Fraternity Park is a great feature of Tennessee. The campus is general is large, but at the same time more compact than many Southeastern Conference schools. Most of the fraternity houses are on campus, in a central location, just walking distance from classes, the library, the gym, and of course the football, baseball, and basketball stadiums.

     Sororities are also a successful part of the UT social scene.  Most are in the process of bidding out their construction plans to developers in order to begin building new houses sometime in the next year. For now, many sororities have their own floors (that can hold at least 40 girls) in a newly rennovated apartment building a block north of campus. 

     If you hate the idea of being "greek" then you should have no problem steering away from the influences of rush, etc. However, if being in a fraternity or sorority is something that interests you, you will enjoy it here in Knoxville. 

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    Posted by aheberli on Thursday September 4, 2008 at 11:20 AM