Ex-Gang Members?

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by Tom Earp
Maybe Gangs run rampant in a structured society, while clubs run a structured society and screw up.

[AXJules]

Originally posted by ChaosDST
Is that how much it costs for you to live in the house?

It's over $2000 a semester to live in house- this includes food monday-friday, electricity/cable/water etc., dues, marketing fee, facility fee, various t shirts and other crap, etc.
I think it's about 4300 for the year.

[deuika]

hbt

[Tom Earp]

Actually if you would check what it cost to live in dorms or off campus, do the food plan of the School or eat off campus , dues, fees etc. you will find it is cheaper for people to live in The Greek Chapter Houses and over all for what you pay for cheaper!.

Reason being, is that Greeks try to be so competetive cost wise. We have to be some what.

I know my chapter Guys paid anywhere from $35 to $100 a month less!

Adds up quick with the rising cost of per Hour Credits since Federal Funds have been cut back!

[amycat412]

Originally posted by ChaosDST
Is that how much it costs for you to live in the house?

$4000 is not too bad.
My alma mater can run upwards of $7K a year to live in the house.

[Rudey]

The cheap dues thing is not common to everyone and definitely not in a lot of schools. We had a chapter spending 100K on rush. There is no amount of cost cutting to offset dues when you do something like that.

-Rudey

[Dionysus]

These posts are getting repetitive, so here's this....

[abaici]

To answer the original question, probably not.

HOWEVER, I understand that it's an individual thing. I grew up in Los Angeles. Gangs were very big during the time I grew up. While, I lived a very sheltered life, when I went to school it was very real. As someone stated previously, all members of gangs do not participate in violent crimes and are actually great people.

Case in point. I have a friend who was in a gang when we were in junior high school and high school (not a crew, but the Crips). However, she was a very bright young lady. In honors classes, attended summer programs at Exeter, and so forth. Upon graduation, she went to Cal. While there, she expressed her interest in a D9 sorority. However, she dropped line (ironically, due to hazing). My point is, she was heavily involved in this group. However, she's now a college-educated, former teacher, who is a Republican. I would venture to say, that she will be an asset to any organization. Point blank, she's cool people. Should her past affiliation prevent her from joining a sorority? No.

It depends on the individual situation. Would I vote on someone who was or was not in a gang, but they are haze-happy and has a gang mentality (they want to prove who "gangsta" they are)---heck no!! They are my of a liability than the former gang member.