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Many new college students aspiring to become involved in campus activities and expand their group of friends may be posed with the age-old question of joining the Greek community or choosing to remain with the majority of non-members. However, many students are also confronted with the question of whether or not they want to be stereotyped for the duration of their college experience. I believe it is common knowledge that all fraternity members experience stigma, and some may even say that non-members may experience stigma to a certain degree.
I believe that both groups, fraternity members and non-members, are, at some time, stigmatized. However, the stigma that affects non-members usually only results from the members of fraternities and can be considered far less than the stigma that fraternity members receive from the rest of the population. For example, of Indiana University’s population, only approximately 20% are involved in the Greek community, leaving a far......

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