[smobey]

I'm gonna guess you aren't from the deep south. That's the society I know. Your description of frat life has to be from elsewhere, if only because Greek houses are extraordinarily expensive around here.
I can only speak from what I know in a society where there is 60-90% participation, and people make a life of it.
I meant Greeks who are in the professions listed. But I've certainly known plenty of professional Greeks.
(what's an armature?)

[radicalamericannationalist]

Evidently an armature is an electronic doo-hickey. Hat tip to Old Cracker. It was supposed to be amateur but I clicked the wrong choice on spell check.

I can't speak to the South as I'm from California. I can say that the folks I met from our chapters in the South were good guys and those of my brothers who made pilgrimages to the South didn;t observe the behavior you describe. who knows, maybe everyone was on their best behavior for the yokels from California.