Slate has a very interesting article about MTV's Sorrority Life show (click here
http://slate.msn.com/id/2081134/ ).
Here's a snippet (which -- sniff, sniff -- reminds me of my own days at the Land Grant Football Factory):
A non-Greek existence was a second-rate existence, and not because of prejudice from insiders. Rather, it really was second-rate; the university had, for good or ill, allowed the fraternities and sororities to set the standard for what real life was: decadent, familial, secretive, boozy, and anti-intellectual. If you were honest with yourself, you suspected that complaining about Greek oafs was nowhere near as fun as being one yourself. 
