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Man, I was waaaay off

And look, I found this picture of you:

That was some trip!

AJ is a senior and Mitchell is new to punting at this level. Gotta get Mitchell some practice before next year if he's going to be the new 4th down QB.

IMO, your completely wrong, IMHO. But that's JMO on your stance of opinions, IMO.

*Yes, it was intentional.

maybe 10 students, 60 townies and 200 chevies and of course the hag.

that was after I helped move my best friend and his gf to las cruces, nm and drove back.

the short, drove straight there (alternated driving) in a 100 heat, no AC in the 25' moving truck. offered coke at 2am in Dallas. saw a caged tiger, 2 dead horses and multiple dirt devil's in sw texas. went to 2 mlb games (was hammered for the cincy/cards game by the 3rd inning), 1 strip club with a rosie perez look a like, found out roswell, nm is a south of the border jip joint for nm/texas, saw a missile test over white sands, graced graceland, beale street and might have liberated a few street signs along the way with said truck.

I think the important question is... IS THERE NOW A ZAXBY'S IN BLACKSBURG????

One of my personal favorites...

Well, first off, let me apologize for not using Fraternity correctly. Until this comment, I did not realize it was offensive to say 'frat'.

I will say, however, that being personally offended by a contraction is fundamentally different from being subjected to a widely regarded offensive statement. It is pretty widely considered offensive to use the Lord's name in vain. Exodus 20:7. It is not so widely known, or regarded, to be offensive to refer to Fraternities by a shortened name. This has been somewhat of an enlightening debate for me, as I hope it has also been for you.

I understand that you personally did not refer to me as GDI and my issue was not with you, but with the argument that "Fraternities don't harbor douchebags because they're just like GDI's with the exception that they belong to a Fraternity". I have not said, nor do I support the common belief, that Fraternities are full of d-bags. I will not support such an argument as the term d-bag is, in my mind, offensive.

I also have never heard of GDI and as an independent I would NOT proudly refer to myself as GDI. I do not think any more or less of people who were or were not members of Fraternities or Sororities. I am neither proud nor ashamed that I myself was not a Fraternity member.

I want to support the argument that Fraternities and Sororities are full of wonderful people. An argument that identifies non-greek members as "God Damn Independents" undermines itself. If it weren't for that name-tag being attached to independents, I would have been on board with that post and argument.

I hope you understand the point that I'm trying to make. I'm not arguing against Fraternities or Sororities. I'm taking exception to the fact that the argument supporting them undermined itself. In the same sense, I would be upset if an argument supporting the Awesomeness of VT in general undermined itself in a similar manner. It doesn't mean that I don't like VT, it just means I don't like how the argument portrays VT.

DAMN STRAIGHT!

does Tau Beta Pi count as a fraternity?

I don't really know Brad Paisley, but I have heard of him. Most highly successful country artists are pretty good, and the concert is free, so I think it's a seriously nice gesture on his part, and should be a lot of fun for the people there!

there are some of us who are in academic fraternities (mostly chosen because of our academics/GPA, major and contribution to the campus community) who still consider ourselves "jeeds" (what GDIs are called) because we don't have a house on Greek Row, throw alcoholic parties, etc., and have never had the entitlement complex at all.

we worked hard to "play school" and were rewarded by getting invited to academic fraternities that would help us go farther in our chosen career path. besides, the Fraternity and Sorority Life office at VT doesn't recognize us anyways so we're 100% jeeds!

FYI--Greek life at VT is about 25-30% of the student population; it's not as dominant as universities such as Vanderbilt where it dominates the student social scene at 90%+.