The Need for GREEKS in UPUA

Published by Gavin P. Keirans on March 15th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

by Hillary Gupta

In my opinion, it is very important for there to be Greek presence in the University Park Undergraduate Association. The first couple of years that I was in UPUA, there were a few Greek representatives in the first assembly, and then the President and Vice President were both members of a fraternity and sorority in the second assembly.

However, just because there were Greek representatives in the assembly did not mean that they had any say from the Greek community. It was not until last year, in the third assembly, that the Greek community was given actual positions within the assembly to bring their ideas and opinions to the floor about issues at hand

Last year, President Keirans created two Directors of Greek Life within his Executive Cabinet that represented PHC/IFC and NPHC/MGC. This was a great start to more Greek involvement within the assembly and if elected, we plan to bring even more Greek representatives

The Greeks are involved in everything on campus and have a huge part in some of Penn State’s greatest traditions such as Homecoming and Dance MaraTHON. They make up 11% of Penn State’s undergraduate student body and by bringing more of them to the assembly, they will be able to contribute a different perspective to anything brought up at meetings.

March 15, 2009 · Filed Under Gavin Keirans Blog