Greek Life?
 

I was wondering if there's anyone else here that is in a fraternity or a sorority. I'm curious to see since I never pictured myself joining a fraternity when I went off to college, but here I am now. I recently became a initiated brother of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity a few months back and we recently received our charter on April 30th.

So how about it? What house is everyone else from?

whats so special about a fraternity?

just curious.

I think you can do something things regular students can't do. eek:

I thought fraternities were for people with no self esteem who have to surround themselves with other "cool" people to fit in.

Well I consider all 30 of my brothers to be some of the most loyal and trustworthy people I have ever met in my entire life. I mean really, I think it goes for any fraternity/sorority in that everyone is there for you, no matter what the hell is happening. In addition, the networking across the country is insane. You can get a lot of things out of alumni if they're in the corporate world such as jobs, internships, scholarships, etc.

Just a side note, I think it's something like 80% of all corporate CEOs are greek. This coinsides to the fact that most fraternities try and build leadership ability in an individual so when they graduate from college, they're able to cope in any sort of situation.

Yeah, what I said: More opportunities.

Life-long friends as well ;)

Skull and Bones

Im on the Rugby team for my school. Thats the closest thing to a frat we have. The vermont state college system outlawed frats a long time ago. The rugby team is a fucking family, we protect our own no matter what. Not to mention we throw the best 'water' drinking parties ever.
OH ya, there is also a non school affialiated chapter of Kappa up here. More like Krappa, those fags.

frats are useless

I love how everyone judges things they've never been exposed to dance:

um, k...my brother in a frat

Which one? To be honest not all fraternities are the same. There ARE those typical animal house fraternities but from my experience, not all of them are even remotely close to it.

And you care to explain why you believe fraternities are useless? On my campus, every single greek chapter/colony is involved in community service and philanthropic events to raise money for charities. How is that useless?

ok, well they bring together stereotypes and i'm sure you can think of other ways to get involved in the community than be involved in a frat. i dunno, its right for some people, for me it just seems like a waste of time.

aepi

Ahh we have AEPi on our campus as well. I have a bunch of friends in it actually :). But you're right, there are other ways to help out in a community, for me it is through my fraternity. Everyone has their own ways of helping if, if at all, and I can see where you're coming from. Fraternities are not for everyone and even though I've only been apart of my fraternity for not even a half year, I definately don't regret joining for a single second. I certainly don't think it's a waste of time, but it just seems you're taking all the sterotypical points on fraternities and greek life and beliving them when there's a completly different side to it.

*shrug*

Where do you go to college, anyway? oOo:

Duh, good question lol.

School: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.
Major: Computer Science
Current Status: Freshman

well as a group that helps out the community, in other occasions they destroy the community by wasting police time if a party gets out of hand, etc. i dunno they could be great if they were more responsible

Ever been to a knighthawks game?

Again, I see where you're coming from. I know most of the time the only thing that the public hears about greek life are the parties to which the polce had to get involved. I know my fraternity is completly responsible for everything that we run, including parties and other public events. We have designated drivers out the ass whenever we throw parties, in addition to free good beer, constant supervision over the party for those running it. The only incident that we've had thus far in our 4 year existance is someone punching a hole in a drywall wall who wasn't even from our party (just having a bad day) and campus safety had to come breakup our party since it seemed like we would of been the problem.

If you actually go to a fraternity party, I'm almost positive that they're very mature and responsible about running the party and the last thing they want to happen is someone to get hurt. I'm also certain that there are people out there who waste police time even though they're not involved in any groups. I think that can go for just about anybody who may of screwed up somewhere along the line.

And no Ninty9, never even heard of it.

And you live in Rochester? annoy:

Do you live under a rock, or does no one care?

http://www.knighthawks.net/

Well, this is my first year in college so I don't think I'm expected to know everything about the area. I'm originally from Connecticut and no, I just never heard of the Nighthawks.

You're missing out. Though you'll have to wait for next year. The Nighthawks lost to toronto last friday in the conference finals.

Shitty, oh well. I take it Rochester is good or something along those lines?

Their pretty good. They beat buffalo to advance to the semis against toronto. if they had beaten toronto, they'd be in the final against the western champions.

look for them next year. go to a game. it's great, and the teams can use as much support as they can get. it's good entertainment. Lots of goals hits and excitement.

Sounds good, but back to the topic of this thread. Anyone else in a greek chapter/colony. Bleh I feel so alone.

Greg you only joined the frat because it was the only group of nerds on campus that play D&D...maybe you can hump one of the sisters? eek:

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I have bunch of friends in frats but i'd never join one. I rather not have the stigma of being in an organization that will dampen my street cred. cool:

Ive gone to a frat party, more of a social after a tournament hosted by a frat. I do have to say they are responsible. They gated off the yard and made a simple entrance. They carded us and if you were under 21 you got a mark on your hand...as did those over 21. Then they gave us all cups and beer. That party went through 6 kegs in about an hour.

Actually there's only me and one other kid that used to play D&D and even so, I haven't played for a good 5 months or so. cry:

I'm in Pi Lambda Phi at the U of Wisconsin - Madison.
Dont listen to people who havent had first hand experience, the greek system will be the best time you've had in your life.

Special? Whats special about joining a rec basketball team? Its just guys with similar ideals and interests coming together and having a good time while helping out the community, nothing "special" about it.

Bwhahahaha, that's what I'm talking about. beer:

Well its not like I go around announcing I'm in a fraternity, you wont see me wearing frat t-shirts or hats etc. Unless you know me well or met me at the house you would have no idea I was in a frat, same goes for 95% of greeks out there. I've also noticed huge differences of opinion of greeks on different campuses, some are like 70% greek while some are like 1%. Your opinion of it is heavily influenced by your peers whether you realize it or not.

lol @ D&D... My computer teacher has this huge binder full of stats and info on weapons, characters, and other stuff.

Can I start my own fraternity?

lol call it DND or Delta Nu Delta rock:

I never seen the point to a fraturity, but people like what they like. I prefer coming home and hanging with my longtime friends.

Its not like you drop your friends when you join, I have MANY more friends outside the house than I do in. I still hang out with all of them. IMO people make fraternities out to be more than they really are, they really arent anything too complicated or mystical, just guys who are involved on campus and can throw parties without fear of cops (atleast here) You do make longterm friends in it aswell, but dont lose your old ones(unless you choose to), I actually joined with a friend I've had since elementary school.

^^^^^^^^^^^ What he said

I still have every single one of my friends from home still close to me and I go home and hang out with them whenever I can. Some of the guys in my fraternity live close to me so we're going to hang out a lot as well.