Fraternity

neighborhood beset with drugs, gangs, and many life challenges. However, I was able to overcome those challenges and graduate from high school in the top 1% percent of my class. My success was influenced by many men that are members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. These men did not portray the characteristics that the men in my community displayed. They had the drive and determination that I wanted to model for myself. I realized at a young age that I had to be different from my peers and the…

that organization. Texas Lutheran College has a variety of clubs and fraternities that its students belong to on campus. Both boys and girls had belonged to these organizations, which celebrated a bond of unity among its members. Students participated in activities associated with a club that improved their traits and talents as well as associate themselves with people of a particular social group. The members of the fraternities and clubs installed a sense of values and culture within their…

greek life are all too unsettling. The National Institute of Justice reports that sorority membership is an extreme risk factor for sexual assault. Research has also proven that Fraternity houses, where most sororities hang out in their free time, are extremely dangerous for women. Studies also support the claims that Fraternity men are three times more likely to commit rape than a man who is not Greek. The rate of sexual assault among sorority women is at least 40%, an all time high, and over…

Life. In recent years, Greek Life has been given a stereotype of partying, drinking, sexual violence, and hazing. This may deter some students from deciding to “go Greek” and join a fraternity or sorority. In actuality, Greek life…

aspect of your college experience, regardless of personal membership. Greek Life is made up of both fraternities and sororities that get involved with the community by participating in philanthropic events. These organizations’ members become brothers and sisters through their involvement with his/her respective organization. Greek life directly forms lifelong friendships and during college one’s fraternity/sorority can become their “home away from home”. Movies and Television shows often…

that the resolute men of Theta Chi Fraternity pride themselves on is the usefulness of our Fraternity. Theta Chi members show pride in making an impact on their community and lend an assisting hand to those in need. Theta Chi has a partnership with the Unites Service Organizations. “The USO joins the list of Theta Chi Fraternity’s preferred philanthropies, to which chapters and alumni are encouraged to contribute.” (News). Theta Chi stated out as a military fraternity and the “has a long history…

“Why do so many young people literally die to belong to fraternities, sororities, and other college social organizations? The answer is complicated, but here is a starting point: Ever since the medieval universities were founded, young people have done whatever it takes to gain acceptance, to break with their past lives, to achieve a sense of power, to carve out a society of their own that isn 't quite what their tutors and teachers had in mind. In the United States, hazing and drinking have…

commonly seen as dangerous by many not within it – has become the college version of the chicken or the egg riddle: Is it the system that causes its problems, or those within it? Those who view the system as dangerous draw on statistics that say that fraternity members are three times more likely to commit rape than other students, among others. Opponents of Greek life – such as my colleague Aram Ghoogasian – use stats like these to call for the abolition of Greek life altogether. Ghoogasian…

humiliating them until they feel unworthy, or until they get very hurt. There have been a multitude of awful incidents that arose in different fraternities, as well as in other clubs and activities that colleges offer across the country. Many debates have risen on what to do to help prevent hazing, and the truth is you can’t. Colleges have suspended their fraternities for years, kicked students out, and gave lectures, which…

Almost every college across the United States has at least a few fraternities or sororities that end up in the news in some shape or form. Most of the time, the reason they receive attention is due to someone dying at a house, a girl being raped by a brother, or it’s revealed that a fraternity or sorority has been hazing their pledges. However, is this negative publicity all there is to college Greek Life? While some fraternities and sororities might be innocent of these allegations, there have…