For fraternities and sororities on a college campus, money is always an issue. In most organizations, there is a membership due fee which is usually a few hundred dollars. There are so many things that need to get paid for like fraternity lettered sweatshirts, paddles, group photographs, parties, events and the financial cost of the ...
Twenty-five years ago, pledging a black Greek letter organization (BGLO) was about building oneness in a pledge line and making sure everyone knew their particular national and chapter organizational history. Whether it was when Phi Beta Sigma started or when the Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter was founded, pledges had to know who started what and ...
This past semester in college I finally decided to pledge to a fraternity to have more of a social life. I had heard so much about the Greek life on a college campus that it seemed to be the right time to pledge to a fraternity. Now I have a lot of friends who decided ...
With college starting up, again, fraternities and sororities all over the country will soon be sponsoring rush week, inducting new pledges. Joining a fraternity or sorority is a vital part of many college students’ college experience, but it isn’t for everyone. At least it wasn’t for me when I went to the University of Texas ...
One may think that once entering into any sorority or fraternity that the friendships and bonds of brotherhood or sisterhood will be shared with all the organization’s members. On the surface this line of thinking is quite correct; however, within both sororities and fraternities lies a closer, more structured, and in many ways a more ...
For more than 230 years fraternities and sororities have originated from the universal desire on college campuses for association with others that share common interests, goals, and ideas. Fraternities and sororities have played an integral role in the higher education system in the United States since the creation of Phi Beta Kappa, the first Greek ...
If you are going to attend the University of Madison in Wisconsin, make sure you check out some of the fraternities that they have to offer. The UW offers 29 of them to choose from. Men can find lasting friendships and you get to meet new people. It is a great way to get out ...
Many people think of the word cult as a dark and secret society that involves only religion bias. However, when one thinks about secret societies and what they are it is then realized that there are many others that are in the concept level of possibly being. The meaning of the word cult is, Webster’s ...
