Few will beg to differ when we say Halloween weekend is one of the most fun times of the year. When the costumes come out -- from the clever Adult Swim characters to the barely there get-up's -- it seems alter ego’s do as well, with typically chill houses throwing down with the wildest parties and the most introverted among us finally coming out of their shells.... Read more

October 2016’s philanthropy event of the month was chosen not because of how many participants it attracted or because how much money it raised, but because it was a first-time event for two organizations looking to make moves. For the first time in either of the chapters’ histories, two Virginia Tech fraternities joined forces to raise money for philanthropies... Read more

Since 1877 18 presidents were members of fraternities. That is nearly 70% of the presidents of the last almost 140 years. It does seem, although, that times are changing. There are only two 2016 presidential candidates that were involved in Greeklife during their college years. Thankfully, although, these two seemed to have made their fraternity days memorable. Can you guess which two?... Read more

Think your university has strong Greek roots that go way back? The first collegiate social Greek organizations in North America were established in the first half of the 19th century. A few schools proudly proclaim they are the “Mother of Greek Life” or the “Mother of Fraternities”.  We have assembled a list of universities that can boast the greatest number of fraternities and sororities established on their campuses.... Read more

Fraternities are filled with some of the most ambitious and overachieving people in the world. While movies like Animal House tend to portray fraternity brothers as nothing but raging alcoholics, the reality is much different. We take a look at some of the richest and most successful fraternity men today... Read more

You have made one of the biggest decisions of your life to go to college. Congratulations! However, that’s not the only decision that you’ll have to make when it comes to college life. Another important decision that you’ll probably make is the decision to go Greek in college. Greek life has lots of benefits to offer to its members – opportunities to build a network, social/community activities to participate in, a strong brotherhood bond to maintain, and many more!  However, one of the biggest challenges college guys face at the beginning of their Greek life is choosing the right fraternity for themselves.... Read more

Chico State has a reputation. Anyone who's spent five minutes around Greek life at a California school knows it. So when the university announced it's actively working to change Greek culture as part of a broader effort to curb hazing, my first instinct was skepticism - not because the goal is wrong, but because universities announce this kind of thing all the time and then basically nothing changes. But reading about what Chico State is actually trying to do, I think there's something worth paying attention to here. ... Read more

Every chapter has them. The philanthropy events you drag yourself to because you have to, the ones where you spend three hours standing in a parking lot pretending to care about the foam pit your treasurer rented for sixty bucks. And then there are the ones that somehow become highlights of the whole semester. I've done both. Plenty of both. Here's how you tell the difference before you commit your entire Saturday to something that's gonna feel like community service in the worst way possible. ... Read more

There's a column making the rounds from The Huntington News - a student asking why their friends are acting different after sorority recruitment. And honestly, I get why that question is being asked. From the outside, joining a Greek organization can look like a personality transplant. New friends, new schedule, new inside jokes you're not part of. It's disorienting if you're the one left watching it happen. ... Read more

Every year, thousands of students show up to recruitment events with a mental picture built from short-form video content and older siblings' highlight reels. Matching outfits, coordinated dances, tearful bid day hugs. And then they walk into an actual recruitment round and spend forty-five minutes making small talk with strangers in a loud room while someone checks their name off a clipboard. That gap between expectation and reality is where most of the genuine stress of rush lives - and nobody in an official capacity wants to talk about it honestly. ... Read more

Saint Louis University just suspended Alpha Eta Rho fraternity over what the school is calling a 'physical hazing incident.' No additional details have been made public yet - no timeline, no description of what actually happened, no word on how long the suspension will last. Just the announcement and the label. And honestly, that combination of vagueness and severity is something I've watched play out on campuses enough times now that it barely surprises me anymore. That's a problem worth thinking about. ... Read more

Nobody talks about academic probation like it actually happens. You hear about it in whispers, or you see a chapter go quiet on social media for a semester, or someone mentions it offhand at a philanthropy event. But the truth is that almost every chapter - at some point - has been there. And the way a brotherhood handles it says more about who they are than any bid day photo ever could. ... Read more

A college in Pennsylvania just suspended all Greek activities after antisemitic and sexist comments surfaced within its chapters. That's the sentence. Read it again if you need to. Because somehow, in 2024, we're still here - a whole campus community paying the price because a handful of people in letters decided that kind of talk was acceptable behind closed doors. ... Read more

There's this whole invisible architecture to Greek social life that nobody explains during recruitment. You find out about it gradually - through casual comments, through noticing patterns, through eventually asking someone older in your chapter why you keep seeing the same fraternities at every sorority philanthropy event. The answer is almost never random. Greek social calendars are political in a way that took me a while to fully appreciate, and I say that as someone who didn't join until sophomore year and had zero context for any of it. ... Read more

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. just announced a formal partnership with The Jed Foundation to strengthen mental health support for its members and surrounding communities. And honestly, I've been waiting for a story like this - not because it's surprising that a fraternity is talking about mental health, but because of how they're doing it. This isn't a chapter posting a crisis hotline number on Instagram and calling it a day. This is a national organization locking in with one of the most credible mental health nonprofits in the country. That distinction matters more than most people realize. ... Read more