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

Virginia Commonwealth University just suspended a fraternity over hazing and assault allegations, and if you've spent any time around Greek life, you already know the basic shape of this story. Another chapter, another investigation, another university forced to act publicly on something that was probably an open secret for a while. It's not surprising. That's kind of the problem. ... Read more

There's a type of alumni event guest who shows up before the actives do, knows where the good snacks are hidden, and somehow ends up in every group photo. She graduated four years ago. Maybe six. And she is always there. Not in a mentorship way. Not in a "I'm chaperoning this for liability reasons" way. Just... there. Camped out like she never left. ... Read more

When I was in school, the worst internal conflict my chapter ever had was a heated argument over whether to get a foosball table or fix the back porch railing. We voted on it. Someone's feelings got hurt. We moved on. Nobody called a lawyer. Alpha Phi Delta apparently did not have that luxury, because the fraternity just filed a lawsuit against Greek housing organizations - and that's a sentence I did not expect to read on a Tuesday. ... Read more

Junior year, I had a thermodynamics exam on a Tuesday and hadn't slept more than four hours in three days. I was ready to just grind it out alone in the library like I always did freshman year - before I joined. Then my brother Marcus, a mechanical engineering senior, sat down next to me at the chapter house kitchen table at 10 PM and said, "You're doing the energy balance wrong." Two hours later I actually understood it. Passed that exam. And I remember thinking - this is literally what the whole thing is supposed to be for.< ... Read more

Bid Day at the University of Nebraska Kearney isn't making national headlines. It's not Alabama. It's not a viral TikTok moment with thousands of girls in matching outfits losing their minds on a quad somewhere. It's a small campus doing a thing that matters quietly, and honestly, that version of Bid Day deserves more attention than it gets. ... Read more

Before I joined, I followed three or four fraternity and sorority accounts on Instagram. Mostly because my friends were rushing and I was curious. And honestly, the content made Greek life look like a constant highlight reel - coordinated outfits, matching formals, philanthropy events that looked like they were professionally photographed. I thought I had a pretty clear picture of what it was. I was wrong in almost every direction. ... Read more

South Carolina colleges just handed us another reminder that hazing isn't a relic of some old-school fraternity culture that died out decades ago. It's happening right now, on real campuses, and according to a report from The State, hazing topped the list of Greek life violations across South Carolina colleges - again. Not for the first time. Again. That word should bother you. ... Read more

Every chapter has that one event on the calendar that nobody skips. Not because there's a fine for missing it, not because your pledge educator guilted you into showing up - but because you actually want to be there. For most chapters, that's Founders Day. And if your chapter is treating it like just another Tuesday night with a nicer tablecloth, you're missing the whole point. ... Read more

Every time a university talks about Greek housing, someone in an administrative office is actually talking about control. That's the conversation nobody in Panhellenic wants to have out loud, but after sitting through enough council meetings and watching chapters fight for recognition, I've stopped pretending the housing debate is just about square footage and quiet hours. ... Read more

Every year, Bama Rush does something to the national conversation about Greek life that no other campus can quite replicate. The AL.com photos from Bid Day 2026 dropped, and even scrolling through them you can feel the weight of the moment - not the spectacle of it, but the actual emotional reality underneath. These are real people finding out where they belong. And if you've ever stood on that side of the door, you know exactly what that feels like. ... Read more

The University of New Mexico recently put out a warning to students about the risks of joining unrecognized fraternities, prompted by a hazing incident tied to one of those off-the-radar groups. And honestly, my first reaction wasn't surprise. It was something closer to: yeah, this was always going to happen somewhere. ... Read more

Everyone talks about the social side of fraternity life. The brotherhood, the events, the connections you make. Nobody sits down before bid day and hands you a spreadsheet. And if you're a junior or senior in a chapter right now, you already know exactly what I mean. The guys who dropped freshman year? A lot of them saw the real numbers for the first time and quietly backed out. I don't blame them. ... Read more

A column ran in the Daily Tar Heel recently that's been rattling around in my head. The argument was basically this: the core of what fraternity is supposed to be - brotherhood, shared values, community - doesn't actually require a fraternity to exist. And my first instinct was to roll my eyes. But then I kept thinking about it, and honestly? The writer isn't entirely wrong, which is annoying to admit. ... Read more

There's a moment on bid day - right before the doors open or the envelopes drop - where everything goes quiet for about half a second. Then it doesn't. And if you've ever been anywhere near a sorority quad when that moment breaks open, you already know what I'm talking about. The screaming, the running, the colors everywhere. I've been around Greek life long enough to know that bid day is genuinely one of the most electric things that happens on any campus all year. Not because of what comes after, but because of what that moment actually means to the people inside it. ... Read more