As fall semester comes to a close, we look back at some of 2017’s best sorority recruitment videos. There was no shortage of primo slow-motion scenes, EDM and drone footage, but we’ve whittled down the list to these top 11 sorority recruitment videos that offer something more than the stereotype.... Read more

Sorority women of America! We’ve seen a lot of Tumblr pages over the years and we’re seeing an alarming trend. Take an honest look at your chapter’s Tumblr game. Do you see almost all photos of your sisters at the beach, fake posing, and just overall auditioning to be Calvin Klein models? If so, step up your game. Stop perpetuating the stereotypes and start showing more real sorority life. It’s okay, you can fix this. Here are 10 types of photos your chapter should start posting.... Read more

Whether it’s big/little crafting, decorating or just having a fun night in, sorority girls certainly know how to be artistic. That being said, sorority paddles are some of the best way for sorority girls to show off what they got. Sorority paddles are a gift in Greek Life that little’s give to their big’s (or sometimes big’s give to their little’s) to show the bond they have with each other. When I got my paddle it was one of the greatest moments in my sorority career. Sometimes the paddle has a theme that links the sisters. Other times they’re just made to be absolutely cute and connect the sisters through their aesthetic tastes. The tradition of the paddles dates pretty far back, but these days the décor of them is certainly crafty and upscale. Here are some of the best paddles that I could find this 2015/2016 school year! Check it out and see if your paddle made the list!... Read more

These sorority chapters have a strong social media presence that showcase their love for sisters through spotlights and plenty of sisterhood events. It’s clear that these women are a tight-knit group and love to tell the world about it! These chapters in particular go above and beyond the “happy birthday” posts when it comes to showing how strong their sisterhoods truly are.... Read more

Greekrank.com has tallied up all of the ratings and rankings to unveil the fraternities and sororities who are the current all-time leaders in each of the following categories:   Sisterhood/Brotherhood, Involvement, Classiness, Popularity, Looks, Fun, And Overall Highest Ranked... 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

If you're a freshman woman walking onto campus this fall with zero context about Panhellenic formal recruitment, I want you to hear this from someone who has watched the whole process up close for years - not from a pamphlet, not from a chapter's Instagram highlights reel. The process is genuinely unlike anything else in college life, and the people who struggle most are usually the ones who went in thinking they already understood it. ... Read more

Before I joined a fraternity, I tailgated exactly twice in college - once for a homecoming game I barely cared about, and once because my roommate dragged me out at 9am on a Saturday. Both times I stood around feeling slightly out of place, like I'd wandered into someone else's tradition. Then I joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon the spring of my sophomore year, and honestly, the tailgate experience became a completely different thing. Not just because of the chapter, but because I finally had context for why these traditions exist and what makes some of them genuinely legendary.< ... Read more

The Daily Cal's recent piece on the situation at UC Berkeley's Greek Theater column - the "Tossing and Turning" installment - is one of those stories that reads differently depending on where you're sitting. If you're a regular member, it's a vibe piece about uncertainty. If you've ever sat on a Panhellenic council trying to hold twelve chapters accountable to the same rulebook, it hits like a case study in everything that can go wrong when governance gets wobbly. ... Read more

Florida State University quietly did something that most schools haven't bothered to do: they built a dedicated wellness center with a specific focus on Greek life. Not a general student health office with a pamphlet rack. An actual resource centered on the particular pressures and dynamics that come with being in a fraternity or sorority. And honestly, my first reaction was - why did it take this long? ... Read more

Nobody hands you a rulebook at bid day. You get a bid card, maybe a t-shirt, and a handshake from guys who are now somehow your brothers. What you don't get is any kind of honest breakdown of how things actually work - the unwritten stuff that takes most freshmen a full semester to figure out, usually by messing it up first. I was one of those freshmen. Took me until second semester to stop embarrassing myself at philanthropy events alone. ... Read more

The Kenyon Collegian just published a recruitment guide aimed at incoming sorority hopefuls, and honestly, reading through it hit different than I expected. I came in ready to roll my eyes - IFC guy, fraternity loyalist, guy who thinks most Greek life coverage misses the actual point. But there was something in the spirit of that piece that I genuinely respected. And then there were parts that made me want to write this. ... Read more

Recruitment looks polished from the outside. The matching outfits, the rehearsed conversations, the Pinterest-worthy bid day photos. But I spent two years on Panhellenic council watching the whole machine run, and I can tell you there's a lot happening during rush week that potential new members never see - and that some chapters are counting on you not to notice. ... Read more

Another week, another hazing investigation at a major university. This time it's the University of Oregon, where a fraternity is under scrutiny after detailed hazing allegations surfaced through reporting by Lookout Eugene-Springfield. And look, I want to be honest about my reaction when I read it: I wasn't shocked. I was tired. ... Read more

I graduated in 2023, so technically I'm only two years out, not five. But I've talked to enough alumni who are five, seven, ten years past graduation to know what they wish someone had told them earlier. And since I'm already watching my own relationship with Greek life shift faster than I expected, I figured it was worth writing down before I convince myself everything was perfect. ... Read more