A piece in The Miami Student recently made a point that sorority women have been making for years: stereotyping Greek organizations isn't some bold social commentary. It's just mean. And honestly, it's also kind of boring at this point. ... Read more

Formal recruitment hasn't changed in any meaningful way in over a decade. The format, the forced conversations, the scripted rounds, the way chapters get ranked and cut before anyone's had a real chance to connect - it's all running on the same logic it ran on in 2005. And nobody on Panhellenic wants to be the one to say it out loud because overhauling recruitment means stepping on a lot of toes. I'll say it. ... Read more

There's a recruitment consultant out of Atlanta named Trisha Addicks who just published a book aimed at helping young women find confidence going into sorority recruitment. Atlanta Magazine covered it recently, and when I saw the headline I had two reactions at the same time - impressed, and a little uneasy. Not because what she's doing is wrong. But because it says something pretty loud about where Greek recruitment has gone. ... Read more

I went to my first Greek event as a guest, not a member. A friend dragged me along sophomore fall - before I'd pledged anything - and I spent most of the night noticing the logistics more than the actual party. There were sign-in sheets. There were people at the door with clipboards. The music cut off at a specific time and everyone kind of just accepted it. I remember thinking: this is way more organized than I expected, and not entirely in a fun way. ... Read more

There's a moment near the end of senior year where Greek life stops being a backdrop and starts being the whole point. You've spent four years complaining about dues, skipping chapter meetings, and swearing you'd transfer to a school with better weather. And then suddenly you're crying in a circle of guys you've known since you were eighteen years old, wearing a shirt that doesn't fit anymore, and wondering how it went this fast. Senior sendoff traditions are the thing nobody warns you about. They hit completely different than you expect. ... Read more

If you've spent any time on Greek life TikTok or scrolled through the recruitment content on Instagram, you've seen the aesthetic. Matching linen sets. Choreographed bid day videos. Chapters that look like they were styled by a production crew. And it all looks incredible. The problem is that none of it has anything to do with what Greek life actually is, and I think it's starting to cause real damage to chapters that are trying to do this the right way. ... Read more

Here's the thing about Greek life that nobody puts in the brochure: you are going to get pulled into drama that has absolutely nothing to do with you. Doesn't matter if you're IFC, doesn't matter if you've got your own chapter business to worry about. The moment you start dating someone in a sorority, or your little sister pledges one, or your roommate is going through a chapter crisis - you're in it. Welcome. ... Read more

I almost didn't rush. My first semester freshman year, I was convinced Greek life was for people who needed a social structure handed to them. I had my friend group, I was figuring out college on my own terms, and honestly the whole thing looked exhausting. But I also bombed two midterms that semester and finished with a 2.6 GPA - and I had no idea yet how much that number was going to matter. ... Read more

There's a moment every recruitment chair dreads - the one where you watch a PNM and an active member stare at each other like they're both reading from the same invisible script. "Where are you from? What's your major? Oh, you like hiking too?" It's not a conversation. It's a checklist. And after three years on Panhellenic council reviewing recruitment violations, chapter standings, and values-based recruitment compliance reports, I can tell you that this problem is almost entirely self-inflicted. ... Read more

Town and Country Magazine ran a piece recently on how to survive sorority recruitment. And look, I read it. I am a fraternity guy who graduated in 2024 and spent four years watching Panhellenic recruitment happen from a respectful distance, which mostly meant standing on the sidewalk in August wondering why hundreds of women were dressed identically and walking in extremely organized lines. So I feel like I have some observational standing here. The article means well. It genuinely does. But the framing of recruitment as something you survive tells you almost everything you need to know about what is broken with how we talk about this process. ... 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

A piece in The Miami Student recently made a point that sorority women have been making for years: stereotyping Greek organizations isn't some bold social commentary. It's just mean. And honestly, it's also kind of boring at this point. ... Read more

Formal recruitment hasn't changed in any meaningful way in over a decade. The format, the forced conversations, the scripted rounds, the way chapters get ranked and cut before anyone's had a real chance to connect - it's all running on the same logic it ran on in 2005. And nobody on Panhellenic wants to be the one to say it out loud because overhauling recruitment means stepping on a lot of toes. I'll say it. ... Read more

There's a recruitment consultant out of Atlanta named Trisha Addicks who just published a book aimed at helping young women find confidence going into sorority recruitment. Atlanta Magazine covered it recently, and when I saw the headline I had two reactions at the same time - impressed, and a little uneasy. Not because what she's doing is wrong. But because it says something pretty loud about where Greek recruitment has gone. ... Read more

When a hazing allegation surfaces at a school like Rutgers, the instinct for most people is to slot it into a familiar narrative. Greek life bad, fraternities dangerous, same story different campus. I get it. Before I joined a chapter myself, sophomore year, that was basically my default reaction too. But I've been around long enough now to think that reaction - while understandable - actually gets in the way of asking the more useful questions. ... Read more