When you begin to experience the inevitable anxiety that happens during the college experience, there isn’t a lot better to help curb your apprehension than a leisurely stroll through a beautiful campus. There is just something about breathtaking scenery that distracts the brain and allows worries to just fade away. Most college campuses make staying well-kept and pleasant to the eye a priority. However, it would be hard to beat these ten campuses...
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Admit it, we have all wondered what would happen if there was an actual zombie apocalypse. Some college campuses would be in big trouble, while others are positioned to fare much better. This might because of location, resources, commitment to sustainability, or just sheer grit and toughness. Here are five schools that have the best odds of surviving through an actual zombie apocalypse....
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We've already covered our list of the top 10 Cutest Pledge Classes In The South and the 10 Cutest Pledge Classes in the North. Now it's time to check out the cutest from out west....
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Stereotypical representations of Greek Life are everywhere. Films like “The House Bunny” paint a picture of the “typical” sorority girl. Society tends to view Greek Life in a negative light—typically as a group of people who care just a little too much about partying. While Greek life will provide you with a more active social life, this is actually only a minor aspect of what being Greek is about. Check out these chapters from each of the 50 states...
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Alcohol is usually not hard to come by off-campus. Some campuses are taking the approach that if they serve it themselves they can better control the alcohol consumption of their students. Do schools that serve their own alcohol have higher on-campus arrest rates than the universities that don’t? Read more to find out. Here's a list of some of the most booze-friendly campuses in the US....
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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....
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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.
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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.
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My chapter had a GPA floor. Not a suggestion, not a gentle nudge from our academic chairman - an actual hard floor. You fell below it, you went on academic probation with the chapter. You stayed below it, you faced suspension. And I remember thinking, as a pledge, that this felt strict. Almost unfair. But three years later, standing at my graduation with brothers I'd pulled all-nighters with, studied with, pushed through midterms with - I got it. That standard wasn't punishing us. It was shaping us.
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So Stanford just lost a chunk of its sorority community, and honestly, the story is a little more complicated than the headline makes it sound. According to The Stanford Daily, several sorority chapters have departed from campus - some disaffiliating from their nationals, some shutting down entirely. And before you write it off as a Stanford-specific quirk, I'd slow down on that. Because what's happening there is a symptom of something a lot of Greek life communities are quietly dealing with right now.
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