Elon University just dropped its annual Greek life achievement roundup, and honestly, it reads the way these things always read - a polished list of awards, GPA numbers, community service hours, and photo-ready moments that make the whole system look like it's running perfectly. And look, I don't say that to be cynical. Some of it is genuinely earned. But having sat on a Panhellenic council and watched how these annual reports get assembled, I have thoughts about what they actually tell us versus what they leave out.
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Elon University just handed out its Dr. Leo M. Lambert Awards, recognizing students for leadership, service, and campus impact. Good. That's the kind of thing universities should be doing. But sitting here having spent two years on Panhellenic council, watching chapters get recognition for the wrong reasons and get overlooked for the right ones, I can't just applaud and move on. These awards matter - and the way we structure recognition in Greek life tells you a lot about what we actually value versus what we say we value.
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Most of the sororities across the country hold their formal recruitment in the fall. There are many universities, although, that choose to do rush in the spring. If you haven’t already seen our rankings of the cutest pledge classes of fall recruitment 2015, check out these adorable new members from the South, West, Midwest, Northeast, and Canada. Now check out the list below of the 10 cutest pledge classes from Spring 2016....
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PNMs are constantly looking for ways to learn more about the sororities at their school, long before they actually begin the rush process. One of the most fun ways to do “research” on sororities is by checking out their tumblr pages. Sure- they don’t actually provide you with much information about the sorority , but they are cute and fun and definitely glamorous. However PNMS aren’t the only ones who love sorority tumblrs, sorority girls themselves love the feeling of being featured on their chapter’s page!...
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While there are plenty of excellent colleges without much of a Greek Life, it’s important to acknowledge the positive influence that having a strong Greek Life presence on campus offers students. From the percentage of undergraduate students involved in Greek Life to the number of chapters on each campus, the following schools have risen above the rest. Checkout the following list of colleges across the country that offer the best Greek Life experiences by the numbers:...
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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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There's a specific kind of clarity that hits somewhere between your cap-and-gown photos and the first time you watch your former chapter post recruitment content on Instagram without you in it. You're not sad exactly. You're just... aware. And you start noticing all the things you spent four years getting completely wrong.
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There's a fraternity at the University of Oklahoma right now sitting on disciplinary probation after a hazing investigation. And if you've been paying attention to Greek life news for more than five minutes, that sentence probably didn't surprise you at all. That's the problem.
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Nobody told me that pledging a fraternity would also mean pledging my calendar. Fall semester of freshman year, I thought I had it figured out - class in the morning, chapter stuff in the evenings, weekends to myself. Then philanthropy weekend hit, homecoming planning started, formal prep began, and I looked up one day in October wondering how I was already behind in three classes. Picking a major inside Greek life isn't just about what you're passionate about. It's about what you can actually sustain when your chapter has a full social calendar and expects you to show up for all of it.
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When news breaks about a fraternity member dying, the first thing most people do is scroll past it, chalk it up to "Greek life being Greek life," and move on. I'm not doing that this time. A Michigan State University fraternity member died, and the Greek life community there is reacting - some with grief, some with calls for change, and some probably just hoping the news cycle moves fast. It deserves more than that.
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