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TubaMuffins · Nov 30, 2004, 05:24 PM

just wondering how many people here are part of or were part of a greek organization while in college?

Skip Breakfast · Nov 30, 2004, 05:49 PM

Paying for friends is lower than paying for sex.

TheBadgerHunter · Nov 30, 2004, 05:54 PM

No.

This has been posted a billion times. Maybe you should search first...

Matt OS X · Nov 30, 2004, 06:39 PM

Yeah...

Kappa Gamma Fraternity

1901 and still going....

http://www.kappagamma.com/

UNTeMac · Nov 30, 2004, 06:51 PM

Originally posted by Skip Breakfast:
Paying for friends is lower than paying for sex.

Spoken like someone who has no idea what they're talking about.

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia since 2002.

www.sinfonia.org

(OMG, I'm addicted.)

rozwado1 · Nov 30, 2004, 07:20 PM

No, and proud of it.

I'll agree with UNTiMac in that some frats are different, but we all assume the 'Kappa Tappa Kegga' meathead frat when these topics come up. I can't stand those idiots - all they think about is 'pounding hole' and saying 'whassup brah?' They are of a lower species.

Weezer · Nov 30, 2004, 07:38 PM

I'm in one, and it has been/is one of the greatest things I've done in my college life. Those of you who mock them and the "pay for your friends" ******** only see the exterior of a house. Sure we have parties, but that is very little about what we are about.

TheBadgerHunter · Nov 30, 2004, 08:01 PM

And cue standard frat vs non-frat flame-war.

ManOfSteal · Nov 30, 2004, 08:07 PM

No, I hate the...

AKcrab · Nov 30, 2004, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by Weezer:
I'm in one, and it has been/is one of the greatest things I've done in my college life. Those of you who mock them and the "pay for your friends" ******** only see the exterior of a house. Sure we have parties, but that is very little about what we are about.

Right. You also have copies of the tests.

Cohiba · Nov 30, 2004, 08:23 PM

I was kinda in a frat.

Got my degree through them and had best times of my life too.

Still keep in contact with my friends, and you also get some benifits afterwards. Plus, people who are/have been part of them always help eachother out. Even helped me get out of a speeding ticket back in the states just a bit ago.

Phanguye · Nov 30, 2004, 08:30 PM

I was a GDI for the first 2.5 years of college, then I joined Beta Theta Pi. I wouldn't trade either experience for anything.

DeathToWindows · Nov 30, 2004, 08:52 PM

does not appeal... my roommate is pledging... I hear enough about it.

closest I come is Hillel...

wdlove · Nov 30, 2004, 08:56 PM

I'm a member of a Mortuary Science Fraternity.

rozwado1 · Nov 30, 2004, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by wdlove:
I'm a member of a Mortuary Science Fraternity.

you just keep getting better and better.

MilkmanDan · Dec 1, 2004, 10:14 AM

My school is too small (2500) to have real frats. We have fake ones, where people sign up for the parties and drunken freshmen.

Goldfinger · Dec 1, 2004, 10:24 AM

Now what is a frat/sorority ? I think we do have a few of those things over here (if it is what I think it is) but it's not all that popular.

Shaddim · Dec 1, 2004, 10:34 AM

Originally posted by rozwado1:
you just keep getting better and better.

I still think it's a gag account.

No, I didn't belong to a college frat, but I do belong to several fraternal orders.

Gankdawg · Dec 1, 2004, 10:42 AM

No. Unless you count MacNN. Then it's still zero.

Sherwin · Dec 1, 2004, 11:21 AM

I wouldn't want to be in any club which would have me as a member.

turtle777 · Dec 1, 2004, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by Goldfinger:
Now what is a frat/sorority ? I think we do have a few of those things over here (if it is what I think it is) but it's not all that popular.

I don't know about Belgium, but they have it in Germany.
It's called "Verbindung". There are even a few "schlagende Verbindungen" (militaristic student fraternity) left.

But in general, they are not at all as popular as in the US.
The main reason: people go, have fun and get drunk even without a frat. I don't know why US students need a frat for that...

-t

Aiglos · Dec 1, 2004, 12:32 PM

What do you do in a frat? I'm so fricken busy with my Masters and my B.Sc. last year that I could never fathom ever joining a freakin club. And now I have a girlfriend! Oy vei...

I haven't met a single person in a frat here anyways. I'm in science BTW. For those in frats, what program are you?

Weezer · Dec 1, 2004, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by Aiglos:
I'm in science BTW. For those in frats, what program are you?

Pre-med at a top 5 ranked school (well according to US News). I openly concede that there are many frats on my campus that I would never join because they are full douche bags with too much money and desire to rape freshman girls. That said, the genuine experience of having my gorgeous house to hang out at and a core of great guys has greatly improved my college experience. Frats are not for everyone. Yes, pledging isn't that easy (but it is a ton of fun, kinda), but if you think you might be interested atleast participate in rush (open recruitment).

Aiglos · Dec 1, 2004, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by Weezer:
Pre-med at a top 5 ranked school (well according to US News). I openly concede that there are many frats on my campus that I would never join because they are full douche bags with too much money and desire to rape freshman girls. That said, the genuine experience of having my gorgeous house to hang out at and a core of great guys has greatly improved my college experience. Frats are not for everyone. Yes, pledging isn't that easy (but it is a ton of fun, kinda), but if you think you might be interested atleast participate in rush (open recruitment).

So it's kinda of an organized way of making friends?

Kind of reminds me of the simpsons.

Everybody: <sings>"We are the super-friends..."</sings>
Bart: "Hey.. Shut up...."

Avenir · Dec 1, 2004, 01:13 PM

What no 4th option: "I'm at University of XYZ - Frats not allowed?"

Never thought too much about being in one if our school had 'em, or I was somewhere else. Probably would have looked into them though.

Weezer · Dec 1, 2004, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by Aiglos:
So it's kinda of an organized way of making friends?

eh, not really. Why do people join the band, model UN, whatever club? A frat is just a social club, that has its own house, operating budget, and government. Some spend all their money on alcohol and parties, some don't.

G4ME · Dec 1, 2004, 01:54 PM

I don't want to confine my buddies to one place, I hit up a different frat and chill with different friends each weekend.

Aiglos · Dec 1, 2004, 02:47 PM

Wow... Well I have the fortunate opportunity to attend a university in my home town. So I just spend my time with my high school friends. Just need to call them up to see if they want to go out for a beer and such. Well, we mostly email now...

paully dub · Dec 1, 2004, 03:05 PM

Going to an fine arts college in NYC meant I had plenty to do, and plenty of people to hang with without needing Frats.

I wouldn't have minded a few sleazy sororities though...

Millennium · Dec 1, 2004, 03:40 PM

My wife went to Bryn Mawr College; should the school itself count as one really big sorority? I mean, consider:

They've got their own schoolwide Hell Week for the frosh (and, iirc, other newcomers).
Their solidarity would make most Marines jealous, extending well beyond graduation.
They're gender-exclusive, but are affiliated with a co-ed college not far away.
Their fight song is in ancient Greek.
They have all kinds of occult traditions.
There's a Halloween party every year which by itself knocks it down several places on the Driest Colleges in America list (I'm not making that one up either).

Sounds to me like they have all the qualifications.

As for myself, I thought about joining a fraternity back in college, but they wouldn't let me. Looking back I'd just done it on a whim anyway, and truth be told getting rejected by them is probably among the best things that's ever happened to me.

paully dub · Dec 1, 2004, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:
My wife went to Bryn Mawr College

I'm a fan of the senior streak, myself. Except when they don't streak...

mitchell_pgh · Dec 1, 2004, 04:01 PM

The frats at my college were a joke... and I wouldn't even consider them.

At larger/nicer universities they have more of an appeal as a great way to network and be social.

Like most things, there are good fraternities and bad ones.

Joshua · Dec 1, 2004, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by UNTiMac:
Spoken like someone who has no idea what they're talking about.

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia since 2002.

www.sinfonia.org

(OMG, I'm addicted.)

OAS AAS LLS

E's Lil Theorem · Dec 1, 2004, 05:49 PM

No, I'm not affiliated with a frat. Not there's anything wrong with them, in my opinion, but they're just not my thing.

gerbnl · Dec 1, 2004, 06:46 PM

Originally posted by Goldfinger:
Now what is a frat/sorority ? I think we do have a few of those things over here (if it is what I think it is) but it's not all that popular.

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sworthy · Dec 1, 2004, 06:59 PM

I was in one for a year (Beta Theta Pi, like Phanguye), but I dropped out after realizing it wasn't really my thing. It isn't fun to be the only person in the house who doesn't drink - I can't tell you how many times I drove to the emergency room to help someone who had alcohol poisoning.

rozwado1 · Dec 1, 2004, 07:45 PM

Originally posted by sworthy:
It isn't fun to be the only person in the house who doesn't drink - I can't tell you how many times I drove to the emergency room to help someone who had alcohol poisoning.

gerbnl · Dec 1, 2004, 07:49 PM

Originally posted by rozwado1:

I'm still looking for the sound that goes with this picture... will make a great ringtone for public transportation use!

d4nth3m4n · Dec 1, 2004, 08:09 PM

i flirted with the idea for a while when i first got to cornell. i was thinking it would be nice to be networked as i didn't have the benefit of being in the freshman dorms. then i realized that frat boys are mostly idiots.

danielle is in delta delta delta (cue SNL reference).

i'd rather go geek than greek.

UNTeMac · Dec 1, 2004, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by Joshua:
OAS AAS LLS

Rev-O · Dec 1, 2004, 11:30 PM

Never joined one, never considered it. But I've always been a Pi Rho at heart!

Fire is good. Fire is your friend. Burn, baby, burn!

DeathToWindows · Dec 2, 2004, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by rozwado1:
I'll agree with UNTiMac in that some frats are different, but we all assume the 'Kappa Tappa Kegga' meathead frat when these topics come up. I can't stand those idiots - all they think about is 'pounding hole' and saying 'whassup brah?' They are of a lower species.

Yeah... that would be my general impression of collegiate fraternal organizations... some exceptions, but their parties do seem to follow the kappa tappa kegga model...

and the neckless grunting primates that inhabit such places seem to possess the IQ of a bunch of grapes... and how did they get in to college, or was it before the alcohol poisoning?

that being said, I know there are some frats that do good... but this just seems to be the prevailing model... booze and stupidity

Phanguye · Dec 2, 2004, 10:29 PM

Originally posted by Aiglos:
Wow... Well I have the fortunate opportunity to attend a university in my home town. So I just spend my time with my high school friends. Just need to call them up to see if they want to go out for a beer and such. Well, we mostly email now...

wow... yes not trying new things or meeting new people is a fortunate opportunity

TubaMuffins · Dec 3, 2004, 12:15 AM

Originally posted by rozwado1:

wow, i know that guy in the middle, thats gross. Even funnier is that i know him from boy scouts.

rozwado1 · Dec 3, 2004, 12:20 AM

Originally posted by TubaMuffins:
wow, i know that guy in the middle, thats gross. Even funnier is that i know him from boy scouts.

Maybe you could have him describe the steps leading up to that moment. I'm sure the Internet is curious...

Scotttheking · Dec 3, 2004, 12:33 AM

Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
does not appeal... my roommate is pledging... I hear enough about it.

closest I come is Hillel...

You don't happen to be a freshman (or it's your first year out of high school, what with AP credit these days) and from California, would you?

I spend my time @ Hillel. Alcohol free building, but it's about as exclusive. I need to get out more.

TubaMuffins · Dec 3, 2004, 02:32 AM

Originally posted by rozwado1:
Maybe you could have him describe the steps leading up to that moment. I'm sure the Internet is curious...

seeing that i havent seen him in about ten years, i would have no idea where to find him. Don't even remember his name, i do remember my friend brought the picture to a meeting and we both knew it was him. wish i did know though.

Mac Guru · Dec 3, 2004, 01:20 PM

Originally posted by UNTiMac:
Spoken like someone who has no idea what they're talking about.

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia since 2002.

www.sinfonia.org

(OMG, I'm addicted.)

True, Professional vs. Social is a HUGE difference... my brother is Phi Mu Alpha (Zeta Sigma Chapter) and I was a 'pledge' for the Gamma Phi chapter until family matters arose and I ended up moving.

Social Frat's are a waste of time.

Mac Guru

OneMacGuy · Dec 3, 2004, 02:29 PM

Originally posted by Sherwin:
I wouldn't want to be in any club which would have me as a member.

The first truly intelligent post I have seen on here on months!

paully dub · Dec 3, 2004, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by OneMacGuy:
The first truly intelligent post I have seen on here on months!

A quote by a true New York Jewish Liberal Democrat, no less!

Hit: He makes teh movies.