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By using a collection of interviews and recollections, the audience receives both sides about the truth of fraternities while lacking any sort of bias. Throughout the article you made it clear that a solution to ether side was impossible; therefore the focal purpose is to teach students, parents, professors, or community residents about fraternities. The absence of a possible resolution leaves a window for any reader’s interpretation.

Walking around a university’s campus any day of the week, one sees an array of Greek letters worn proudly by young men and women in the Greek system. Fraternities and sororities play a big part in a university. The Greek system can also be an easy target to direct criticism. There are those who oppose the Greek system and those who embrace it. Evan Wright opposes the Greek system in his article “Sister Act” that was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. He uses examples from students at Ohio State University in Columbus to show his disapproval of the way sororities are now days. He portrays sorority girls as catty conformists who are obsessed with partying with fraternity

I have been reflecting this week what being a part of a sorority means to me, which got me interested in find sources based on the negative aspects of greek life. The first source comes from the political cartoon genre that was written by a student and published in their university’s newspaper. The cartoon has the caption “Deciphering Rush Week Slogans” and depicts a young female student walking through a lawn filled with recruitment signs. The other source is a blog post from HerCampus titled “7 Things Sorority Girls Won’t Tell You About Being in a Sorority”. This article goes through a list of things that members will not discuss with the younger girls during recruitment which includes things such as you wont be best friends with everyone

Greek life plays a major role in colleges and universities all across the United States. Greek life allows men and women to join an organization and create a long lasting bond, as brothers or sisters, which they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. College campuses explore and boast about the positive impacts that Greek life has on students as well as the community around them. However, even with fraternities and sororities being on college campuses for decades, few people outside the Greek life community have discovered the real, enduring process that it takes to become a "brother" or "sister". Throughout my research, I will be focusing on the negative effects that fraternities and sororities pose upon pledges. This includes hazing

Teddy Bommarito comments on the top four reasons why he believes Greek organizations are beneficial to universities and colleges around the nation (n.pag.). His rationale is that fraternities, along with sororities, offer participants with the following benefits: lasting bonds of friendship and networking among members, pleasure and enjoyment, help from older members in the organization, and improving their safety awareness in reference to the dangers of alcohol consumption and driving while under the influence (Bommarito n.pag.). Bommarito also shows how each detail of Greek societies can ultimately help an incoming college freshman in the long run (n.pag.). While fraternities and sororities are frequently affiliated with hazing, binge drinking,

In “Examining the Benefits of Greek Life.” Nicole Glass explains why she believes that Greek life is a great opportunity for students in public universities. Nicole gives multiple examples of famous people in history that were in sororities. Nicole explains that the Greek life system gives students opportunity to make friends that will be with for life, have fun at parties, and learn leadership skills that students will use for the rest of their lives. The author points out that the sororities/ fraternities have a very bad name in the press, but the hazing is very rare throughout the Greek system.

Romley to fixate more onto her past college years. I asked her what her favorite memory about the University of Arizona. Her response was of a memory when she went “to see the beaches of California with three of her sorority sisters”. Her answer sparked these next two question that came to the top of my head. I asked what clubs or organizations she was involved in here at the UA and where did she live her freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year of college. She said she lived in the Coronado dorm her freshman and sophomore year of college. Mrs. Romley then explained that the Coronado dorm, that is still apparent on our campus, used to be an “all girls dorm and not known for its partying and loudness.” In both her junior and senior years of college she lived in her sorority house, Kappa Kappa Gamma. She was apart of Greek life, specifically KKG, and the Panhellenic organization during her years in college. Suddenly I started to think about the layout of the campus so I asked her what her favorite spot on campus was at the time. She acknowledged that “The entire campus is beautiful and I could not pick a favorite spot because I enjoy the whole aspect and feeling the campus gives its students.” She stated that no features, at the University of Arizona stood out to her, but the biggest improvement on campus is the recreation center facilities. It was a pleasing experience to watch and listen to

Thus, when we (potentially) see attitudinal/behavioral differences years later between college alumni who did and did not participate in the fraternity/sorority system those differences could reflect the pre-college personalities of the two groups and not the actual experience of being in a Greek organization (Reifman, 2011 pg 2). Some students may be impacted with the best experience out of joining a fraternity or sorority while others may experience the opposite. "for every girl who emerges from a sorority with improved self-esteem, there are numerous others whose confidence has been crushed" (Robbins, 2004 p.320). “a heavy reliance on men for social validation; and enormous time and financial commitments”. In some sororities, members are officially required to attend a certain percentage of events and even when not technically required, many feel implicitly that they should attend sorority activities over important outside functions (Robbins, 2004

Greek life can be looked upon with a closed mindset by many college students and graduates that decided to not join the social movement that is brought upon by fraternities and sororities on college campuses. An article written by Caitlin Flanagan for The Atlantic Daily takes a negative turn toward Beta Theta Pi at Penn State University for many valid reasons such as: the reoccurring destruction of their 8.5 million dollar renovated home, their degrading hazing acts which involve a pledge catching bodily waste from a fraternity brother, the lack of compassion they have toward their fellow fraternity brothers, and the lack of authoritative action taken to prevent this from happening again. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Penn State

Since 1750, starting with the Flat Hat Club, fraternities have been an essential aspect of social life for numerous college settings. Over 75 nationally recognized fraternities have been established in universities around the nation. This has caused many different opinions toward these secret societies. Universities have made the push to permanently remove fraternities from campuses. Racial slurs being streamed online, mass reports of sexual assault, and excessive financial obligations are but only a few of the allegations that Greek lettered societies have received throughout their existence. Nevertheless, despite the stereotypes associated with these organizations, there are numerous pros and cons that result from their existence on universities.

After reading the article “what a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed about the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity”, I understand the challenges that Asian American face in the search of a connection with their ethnic group culture and in the search of their identity within the dominant society. I feel sympathy for the family and for the many other families across the country that had lost their sons and daughters to fraternities that are in the pursuit of tough members that will represent their ethnic groups. Furthermore, students join fraternity to look for personal power and influences that they might be lacking from their communities. Students are in search of popularity and a sense of belonging to something special, something cool

When some people see Greek life they automatically think of under-age drinking, parting, unprotected sex, hazing, and skipping class. For some members of Greek life is a true story, but not all members of Greek life only care about the “fun” that is associated with being a part of Greek life. According to research by Aesoon Park, “College students, fraternity and sorority members have long been shown to be at high risk for alcohol problems. Greek members are more likely to drink, to drink heavily, to experience negative consequences due to drinking, and to meet criteria for an alcohol use disorder than are nonmembers” (241).While alcohol use among Greeks is a colossal problem associated with being a member; however, speaking from experience, if a sorority sister does not want to partake in such activities, they will not be forced to. Cheryl Drout says that “[b]ecoming intoxicated on a weekday, missing class due to drinking, having sex when oneself or one's partner is intoxicated, and finding humor in drunken behavior are all representative of the acceptance or tolerance of otherwise questionable behavior,” which proves that alcohol and unsafe sexual practices are extremely prevalent among Greek students(537).

In a world full of different people that come from various backgrounds, there are different perspectives on what is found as important. Something that is seen as trash or useless by one may have once meant the world to another person. Each piece of trash carries a memory from its past life, ready to take on its new life to help the next person in one way or another. Howard Nemerov’s poem “The Town Dump”, Lars Eighner’s essay “On Dumpster Diving”, and “The Town Dump” by Wallace Stegner each tell a story about how trash has impacted them. Even though these pieces are written with different messages, each piece of writing uses tone to establish the importance of local trash, as well as establishing the history behind its significance.

Nathaniel Haas proves this idea of a sexual economy between fraternities and sororities at USC and the negative results it has, through research and statistics. His strongest piece of evidence is the research presented by economist Sean Hernandez, a former fraternity member from USC. Hernandez’s research introduces the basis of this argument that there is “a system where fraternities pay for parties and… sex is expected” in return as payment (Haas). The reason why Hernandez’s research is convincing to the reader and as a result very helpful to Haas’s argument is because of who Hernandez is. He is not only an expert in the field of economics but his standing as a former fraternity member gives him a lot of credit in the eyes of the reader. This relationship Hernandez has with the Greek system makes reader more open to this argument because it makes him an expert in the Greek life at USC since he was a former member. His research also

Kristin Czubkowski wrote in the article “Greek Life Turns 150 Years” that frat parties in the early twentieth century were mainly ball parties. Students dressed up and had formal interactions between fraternities and sororities. These parties were closely monitored by the college staff and all the participants were quite restrained. From this information, we know that frat parties were not so chaotic in the past and the form of partying can be influenced by policies and decisions of higher authorities.