Sororities

Alexia Johnson Ms. Wilson CENG105-04 4 May 2016 Freshmen Do Not Have What It's Takes to Join a Fraternity or Sorority Fraternities and Sororities are some of the elite groups on a college campus. Fraternities and Sororities consist of men or women that share common goals and aspirations. Members of the fraternities or sororities publicize their organizations on campus by volunteering, performing and hosting different events. Each member must maintain a GPA of a 3.0 or higher and participate in

ability to surpass the negative public perception of Fraternity and Sorority men and women, and keep up good grades. While involved in Greek life, each chapter has an executive council which is the

that are used by all fraternities and sororities are called rushing and hazing. Rushing is the act of popularizing a given fraternity or sorority to attract new members. As mentioned in the introduction, the alternate forms of rushing cover a large spectrum, but they all have the same goal: be the best to attract the best. Hazing is another variable method closely aligned with fraternities and sororities, but hazing for different fraternities and sororities can have vastly different outcomes. Hazing

It is important to discuss the history behind fraternities and sororities in order to gain a full understanding of how they can affect ways in which students interact with each other. The first Greek letter organization was created in 1776 as a way for students to meet with each other and discuss current events and literature. From there on, more of these groups were started at schools around the country. It was rare to have women be appointed into one of these because of their lesser social status

well-known systems to be highly involved is by playing a sport or being in a fraternity or sorority. The purpose of the fraternities and sororities are to broaden a student's social experience in the college life. Fraternities and sororities receive negative stereotypes due to the absence of knowledge people possess. Going to parties is the number one stereotype the public occupies about fraternities and sororities. Yes, they do contain a lot of

The article that I have selected is about hazing and how it is heavily associated with greek fraternity and sororitys across the U.S. Hazing is the act of ‘‘any activity expected of someone that joins a group and has the potential to humiliates, degrades, abuses, comprise safety, or inflicts pain until its victims’’(Richardson, Wang, &Hill, 2012). Hazing as a form of initation into these fratertinities and sorriorites and the behavior is highly anticpitate and welcomed as for many it is

Fraternities and sororities are social organizations and the colleges and universities they have been around for a very long time. Since 2005 more than 60 people have died in fraternity related incidents, Fraternities and Sororities now at a record of 750,000 members provide invaluable leadership training, networking opportunities, emotional and academic support. Why should there be greek life on campus? Because it helps with college students, it gives you a place to live on campus, makes you feel

Martinez 1 Rachel Martinez Ms. Martin ENC 1102 7 February 2017 Sorority Groups Have you ever felt what it was like to be a part of a group? There is a wide range of groups one could be a part of, whether it be a religious group, a group at school, a mob, a sorority or fraternity, everyone has been a part of some type of group in their life. Being a part of a group makes one feel important by allowing oneself to engage in tasks that could potentially benefit oneself, someone else, or a society as

Like many traditions, the idea of sororities and fraternities are a common present day tradition. Sororities and fraternities act as a home away from home and as a family away from family. These social clubs try their best to follow in their past sisters or brothers footsteps. Similarly, the author of The Odyssey, Homer, expresses the Greeks are motivated by their obligation to appease their gods. As a result, the author communicates the importance of religion within Greek society and the traditions

White, and The Revenge of the Nerds. These are movies about Fraternities and Sororities that everyday people associate with Greek life; alcohol, drugs, hazing,Togo parties, manipulation, and debauchery in forms of the imagination. Although these things do happen on many levels, as the war cry of the title “Admit Nothing, Deny Everything”, there are many positives. I have personally been positively influenced by a sorority that has permanently changed my life forever. My freshman year of college,