...1. A social support network, group of friends and a means of "fitting in", for students away from home. 2. A social calendar, possibly including some events in the community that members have never tried before, and date parties and formals for significant others to attend. 3. Academic support, whether that is friendly academic competition within the chapter, homework help and tutoring by other members, incentives for academic success, disincentives for poor academic performance, mandatory study hours, opportunities to meet faculty at chapter events, textbook swapping, etc. 4. A lifetime network of friends. Alumni from my chapter and many others have remained friends, even decades after graduation. 5. Leadership and organizational experience through holding chapter officerships. 6. Athletic opportunities through fraternity/sorority intramural sports teams. 7. Social skills. Recruitment is a great way for fraternity members to learn how to talk to people, answers questions effectively, and practice their salesmanship, essential skills for future careers. 8. Networking. Alumni can help you find jobs in their organizations, or give strong recommendations to other who may be looking to hire. 9. Meeting other people from around the country. Through going to Greek leadership conferences and retreats, I have met hundreds of members of my fraternity, and other fraternities and sororities, from all over the U.S. and Canada. There's no other way I could have done this in college...
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...This research was conducted for us to know, how selected Fraternities affects the Lives of its members after (2) two years here in Angeles City, Pampanga. We all know that Fraternities has a bad impact to the government and it has a several issues reported on media and newspapers like hazing, alcohol abuse, sex assault and substandard performance in the classroom. But did we ever ask ourselves about what was the good side of a Fraternity has, by asking of their members like what was the advantages they have encountered after joining on it. We might also know if these selected Fraternities are really helping their members. During the survey, we realized that some of its members was totally attached to their own organizations (Fraternities). Fraternities began more than century ago as relationship building organizations in which leadership development could be cultivated. However, over the last several decades, fraternities have struggled to refocus on their adopted values and missions: scholarship, service, leadership and relationships. These are some values that we wanted to get from their organizations (fraternities), if they give respect, good relationship, and impact on the life of a member. The research seems to show that Fraternities has a big impact on the life of its members. Their members in general feel as if there is continual pressure on them to improve themselves. Fraternities have activities that provide for increased social networking through involvement...
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...Mark Christian Z. Cinco II-8 BSE VALUES EDUCATION NEED FOR GUIDANCE: DEVELOPMENTAL, PREVENTIVE, AND REMEDIAL GUIDANCE I. Objectives A. To know the 3 major Objectives of Guidance B. To distinguish when the Guidance is Developmental, Preventive, and Remedial. C. To enumerate and learn what are those objectives that comprises in each Major Objectives of Guidance II. Subject Matter A. Topic NEED FOR GUIDANCE: DEVELOPMENTAL, PREVENTIVE, AND REMEDIAL GUIDANCE B. Reference A.K. Nayak: Guidance and Counseling, (1997) APH Publishing Corporation. C. Materials Visual materials Oslo paper Tape Markers D. Allotted Time 90 mins. III. Strategies A. Mode Setting “Hot Issue “Dance B. Development Activity “Synonymous Match” Game C. Analysis Everyone needs guidance. But before we guide them, we should know first what guidance is applicable to each individual. It is by knowing what objective suitable to the individual’s situation. There are 3 Major Objectives of Guidance. First is the Developmental Guidance. It refers to objectives that focus on one’s development by founding strong motivation and clarifying their goal. Secondly is Preventive Guidance which literally guiding an individual with precautionary measures that will warn him before he experience this tough situations. And lastly is the Remedial Guidance. It comprises with objectives that aims to solve or minimize an existing problem by showing some remedies for...
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...One Night at a Frat Party When some tells you about their night, and how they went to a frat party, most people have an image that pops up in their heads. You might see a bunch of scantily clad girls dancing around, a group of brothers at the house watching, or maybe even a bunch of people playing drinking games. Well I’m here to tell you that you’re in fact correct in your assumptions… for the most part. This past Friday I was invited to attend a fraternity party at the Delta Sigma house on Albion College’s campus. This specific party was being held to “break in” the first semester of the New Year. The party was to be themed as a highlighter party, which means everyone wears white and they throw on the black lights. But, to be quite honest it was really just another excuse college students use to get drunk. I am actually pretty good friends with a lot of the guys who belong to the fraternity, so I was invited to come early and drink with them before the party began. Albion is roughly an hour away from Ann Arbor, so I decided to invite my friend Erica along to accompany me on the drive. We figured it would be easiest to just wear the clothes we were going to wear to party on our drive there. I dawned the standard jeans and a white t-shirt, but when I picked up Erica she was dressed in white from head-to-toe. I assumed she was just really spirited about the party and thought nothing of it. After an hour of a relatively uneventful drive, we arrived at our destination of...
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...Frat Fail : A Mystery “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible...”- Oscar Wilde. One cloudy Tuesday at Texas State University, two sorority sisters, Ashley and Molly decide to go to the Kappa Sigma frat house mixer, where Brian and his best friend Chad live. Chad and Ashley had been dating since junior year in high school, Ashley believed nothing ever was going to tear them apart, so she thought. As the mixer began Chad and Brian met with Ashley and Molly and were enjoying themselves and they had not one care in the world. Around midnight, Ashley and Brian realized they had been talking for almost two hours and Ashley saw no sight of her boyfriend anywhere, she turned to Brian and asked, “ have you seen Chad anywhere?” Brian sighed and knew it would soon be time to break the news to Ashley. Brian earlier that night walked into Chad’s room to find an extra shirt because he spilt his drink on his, only to find a shiny diamond earring by his bed, he knew Ashley wore pearls and realized the scandal he just uncovered. He knew Ashley deserved to belong with him all along. Brian, Chad’s best friend had been in love with his beautiful girlfriend since before they started dating, he could just never admit it. Brian began talking, “ Ashley there’s something I, but suddenly was interrupted abruptly by the recluse of the frat brothers, Lynx Hawthorne. “Hey Brian, Ashley, I was just looking for some food somewhere, I’ve been reading Sherlock Holmes since 9!” as...
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...fraternity and sorority have mission statements that promote positive behavior and high standards among its members; however, most students are interested in being a part of a frat to simply drink and part. According to the article by Aja Frost “Fraternity mission statements talk about leadership, philanthropy, community service, character and brotherhood, but ask the average student what comes to mind when you say “frat,” and the answer is usually “drinking.” The quote shows that students are not interested in the positive values frats have to offer instead they just want to part. Recent headlines have been dominated by stories related to the reckless behavior among Greek Organizations. Therefore, I believe Greek Organizations are an invaluable part of the college experience due to...
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...Content A fraternity (Latin frater : "brother") is a brotherhood, although the term sometimes connotes a distinct or formal organization and sometimes a secret society. A fraternity (or fraternal organization) is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members. History There are known fraternal organizations which existed as far back as ancient Greece and in the Mithraic Mysteries of ancient Rome. Analogous institutions developed in the late medieval period called confraternities, which were lay organizations allied to the Catholic Church. Some were groups of men and women who were endeavoring to ally themselves more closely with the prayer and activity of the Church; Others were groups of tradesmen, which are more commonly referred to as guilds. These later confraternities evolved into purely secular fraternal societies, while the ones with religious goals continue to be the format of the modern Third Orders affiliated with the mendicant orders. The development of modern fraternal orders was especially dynamic in the United States, where the freedom to associate outside governmental regulation is expressly sanctioned in law. There have been hundreds of fraternal organizations in the United States, and at the beginning of the 20th century the number of memberships equaled the number of adult males. (Due to multiple memberships, probably only 50%...
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...A Reflection Paper on Frat Man The play Frat Man was truly a unique play to have seen. As part of the discipline office’s campaign against fraternity involvement, there was a lot to learn out of it. The play’s lead character was a young man, a student, who decided to join a fraternity. The boy was just a regular student in every sense; however, he decided to join a fraternity after being convinced by his friend to do so. After successfully becoming a part of a fraternity, he found himself getting into a little bit of trouble involving a girl he is trying to pursue and her ex-boyfriend. The girl’s ex-boyfriend got jealous due to the lead character’s advances towards the girl. Interestingly enough, the ex-boyfriend was part of a rival fraternity which sparked an all out frat war against the lead character and his respective fraternity. Sadly, this frat war led to the lead character’s demise because he was shot while the frat war was occurring. That was basically how the play ended. The ending was a solemn reminder of how fraternity involvement can lead to lives being wasted for something so petty all magnified into an explosion of chaos. Though not all fraternities are violent or destructive, most of them are nowadays. I think with the youth today, the sense of a fraternity has gotten lost in translation. Fraternities were supposed to be brotherhoods where in each of the members are there to protect his fellow members. However, protecting doesn’t mean you have to start fights out...
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...intangible and conceptual needs that reflect their personal well-being (Iacobucci, 2010). The strategy used to address customer’s unique differences and Therefore, a market segment is a group of consumers that shares similar inclinations toward your brand (Iacobucci, 2010, p. 16). If marketing were a continuum, the extremes would be “mass marketing” and “one-to-marketing” with “market segmentation” representing the median. The Frat House will utilize a concentration approach marketing strategy, a market segmentation approach whereby a company develops one marketing strategy for a single segment (Ferrell, Hirt, & Ferrell, 2009, p. 371.) It will attempt to cater to the varied taste, needs, and desires of low income and middle income consumers. Currently there is a small segment of retailers who sell fraternal and Greek organization paraphernalia and those that do tend to sell the same products; creating a very limited selection of products for consumers to chose from. The jewelry and apparel created and sold at The Frat House Jewelry Box allows our customers to display...
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...Also, there are no huge and crazy expensive parties like the one shown at the frat house in 21 and Over. University students don’t have enough money to spend on a party like that, let along enough time to put into one. No town or city with a university is just seen as a party town like the one in 21 and Over. There is other things in the town besides bars and parties. And lastly, the chances of you seeing a professor dancing in the street wearing an extravagant and colorful costume are very slim, and if you did happen to see it, it would probably only be a one-time...
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...The college is State College, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University, which this year was named the number one party school in the country by the people who name the number one party school, the Princeton Review. The Princeton Review chooses the number one party school from online student surveys. 120,000 students at 371 schools around the country answered these questions, how widely used are beer, alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs at your school, how big is frat life at your school and finally, how many hours do you study each day. Students aren't randomly selected, so it's not, strictly speaking, a scientific survey. But the last two years, Penn State has done very well. It was the number three party school last year, number six the year before that, and nobody argues it is not a very big school for partying. The Harvard School of Public Health did a study of what schools tend to have the heaviest drinking, and Penn State actually hits all the criteria that they found. It's located in the northeast, and it has a large undergraduate population-- that would be, in this case, 44,000 students-- a large fraternity system, a nationally-known football team. At tailgate parties, you see just how deeply embedded drinking is in life at Penn State. It's entire families, it's several generations together gives you the feeling that the whole world is drinking, probably because there's so much of it. Penn State now has the largest stadium in North America, it holds over 100...
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...The First Amendment and Hate Speech Unfortunately there are plenty of people out there that still hang dearly to their hate. The First Amendment is a crucial component of our basic human rights in America and there will always be those that abuse these rights. Hate is a part of human nature that some say is simply another facet of love. I do believe that these people have the right to hate speech as long as it does not interfere with others around them. It is the same concept as public disturbance or any laws that protect you when you are out in public doing what you usually do on a day to day basis. Hate speech is just another form of speech. Any and all power that it has over you is power that you inherently grant it. Since it is a form of speech it is protected under our First Amendment. If the person spewing this garbage is doing so among like-minded people, on the internet, or is otherwise leaving alone the targeted groups then it is perfectly legal. Everybody makes a big deal and gets upset every last time something “unacceptable” or out of the “norm” is said. Hate speech can be prosecuted if it turns into more than that. If the people making hate speeches seek out and harass individuals with their words and or actions then it becomes something far uglier and more clear cut in prosecution terms. When it comes down to it everyone is free to do as they wish in a public space as long as it does not violate any of our laws or human rights. If the people around do not...
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...It has been stated in each research source that hazing and particularly binge drinking is the most serious problem affecting social life, academic life, and health on college campuses today. The journal article pertaining to this issue, How Harvard’s College Alcohol Study Can Help Your Campus Design a Campaign Against Student Alcohol Abuse (CAS: Campus Alcohol Study for short), focuses more heavily on binge drinking and prevention than it does on the Greek system itself. The authors, Wechsler, Nelson, and Weitzman, contend that binge drinking is a nationally recognized problem but has not been studied efficiently enough to warrant effective prevention plans. The purpose of this article is to share with the public the results of a survey representing 50,000 students in 140 colleges, in 39 states. This is the first nationally representative survey of its kind and the analysis of its outcome by the authors of this article has resulted in seemingly sound prevention ideas. To begin interpreting the binge drinking phenomenon, a solid understanding of the term must be presented. Binge drinking is defined by all the articles as consuming five or more drinks in rapid succession (four or more for women) at least once in a two week period. Shockingly, the College Alcohol Study (CAS) found that two out of every five college students binge drink. The authors of this article argue that binge drinking has negative effects not only on the drinkers, but also on the entire student body. The binge...
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...seeds of corruption. Hazing is hazing whether it results in death, mutilation or years of pain or whether it is done inside or outside the school or institution. In the article “Fraternal Fury” written by Argee Guevara, he stated that there is something intriguing and frightening about the culture of college fraternities. The more we try to understand it, the more we end up abhorring it. As a result of two rival fraternities rumble, one was reported by TV Patrol to have been severely injured after getting a pretty nasty whack on the head when rival frat men pounce on him with lead pipes, clubs and baseball bats. The cause of rumble is un-important since rumbles erupt for a variety of reason, none of which is intimately related to the pursuit of academic excellence, the repudiation of our foreign debt or the liberation of our impoverished people. This is what makes their way of life difficult to comprehend. It is said that these frat wars are part and parcel of their reality. But the sense of belonging and security is non-existent when they are perennially gripped by paranoia every time a rumble occurs. Based on Rafael Jude Tomeldan’s article entitled “Campus Black Sheep”, fraternities are as American...
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...GOVERNMENT Fraternities and sororities should be banned because they could be a hindrance to your college studies. We think that they should be banned because of the following: *Prioritization -Greek life might become your top priority in life, even over family and friends. Yes, you will learn a lot about life, leadership skills and business. Some people get very passionate about their Greek life that it has moved above school, family and friends on their priority list. *Time Commitment -Fraternities' and sororities' members will be asked to commit their time to the fraternity or sorority. This creates a huge cut through a student's academics. Most of the students join Greek life during their Freshman year so most of the members are new to college. They have not yet experienced the ways of college thus they would have difficulties in balancing their time between the organization and its activities and academics. *Ruins Relationships -If you already have a busy life, then by becoming a member of the Greek life you will become even busier especially during pledging. It could take time away from a boyfriend, girlfriend or great friendship. *Influence of Friends -Some members are just strained to join the organization because their friends are joining and they don't want to be left behind. So basically, they are not really into Greek life but they are forced to join because they don't want to go separate ways from their friends. Because of this, these forced...
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