College Fraternities

[jred321]

I was in an academic fraternity though, Lambda Pi Eta, if that counts.

i'm in Tau Beta Pi, not really a fraternity but an engineering honor society, probably similar

 

[yourworstmemory]

i never said westfield was cool...in fact i really don't like it here...but i can live here for free...so, eh...frats are stupid...im sorry, but its a bunch of ***** who don't have anything better to do...can't find their own friends without joining a club...c'mon get a god damn life...
and yes, i hate westfield too


btw...why do you care what i think of you people? see...im not bothered when someone says something about me...at all...you could call me a *** and id take about my balls and rub them on your forehead...

frats are like religions...for losers who don't believe in themselves...cant think or act for themselves...

 

[SeminoleMan]

we have a minimum requirement of 40 hours per school year per brother of community service. you don't join just to do this (there are service fraternities like APO if you want to do this), but it helps many people make the decision to know that we aren't solely about partying. i would hope it isn't just the debauchery and parties that draw pledges in. we get to know the people before giving bids during rush. again, our school is different than most in that we have 1 rush period per year, freshmen aren't allowed in our house at all until b term (we have 4 terms per year), and they aren't allowed to drink or be in our house after 10 until the end of rush, so their decision is based on the people in the house and what the house stands for, not for our parties because they haven't experienced any.
i didn't know i was trying to fill some void by joining a frat with a bunch of people who i was already friends (big soccer frat) with and would be whether i joined or not. granted, not as close friends, but still friends. it seems to me like it makes you feel better about not joining one by putting others down who are in frats, and by doing so you are making yourself feel included in the group of kids who are too cool to join frats, aka those who are closed minded on the subject. i don't get how joining a frat makes one not independent minded anymore, all of the sudden they are a different person and will do what everyone else does? i don't drink, everyone in this house does. i don't party much, everyone else in this house does. i'm into cars, there are maybe 3 other people in this house who like cars, none to the extent of me. I must not be independent minded.
i don't think anyone is cool because they join a frat, there are plenty of not cool kids in our house, and plenty of whole houses on campus that aren't cool, and plenty of cool kids (well not a ton at this school) who aren't in frats, i could care less either way, being cool is a personal thing, not a frat thing.
the statement was what i have observed on many threads like this. the only people who bash frats are those that are not in them and have never taken the time to really get to know what frat life is about. they mostly go from generalizations, things they've heard (you aren't going to hear about the good houses), movies they've seen, never from personal experience. the people who do have personal experience won't say bad things about the life because they don't have anything bad to say about it. there are plenty of meathead houses (like the football house on our campus) who have the "i am mightier than thou" attitude, but each house is different, and we really only have 1 or 2 houses like that out of 12 on campus.

Requiring community service of your members is mandated to help improve the image of the fraternity and to make your charter happy. It's not done out of the kindness of your hearts. It's an attempt to put a good face on and in an attempt to distance yourselves from the typical frat "party" image. IS THAT NOT FAKE?

I can appreciate your defending something you can appreciate, but it's the ol "bad apple" ruins the bunch saying. If your frat is that one frat that is diff, that's cool.

Eventually you'll have to socialize with the other 90% of society and you'll find that the rest of the world is far more interesting and more inclusive as a whole. We won't make you pay dues to boot.

 

[jred321]

i don't care what you think, but you are very closed minded and uneducated, yet you can draw conclusions somehow. it boggles the mind. none of what you have said is true at all, but if you only listen to what other people who don't know any better have to say then what you are saying is right.

and look, i thought of that all by myself

 

[yourworstmemory]

uh...no, ive been in college for the last 4 years, and i know alot of people who are in frats, and they are pretty fake after hanging out there...go ahead, be fake...just means you are a dumb ****...aww...don't cry, i still love you

oh and i am more educated then you...i guarentee it...

 

[night rider]

Lamda Lamda Lamda in tha house. haha
one of my roomies is a TKE and they are so lame. I have nothing against the institutions myself seeing as how its other peoples lives and I have my own to worry about so why hate something so much that doesnt even effect you? Maybe your the real loosers? My girlfriend is a Sigma Lamda Gamma at UT though and they know how to get down!

 

[PhreakV]

because you've got 4 whole years of college under your belt? wow! I think that you can learn a lot within 4 years of college so I'm not taking away from that but picking fights online by saying you're more educated than they are :wtf:

that shows exactly how educated you have become from your 4 years of college. I tutor undergrads in foreign languages; that doesn't make me more educated it just makes me more experienced...

on that note, I'm pretty sure that I'm done talking with you, it has become apparent that you are being blinded and deafed to the thoughts and ideas of others by your egomanical, narcissistic self. IMO. I can appreciate a good discussion but blanket, overreaching, uneducated (researched) statements are not a part of a "grown-up" discussion.

 

[jred321]

Requiring community service of your members is mandated to help improve the image of the fraternity and to make your charter happy. It's not done out of the kindness of your hearts. It's an attempt to put a good face on and in an attempt to distance yourselves from the typical frat "party" image. IS THAT NOT FAKE?

I can appreciate your defending something you can appreciate, but it's the ol "bad apple" ruins the bunch saying. If your frat is that one frat that is diff, that's cool.

Eventually you'll have to socialize with the other 90% of society and you'll find that the rest of the world is far more interesting and more inclusive as a whole. We won't make you pay dues to boot.

companies require community service out of their employees, as do many other organizations. if people only did it when they felt like it, many charities would be non existent. you think bill gates giving millions of dollars for computer and stuff is out of the kindness of his heart? it's a big tax write off. plain and simple. but we are only required to do 20 hours per year by national, but we know we can easily do more, so our officers decided we should do more. is it p.r.? yep, but it's better than doing nothing at all, like we would do if we weren't required to.

the ones you hear about are the ones that ruin it. they are the one that is different, and most frats are like mine, but you aren't going to hear about frats like mine unless you are within the greek system, so peole will continue to have their stereotypical view of what greek life is all about.

and that last statement i just have to laugh at, because that other 90% of the society at this school are the kids who never leave their room and don't socialize with anyone that isn't on a computer. granted one day i may be working with them, but i hope that since i have some social skills i would be a manager rather than sitting on a computer all day.

i interact quite regularly with people outside of the frat (i did have friends before joining, believe it or not). i do work, hang out with other people, all that good stuff, it's not like i'm in a fraternity and that's all i do, it's just part of my life. i can still do anything i would be able to do were i not in a frat, but i get the added benefit of being in one. the only dues i pay are to have parties (would have to even if i lived in an apartment and wanted to have a party), insurance to national, we had a fee when we became brothers, and rent (room, board, electric, network connection, water, heat, etc...), and combined i save thousands over living other places, so the few things i have to pay to national are ok with me.

 

[yourworstmemory]

dude...i seriously can get whatever i want...im not sitting at the computer because i have nothing better to do...im constantly writing papers, etc...and im sitting here and a thing pops up and says...new message...i am egotistical...big deal, don't like it? don't listen to it...no one is forcing you here...unlike fraternaties...which i have witnessed people beatin the s*** outta others because they were in a different one...oh yeah, tons of fun...lets walk into the light...we are perfect...

i never said not to join one...im stating my opinion, don't like it? don't like it...its not a big deal if we disagree...frats are dumb...and I believe that the people in them are too...if you don't agree...then don't ****** agree...its really not a big deal...
i still love...

 

[jred321]

uh...no, ive been in college for the last 4 years, and i know alot of people who are in frats, and they are pretty fake after hanging out there...go ahead, be fake...just means you are a dumb ****...aww...don't cry, i still love you

oh and i am more educated then you...i guarentee it...

lol, right, because you know me...

and i wasn't saying educated in general, i was saying educated about fraternity life. just because you know a few people in them doesn't mean you know what it's about or everything that it entails.

i am a dumb **** because you didn't like the frats at your school? i must be fake, dumb, drunk all the time, a loser, and only able to buy my friends. there are frats for people like you at my school, the ones who are upset with society as a whole, the rebel attitude, punk music, down with the man, arrogant about anyone's views but their own, etc... which is the kind of person you sound like. yep, there are frats for those people too.
being in a frat doesn't make you worse or better, it's a personal thing, and people should not be judged on based upon their being in one or not, but on the type of person that they are as an individual. maybe if you could open your mind and try ignoring some stereotypes you would see this.

 

[yourworstmemory]

and you are the...dont judge me im a pussy right? yeah...those are the frat kids...dude...i really don't care what you think of me...because i already know you are a dumb ****...and please...don't tell me about real life as i have seen more of it then you will ever see...

 

[KYMP5]

i dont have anything against frats in general but there are 2 frats at UK that i would like to beat the s*** out of every member. These assholes had their houses located at the end of my street (it was a very narrow street) and it was a dead end street and they were at the beginning. they would block the street for up to 30 minutes at a time and laugh because no one could get through. They also threw stuff at cars that didnt belong to frats. My car had several dents put into it thanks to these assholes. i never said a word to them and then they did all this s***.
i got my revenge on one of the frats about 3 months before i moved out. they knew it was me but they also new that i wasnt kidding around if they did anything to me or my neighbors again.
Now, i have a cousin that was in a frat and him and his boys were cool to me but only when my cousin was around. Because of s*** like this i will never have anything to do with a frat but to each his own and i wont say anything bad about any frats others than the ones that have ****** with me

 

[PhreakV]

I'm sorry on one last note:

" oh and i am more educated then you...i guarentee it..."

I would assume you're not an English major... in fact I guarA ntee it..

 

[yourworstmemory]

yes...THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT...the s*** the guy above said...every frat at the school i used to go to was like that...haha...now frats arn't allowed but seriously, it doesn't matter what i think, at least it shouldn't, but in my experience every frat kid was a stupid mother ******...i have a bunch of them in my classes now and all they do is talk through class...make stupid remarks...dumbasses...good thing those things are against our student constitution...and good thing i reported them...and good thing they havn't been in school for a week now

 

[jred321]

i never said not to join one...im stating my opinion, don't like it? don't like it...its not a big deal if we disagree...frats are dumb...and I believe that the people in them are too...if you don't agree...then don't ****** agree...its really not a big deal...
i still love...

you might as well say that all black people are dumb, all white people stuck up, all mexicans smelly, etc... while you're stereotyping. some frats are dumb, some do stupid stuff, some people who are in them are dumb. thinking that all are the same is ignorant. i could care less whether you like them or not, but ignorance is a big problem in our society

 

[PaulMP3]

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and my personal favorite...

I Phelta Thigh

(rofl)

 

[Dexter]

..don't tell me about real life as i have seen more of it then you will ever see...

statements like that just ruin every ounce of credibility you might have had.

 

[yourworstmemory]

I'm sorry on one last note:

" oh and i am more educated then you...i guarentee it..."

I would assume you're not an English major... in fact I guarA ntee it..

spelling has nothing to do with intellegence...i guarEntee you that i am more educated and more intellegent than you...

 

[Dexter]

i dont care if you care about what i care if you care that i think you care if you care that i am caring about what you think about caring about me.

 

[yourworstmemory]

statements like that just ruin every ounce of credibility you might have had.

you tell me what you have experienced...and i will tell you what i have...i KNOW i have experienced more...

lets see i was homeless for two years...i slept in a car for half of that time...the other half was spent going from house to house...sleeping whereever i could or sleeping down by a creek...i saw more drug use, more than a few overdoses...more underground violence, i saw a fricken murder...

no...sorry, i havn't seen anything, you are right...and it wasn't even my choice for seeing any of that s***...i had stick around my few other homeless friends and this just happens to be what i had to deal with...