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September 24, 2021
Rules and Expectations Fraternity Culture
The expectations that fraternities and schools place upon their undergraduate members pale in comparison to the loosely regulated expectations of alumni members or fraternity/sorority Read More
July 3, 2021
Fraternity Culture Rules and Expectations
Revealing a fraternity's ritual is equated with the death of the organization. Members learn that keeping secrets protects a fraternity organization. Imagine the ways in which Read More
June 26, 2021
ΔΣΦ Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity Culture
More than 300 Delta Sigs from across the United States answered my 2017 survey. It questioned how members pronounce "YITBOS" and their preferred nickname for the fraternity. Read More
March 16, 2021
FFC Fraternity Forward Coalition NIC North American Interfraternity Conference NPC National Panhellenic Conference Interfraternal Politics Fraternity Culture
Interfraternalism is more than a public face and a joint press release. Interfraternalism, like fraternity membership, is about relationships. Read More
November 3, 2020
Social Leadership Rules and Expectations Fraternity Culture
What if much of what we consider to be "hazing" were accepted, legal, and regulated? Read More
July 16, 2020
Organizational Management Fraternity Culture Chapter Leadership
We exist to facilitate relationships, and family trees can be a defining quality of college fraternity and sorority organizations Read More
July 15, 2020
Fraternity Culture Relationship Building Organizational Management
Professional and volunteer advisors, including fraternity consultants, are often tasked with rule enforcement, but that's not what it means to "advise" or "consult." Read More
July 3, 2020
Organizational Management Chapter Leadership Fraternity Culture
Fraternity educational programs are highly centralized and generally a waste of student dues or donations. Read More
June 27, 2020
Fraternity Culture
Would more friendship be such a bad thing? Read More
June 26, 2020
Organizational Management Fraternity Culture Rules and Expectations
College fraternity organizations are federations, but too much authority has been centralized to 1-2 alumni. Read More
January 23, 2020
Organizational Management Fraternity Culture How To & Resources
Big Brothers are a vestigial component of the fraternity experience, but too many chapters appoint big brothers (or "dads) to leave them that way. Read More
January 20, 2020
Fraternity Culture Social Leadership Rules and Expectations
Fraternity Standard of Excellence programs were likely designed as a covert way to maintain segregation after legal desegregation. Read More