September 26, 2021
NIC North American Interfraternity Conference Fraternities in News Media
People listen to statistics, and the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) is making good on a long-standing promise to invest in more research. New studies imply fraternity... Read More
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
September 10, 2021
Rules and Expectations Social Leadership Chapter Leadership
Fraternity leaders and professionals approach the topic of parties like surgery. They lay out rules and demand that everything is sanitized, standardized, and serious. It's unrealistic,... Read More
August 28, 2021
Rules and Expectations Social Leadership Interfraternal Politics
Fraternity and sorority organizations are a common target for arbitrary, anti-competitive policies which do not apply to any other type of student club. 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
NIC North American Interfraternity Conference Interfraternal Politics
The North American Interfraternity Conference owes its budget to student dues but refuses to give them a vote. Read More
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
June 25, 2021
ΚΣ Kappa Sigma Interfraternal Politics
Disliking Kappa Sigma is one of those quiet understandings among Greek Life professionals because Kappa Sigma does not care what Student Affairs professionals think... Read More
June 2, 2021
Chapter Leadership Organizational Management Rules and Expectations
Fraternities are not given much time to get to know potential members before "Bid Day." Here are 5 essential things you need to know about a man before giving him a bid. 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
March 10, 2021
ΒΘΠ Beta Theta Pi Album Reviews
"The Singing Fraternity," an album published by Beta Theta Pi in 2013, has a whopping 44 tracks—and I listened to them all. Below are my ten favorite songs in no particular order...except... Read More
February 24, 2021
Social Leadership Interfraternal Politics Community Engagement
Gone are the days when fraternities would host their own beauty pageants, crown a sweetheart, and parade her around for the world to see. Or are they? Read More
