Stop Hazing Where It Takes Place: In Secret
It is time for another Hazing Prevention Week. The initiative began as a way to market hazing speakers. Today, it embodies all of the political theater around fraternity hazing. All the while, we ignore the reality that our efforts to … Continued
Shared Values are tools to connect, not to control.
Two small towns grew side-by-side over many centuries in a mythical valley. The people were well-acquainted with one another, though each took pride in their hometown. Twice a year, millions of orange butterflies would emerge from fields of wildflowers to … Continued
IFC members pay for the NIC. They deserve a vote
Update: Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha & Phi Delta Theta have instructed chapter officers to pay only the $30 required of NIC-member fraternities. Read TKE’s release (which expresses support of 3 other non-NIC fraternities representing 950 chapters) … Continued
How special interests affect Greek Life
Working for a fraternity is difficult to explain. Higher education professionals claim that we are higher education professionals. Others say that we are non-profit organizations. Most of the general public assumes that working for a fraternity’s central office means drinking … Continued
FM Quip: Fraternal Thoughts To Ponder Together
Some things come to the mind incomplete. I wake up in the morning, have a thought about fraternities, jot it down, and may never return to it again. Many of the posts I write are forever drafts, never to be … Continued
Two Fraternity Billing Companies Remain: How Little LegFi Changed The Game
Where there were once five or more co-equal competitors in the fraternity billing space, there is now a duopoly. How did a startup with fewer than 15 full-time employees force the “giants” to improve their strategies and business practices? This … Continued
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We Need Contract Transparency: How Fraternity “Partnerships” With 3rd Parties Fail Student Members.
What good does it do to tell the members of a chapter that they are 1.3% less likely to binge drink – based on self-reported data – than their peers? It might make... READ MORE
How Desegregation Warped the Role of Inter/National Fraternities & Limited Students' Rights in the Process
It’s been almost nine years since I started blogging about fraternities and their high-level politics. Many things have changed in the years since I launched “BondFraternal.org” in 2011. I like to think I... READ MORE
IFC members pay for the NIC. They deserve a vote
Update: Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha & Phi Delta Theta have instructed chapter officers to pay only the $30 required of NIC-member fraternities. Read TKE’s release (which expresses support of... READ MORE
The Authoritarian Backlash Against Hazing
New state laws, proposed federal laws, zero-tolerance coalitions and repeated slandering of self-government highlight the hypocrisy in fraternity leaders’ attempt to use coercion against coercion. Taking a “Test” No lifeline candles remained. I... READ MORE