The Dues Are Too Damn High
It is fascinating how various quests for utopia can bring out the worst in people or groups. As many as 60 million people died in the Soviet Union’s experiment. The Chinese Cultural Revolution, in which dictator Mao Zedong endorsed violence … Continued
FM Quip: Failure, the Fertilizer
FM Quips can be read in 5 or fewer minutes. See other FM Quips by clicking here. Connect with Fraternity Man (Nik) on Twitter to share your thoughts. From death sprouts life, and vice versa. The idea that failure is … Continued
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