Fraternity Foo Fighters
Karmen Mcarthun
My chapter is having major issues like talking trash, high tensions, brothers forming cliques and we even had a physical fight. I was wondering what steps should be taken to improve these issues? We are a small chapter of about 40 and only about 19 show up to everything.
I am a big believer in giving back to the community. If you find yourself on a college campus and in a fraternity, you are more fortunate than most in this world. As such, I feel you have the obligation to give to those who are less fortunate. I applaud you for having the same mindset.
Sororities and fraternities are social organizations. As such, the easiest answer is to do something social. Some great examples are a casino night fundraiser, a date auction or charity concert. Think about throwing a great party, then think about how you can turn it into a fundraiser to give to a good cause.
My fraternity started in 1928 at this college, and was really huge fraternity until a few years ago. As of now, the fraternity is nothing. The college student body does not even know who we are. I want to change that. The only problem, however, I am a freshman who knows nothing about Greek Life. The only thing I know is I will be president next year. I want to turn this fraternity into something huge. How can I turn this fraternity into something huge on campus? Where do I start? What do I do?
Also, find people to mentor you. Go talk to your Greek Life director. Call your national headquarters. Talk to older brothers. Talk to brothers from other chapters. Talk to your chapter advisor. These people are a wealth of knowledge which is exactly what you need.
Some great advice for someone in your situation is to do fewer things, but do them very well. Minimize programming but make what you do first class. This will instill pride in your chapter and create a good foundation to do bigger and better things.
Earlier, it had taken a few innnocent passes by the fire station to work out where the office door was, so that out official visit would not start out with me trying to get in to the air conditioning unit.
Again, I failed to appreciate the organisation and importance my Japanese hosts would place on my visit. As Junji and I approached, a fire fighter greeted me by name in halting but understandable English, welcoming this Aussie volunteer fire fighter to Asakusa Fire Station.
Mr Fumio Fujita, Fire Captain and Chief of Community Safety and Disaster Education Branch, ran through the operational structure of the Asakusa Fire Station. On this day, 24 career fire fighters were on duty, crewing 2 pumpers, support vehicles, operational command and an ambulance.
Mr Fujita explained the significant efforts made to minimise the impacts of home fires, programs to ensure smoke alarms are installed and working, and activities undertaken to identify and support the more vulnerable members of their community.
During my visit of 2 hours or so, a fire fighter had been taking photos. 2 of those photos were presented to me in a TFD folder before I left. A very professional action, and a lovely momento of a great visit.
Within 12 hours after being diagnosed, Hinterleiter said his UF Delta Tau Delta fraternity brothers created a GoFundMe page with the goal of raising $50,000 for his medical expenses. About $22,200 was raised within six days, and the page had more than 2,000 Facebook shares by Wednesday evening.
At South Fork High School, he was known for being a team player on his soccer and lacrosse teams, his mom Nancy Hinterleiter said. He was a shy kid growing up, but none of his friends in college would know that when they are around the now-energetic Hinterleiter, who knows the names of all 115 of his fraternity brothers.
Once Hinterleiter starts undergoing his 12-week chemotherapy process today, his immune system will not be able to fight infections. Each of his four, six-day chemotherapy treatments will be three weeks apart, he said.
After his fourth chemotherapy cycle, he will have to take upward of 15 different medicines to sustain the treatment for a year and a half, Hinterleiter said. Doctors told him he will most likely get sick easily and have to be rushed into the emergency room.
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I can only imagine how many people are going to look at this and say "Mike, What crazy article are you writing now!" Does joining a Fraternity or Sorority help your chances of landing a job compared to not joining? The real answer is understanding what a fraternities/sororities actually are.
I've heard every comment from both sides. For example, I've heard "Mike, the greek life is stupid because all those people do are drink and party." I have heard from the other side as "This is where we can meet lifelong friends and develop together and grow."
The difference is in the answer is about choice. My brother went to M.I.T. and joined a fraternity as a way of connecting with people that have the same mindset as him. On the other hand, I didn't want to join a Frat. I had plenty of opportunities and even rushed but it wasn't for me. Do I think my brother's choice was wrong? Absolutely not! When I was the best man at my brother's wedding, he had 40 Fraternity brothers come to it to celebrate one of the happiest times in his life. Is my brother more successful than me by joining a fraternity? Not at all, Both of us have made successful careers in what path we have chosen... which is another important aspect.
So how does the market look at Greek life? When you join a Greek organization, make sure you are joining for the right reasons. Don't get me wrong, we all try to have fun in college but there needs to be a solid gain out of it. Greek organizations for networking purposes out of college are great when you know how to use it correctly. What do I mean by that? I remember when someone told me I am in a sorority. My first question back was that's great, did you join your sorority's LinkedIn group? The response was no.
If you are a part of a Greek organization, you need to immediately find your group on LinkedIn and see whom you can reach out to because that's the entire point of joining. You are joining to build your network. If you are not building your network, you have fully wasted your time in any Greek organization.
Let me explain how recruiters look at this. Usually, candidates out of Greek organizations have great communication skills. The reason for this is that even if you are weak in speaking, you will learn throughout the Greek process how to adapt to other's personalities, which is a very strong quality for any job. If you use your network correctly, you will be able to reach out to someone within a company and maybe get a foot in the door. The reason why I say maybe is that in recruiting for hedge funds, business, engineering, etc.... we look for the most qualified, rounded candidate that can get the job done. If you have a 3.9 GPA and you were in a Fraternity and involved with the school, I can almost guarantee you will get a call from a person like me. Even if you are NOT in a Greek organization, if you are somehow involved with your school, and have a 3.9 GPA, you will get a call from a person like me.
Point being, the most qualified candidate will get a phone call. The best suggestion I will make for Greek/Non-Greek candidates is to make sure YOU ARE GETTING INTERNSHIPS. We go through candidate pools and the candidates that have stronger INTERNSHIP experience, normally interview better and adapt to the culture quicker.
Personally, even though I wasn't in a Fraternity/Sorority, I am largely in favor of them as I feel they develop life skills. They make you understand growing up because you are living with other people with completely different standards. The reason why I am a big advocate of it is that, throughout high school, I watched my brother crush his school work and was 3rd in his class out of 800 other students. (Try following that act) He didn't go out that much and never really went to a party. A fraternity was perfect for him because you had the people on the opposite spectrum that taught him how to get out and have fun while crushing school at the #1 Technical school in the world (Can be debated C.I.T) My brother has been my biggest supporter as well as being one of my best mentors through life and he learned many of his best qualities now through his Greek organization.
All students out of college NEED TO BE INVOLVED in their school in some way/shape or form. I can't say it any better than that. If you aren't involved and don't show drive, you will have a hard time finding a job.
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