[Matt Reiland]

Originally posted by miketwalker
I half-agree with Sarah... but then again... if you look at the "real" Fraternities and Sororities... they are a bunch of people who pay money to hang out with each other... and then they run around bragging their Fraternities' Greek Letters which means nothing to anybody else, so in real life this isn't anything different from Fraternities, except that they are "official", but I see what Sarah means... Idk.. I kinda like the idea though, cause it's a Fraternity not basing itself around drugs and sex... which many fraternities seem to be for even if they don't say it.

I think you may have been watching a bit (way) too much TV. Fraternity life at Purdue was probably the best time I have ever had. Most of my best friends were also my brothers from the fraternity. Most people who were not in a Sorority or Fraternity seem to mock it yet they were always first in line to get on the list to come to the parties. As for hazing and pledging, I definitely don't agree with any physical abuse but going through it and getting a bond with your brothers is exactly what makes our US military so effective.