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Message: [QUOTE="cliftonparksufan, post: 1659307, member: 9"] That's a good post. I didn't pledge until my spring semester of my sophomore year. This gave me an opportunity to meet a lot of people and it turned out the people I hung with were the people I met my first weekend freshman year. We ended up all pledging at different times (some as freshman, some sophs, some juniors and one of my friends even pledged as a senior) and remain great friends 39 years later. As far as my fraternity, we had about 40 brothers (some obviously more active than others) and even though we were all brothers, we didn't hang out with each other all the time. We still had other friends (some in other fraternities) and of course friends in sororities. We had different interests, some liked going out to the bars, drinking beer and meeting women and some liked hanging in their rooms, cranking Pink Floyd and smoking a little herb and maybe some whippets and whatever else. Some were in student government, some wrote for the paper, some were business majors, some IA majors (this was Oswego) and of course some were from Long Island and some from upstate. Some became brain surgeons (yes, for real) a lot of lawyers, and a ton of successful businessmen. You definitely learn communications and leadership skills. I was hanging with a lot of guys in my fraternity before I pledged and would probably not recommend going into it blind. Make sure he knows some people, understands what is expected, what the guys are like (do they have common interests) and even speak with the advisor and people close to the situation. I think it is a great opportunity for lifelong friendships and contacts but I'm also open to the fact that it's not for everyone. I'm happy I pledged where I did but I might have had a different outlook if I had pledged elsewhere. I'm sure if you are concerned with a particular fraternity, you could probably talk to the dean of students or the campus security. I'm sure they know who dropped a truckload of fizzies into the varsity swim meet. [URL='http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006893/?ref_=tt_trv_qu']Dean Vernon Wormer[/URL]: Greg, what is the worst fraternity on this campus? [URL='http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202318/?ref_=tt_trv_qu']Greg Marmalard[/URL]: Well that would be hard to say, sir. They're each outstanding in their own way. [URL='http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006893/?ref_=tt_trv_qu']Dean Vernon Wormer[/URL]: Cut the , son. I've got their disciplinary files right here. Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the varsity swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode. [URL='http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202318/?ref_=tt_trv_qu']Greg Marmalard[/URL]: You're talking about Delta, sir. [URL='http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006893/?ref_=tt_trv_qu']Dean Vernon Wormer[/URL]: Of course I'm talking about Delta, you TWERP! [/QUOTE]

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