Fraternity and Sorority Life

vonlost
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:42:41 +0000

It’s like parenthood in the sense of needing to experience it to understand. Hazing is gone from my frat’s national organization and is absolutely no longer tolerated; houses are closed if they mess up and have to wait four years to reopen (it happened to mine some years ago). I’m glad hazing is gone, but it did have its bonding side effects we can never forget. And, yes, my best friend is my frat bro from over 40 years ago; when you’re forced to spend large amounts of time together it just happens. I think this might be the number one significant practical feature of frats, the large amounts of time spent with one group. Not that it’s good or bad, just that it is.