University Fellows and Fraternity

RedbirdDad
Sun, 17 Jan 2016 13:21:01 +0000

What’s Bama Greek life really like? Can a non drinker who is a scholar fit in? I’m a big fan of the Greek experience I had but realize experiences differ by campus and by chapter. I was an IFC President and chapter President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Rush Chair and wouldn’t trade my experience for anything but we didn’t have hazing and while our chapter had it’s share of alcohol abuse, it wasn’t by requirement and happened more by youth. My son doesn’t drink, hasn’t ever seen alcohol in our home and says it won’t be a part of his life. He also is a person of conscience for sure and stronger than average faith and won’t be a part of demeaning hazing activities. Will he fit in the Greek culture at Bama? I’m a Sigma Chi by the way and would love him to be a Sigma Chi but am more concerned he find a place that respects him and has the type of membership he will respect. I’d love nominations of high character fraternities at Alabama who have tradition, but not hazing, do their share of partying but welcome a kid who isn’t a drinker and who will have the experiences that a Parent longs their kid to have while mitigating the risk that too often is written about in the media.