I remember the first time I was chided for shortening “fraternity” by three syllables. Foolish Freshman, you never say “frat.” It suggests a negative connotation. A fraternity, I was told, is more than the caricatured image unfairly molded by…
Its been a freak few weeks for Greek life. Greek life has been in the spotlight recently due to incidents, causing five separate fraternities around the nation to receive suspensions, including outrage at the University of Oklahoma. The Ugly…
An Oklahoma fraternity is being closed this week after members made racist comments and broadcast them. A video caught fraternity members of the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter on a bus singing racist slurs. The slurs referenced lynching African-Americans, also…
Fish, potatoes, coleslaw and brownies are on the menu for an upcoming fundraiser. The third annual FarmHouse Fish Fry is Friday at the FarmHouse Fraternity. Fraternity members will run the operation from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Ticket holders can eat as much…
A West Virginia University student died Friday after suffering a “catastrophic medical emergency” inside a fraternity house in Morgantown, W. Va. Nolan Burch was 18. Students told local media the incident might have been hazing-related. In response, WVU suspended…
The third annual knoephla feed hosted by the Delta Tau Delta fraternity raised $2,450 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on Monday at the University Lutheran Center. “This is a really neat cause, because (donations) help provide kids with (type-one-diabetes)…