Question: I am a freshman and will be a sophomore in the fall 2016. I recently got initiated into a fraternity. When I rushed we had a very limited amount […]
Fraternity Issues
Maybe We Don’t Need a Fraternity House?
House Question 1: I’m in a newer fraternity that just celebrated our two years of being a chapter. We have run into the problem of not having a chapter house […]
How to Get a New Fraternity House – 10 Steps
My fraternity owns a 100 year old house and it’s starting to show its age. We are an 80 man chapter and growing, but this will come to a halt […]
5 Ways to Make Fraternity Alumni Feel Appreciated
Our local alumni board is in the midst of a large capital campaign with the goal of raising $500,000 in 5 years. About a year and a half in, they […]
Fraternity Transfer
Question 1: I am thinking about transferring to another school. I am currently a sophomore and in a fraternity that I like a lot, unfortunately I don’t think I can […]
Fraternity Pledging is Stressing Me Out
I am in the middle of pledging and I am constantly stressed. I have thought about dropping many, many times and I think we are more than halfway done. I […]
Five Common Pitfalls for Fraternity Newbies
So you’ve gotten into a fraternity, which means now you can just sit back and bask in the glory of Greek Life, right? Well, not quite. Yes, being part of […]
Top 5 Mistakes When Owning a Chapter House
It is becoming harder for chapters to find chapter houses. When a chapter does find a new home, there are 5 common mistakes they typically make. The Chapter Can’t Fill […]
Fraternity In-Fighting, Community Service and Making a Fraternity Huge
My chapter is having major issues like talking trash, high tensions, brothers forming cliques and we even had a physical fight. I was wondering what steps should be taken to improve these […]
Motivating Fraternity Exec Boards, Auburn Fraternities, Improving Relationships with Sororities and SigEp Recruitment
I recently stumbled upon your website while I was planning on running for president of my fraternity. Your website became very helpful during that process and ultimately helped me become […]
Fraternity Standards Boards, Dirty Rush, Social Media Flaming, Burnout and Professional Fraternities
Our standards board is inconsistent and unfair. How should I go about addressing this? Answer: I hate standards and judicial boards. The reason I dislike them is they typically serve […]
Quitters, Suspensions, Houses and Transfers – Typical Fraternity Problems
I want to drop the fraternity I am pledging but I don’t want to make 100+ enemies on campus. I actually really like a few of the guys in the […]
SAE Eliminates Pledging – Our Questions Answered
As I am sure you know, SAE recently decided to eliminate the new member program from their fraternity. This move has been critiqued extensively the past few weeks, and people […]
Blackballed at Ole Miss and Everywhere Else
My son was pledging a fraternity at Ole Miss and he thought he was “in” though we never received any dues statements which I thought was odd. After returning back […]
Getting Brothers to Live in the Fraternity House, Alumni Chair Issues, Brothers who Party too Hard and My Favorite – the Ineligible Big Brother
We’re having an increasingly hard time getting people to live in the fraternity house. It’s the cheapest place to live on campus, and living in the house gives you cheaper […]