What is Greek life in colleges?

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And why do they have fraternity and sorority names so strange? Example: Alpha kappa what??? Why?

I don’t understand the whole picture of Greek life. What is it? And why does it exist?

Edit: and why do they all move-in to one big house instead of their own dorms like the usual college student?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

I think greek life continues to exist because new adults being independent for the first time can find a need to belong to and identify with a group like they had with their family and friend group back home.

The idea of a pre-made close-knit brotherhood or sisterhood is quite appealing, especially if they also have potential connections and networking with alumni to get a future career.

Mix in some secret codes and handshakes to make you feel special and on the “inside” and it is easy to see how it could quickly become part of a college students identity.

And mixers, parties and social events are nice too.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Those are greek letters. Each group is usually 3 letters. Thus why they call it greek. It has its roots in early collegiate fraternal groups that were about scholarship and ethics and latin and Greek were mandatory subjects at the time.

As for what they are now. Depends on who you ask. Ask them and theyll probably say it’s about friends, networking, and doing charitable acts. Others might say it’s about binge drinking and paying for friends. Theres truth to both of those.

Anonymous 0 Comments

They are social organizations where members hold social events, take part in regular gathering, practice traditions. It’s a way to find a smaller community within a large university.

Way back when, they chose Greek letters for their names, that those “strange names”. Hence why it’s called Greek life.

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Not all fraternities and sororities have houses but many do or plan to when they can afford it.

Having a house off campus gives them a location to hold their meetings, their social events and have shared living space that can be a selling point to new initiates and a further way to bond and feel like a close knit group.