Maybe I'm reading too much into his posts, but it seems like the guy is putting fraternity life on a pedestal full of anecdotes and stereotypes. I think he's setting himself up for disappointment when he arrives in Columbus and finds it's not like how it is in the books and movies.

While OSU has a very healthy greek life, it's definitely not the be-all, end-all like it is at other schools. It's not a main attraction (I'm not knocking it or trying to be dismissive towards it at all, because the chapters there are great. And hey, my school has minuscule greek life in comparison!). Greek life isn't such a huge focus like it is at IU, U of I or even UW

The purpose of my post was to basically try and drag the OP down to reality. Is this a little bit clearer?

^ Yes. Same thing the rest of us were saying. Good deal.

Not sure what in my posts made you all feel I was putting fraternities on a pedestal. I simply was curious as to if what the book alluded to was something other people had experienced. The Goat was an atrocious memoir of an awkward man that gets hazed and doesn't even finish the program.

As far as buying a book with no reviews...there really aren't a lot of fraternity memoirs. Sure, I've seen them mentioned briefly in biographies here and there, but I've been looking for something that was more of a "present day" experience within a fraternity.

Hope that made everything clearer. I'm also assuming that, since no one has suggested any, there really aren't fraternity memoir books available?

Is there really any campus where he could arrive and find it be like it is in the books and movies?

Unless he wants to read "The Night of the Seven Fires." ;)

Exactly.

For that matter, the same can be said of college life.

Every story in this book is real, trust me.

Thank GOD you came to tell us that. I feel much better now.

Went to the website mentioned in the back of the book and emailed the author and got this back in return:

"Yes, the stories are all real and not embellished. For legal reasons, I was not able to name the actual fraternity nor refer to my brothers by their real names. Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed the book!"

See, that's how you know they aren't true. If they WERE true, there's no reason he wouldn't be able to name names.

This "Fratastic" book seems to be in the same vein as "Epsilon Zeta" which is based on the author's time in Sigma Chi at FSU.

I bought that book when it first came out but I never read it.

http://www.jockyoung.com/epsilondesc.html

It's the same thing as "Pledged" for sororities.

K, I sent him that and this was his response:

"Actually, that is kind of an ignorant statement. The law states that I can write whatever I want about someone (basically) and use their real names and identifying details. However, if someone takes me to court over it, I must provide evidence that the events took place. Though I have quite a bit of evidence on many of the stories, I decided to take the easy route and simply change all names and identifying marks. As for which fraternity it is, it shouldn't really be that hard to figure out if you are a part of the Greek system or know any Greeks. Thank you again for reading my book and providing me with feedback."

the title says "The story of Phi Delta Zeta." I know Delta zeta is a sorority, so I'm guessing it must be someone like the Phi Delta Thetas, Phi Taus or Phi Sigs. Or maybe like Delta Upsilon.

I realize you're a young'un, but stop, seriously. Just stop.


Where's that Wendy Williams "I can't" .gif?

It isn't that hard to figure out which fraternity and which school with the magic of google when the author uses a vanity press.