54 year old pledge!!!
 

Last year Alpha Gamma Rho had a 43 year old pledge. He came back to school after a career in the military.

I think we're limited to 26 years and younger for undergrads.

I personally think that is great and wished more fraternities and sororities realized what they may be missing out on by only gone for the late teens and early 20 somethings.

the national trend for universities now is that more are becoming commuter campuses and the average age is rising. My campus' average age is 28/29 As more "old" folks go back to school more may think about what they missed when they were younger and want to try joining a fraternity or sorority now.

I just have to say thank goodness Phi Sigma Sigma realizes the contribution that older women and graduate students can make to their chapter. I was initiated into Phi Sigma Sigma as an active sister at 32 and a grad student. It has been one of the best experiences of my college life - undergrad or grad.

Good luck to Langille and Kudos to the brother of Alpha Sigma Phi

In that story, the guy was an Alpha Sigma Phi pledge, but had to leave school, but it says that "Missing initiation at Indiana University bothered Langille for years"...

I really commend him on seeing it through to the end.

That is such a great story. Good for him!!!!

Wow! That is so cool. Makes me feel young - I'm just now pledging and I'm 25.

That is a really sweet story; I am glad the guys were so accepting and willing to let him finish what he started.

Now THAT'S what brotherhood/sisterhood for life means!!!!!
How honorable it is that he wanted to come back and complete this process!
This story really made me smile.:D

That is so awesome!
 

I wish the womens orgs were more open like this! (I know some are-but most aren't)At my school we have a guying who thirty something pledging-and everyone loves him!HE just never got the chance to do it before b/c of family.

We had a woman go through recruitment that was 45, lived an hour away and had a husband and kids. She didn't want sisterhood and didn't want to go to socials, meetings, philanthropies, etc... she just wanted somewhere to hang out during breaks between her classes each day.

Things like that made me skeptical of older PNMs, however, I have learned here at GC that not all people are like that woman and this story is so adorable!

Good from him, that is very admeriable for him to go back and see this through to the end. More power to him. And congrats to the memeber of Alpha Sigma Phi, for being so open minded.

Very Cool!
 

What a nice story! I once knew of another man about the same age that was pledging a Latino fraternity in CA. I don't know if he ever became a brother, though.

what a heart-warming story! i think it's great that he wanted to come back and contribute, and the brothers were so accepting!

i couldn't suppress my giggles when he said "ralph"... tee hee!

sweet

I'm speachless

That is the cutest thing I've read in the longest time!! Gives me goose-bumps :D

What a neat story :).

There was a Sigma Chi pledge (at UBC) a few years back who was 30 when he pledged and he really enjoyed himself.

My school's code of ethics for all greek organizations is that we cannot discriminate based on age.

Therefore, if a hypothetical 80 year old fella wants to join LSP, then, heck, he should go for it!

I really don't see why age should be a limiting factor when college is for all ages, and wisdom of the ages is much appreciated in any organization!

It makes a mockery of the system . . .

Come on people try and be even a little consistant!

We have had thread after thread on here where girls can't even join a sorority after they are freshmen because they are too old for that system.

Or we tell them they can try but they probably won't make it.

We have thread after thread on here where we have said that people shouldn't date people with an age disparity of over four years because they won't be able to relate to each other because they are in different places in their lives!.

And sororitygirl2 said that there was an older lady on her campus that wanted to join for a different experience than most of the actives were seeking and:

So this story is adorable? The guy is in the same boat, he is either going to want to go alum or is being forced to immediately go alum and doesn't want to take part in the social aspects of the chapter . . . how is that brotherhood/sisterhood?

Isn't that exactly what sororitygirl2 said she didn't trust?

Oh well, I guess consistancy is no longer in vogue.

As an Alpha Sig (but not from Marshall), I'm happy and proud to see our fraternity in action and I look forward to seeing him enter our Mystic Circle on his initiation!

Wow James... That's harsh


I was a thirty-something new member. Just because we are 'older' doesn't mean that we can't be valuable, productive, members of the organization.

I don't go out and party all of the time with my sisters. I do attend the other social activities - picnics, softball, etc. Does that make me less of a sister?

Is the social aspect the most important thing about being Greek? Do I have to party with you for sisterhood? If so, why do we do all that other sisterhood crap???????:mad:


Who would force him to go alum? His brothers because he's not socializing? So much for those who are involved in socials and brotherhood?

I think that no matter how old you are, you should have an opportunity to participate in Greek life if that is your choice.

I don't know about your organizations, but my sisters do not see my lack of partying as a lack of sisterhood. On the list of things that a sister should do, it doesn't say that going to socials is mandatory....


So to all of the older Greek brothers and sisters.....

Show examples of true sister/brotherhood....loyalty, trust, dependablilty, faith, honor, love, friendship, sincerity.

Don't let these 'youngsters' put out your fire.....

James,

I wasn't saying it was bad that she wanted a "different" sorority experience than the other members... I was saying she didn't want a sorority experience at all. It was pretty apparent to all the chapters that she just wanted a group that she could "use" so that she had somewhere to go eat lunch (because she lived an hour from campus). ALL she wanted to do was stop by during the day... she said she didn't want to join a group where she would have to go to meetings -- but you have to do that in all of them.

The guy in the story was going through the new member period... attending meetings, hanging out, etc... I think it is very different.

Fred Langille's pledgeship with Alpha Sigma Phi is different than the typical older person looking to go greek. And it IS consistent with most GLOs, if you care to look into it.

Langille was given the bid and started the actual pledging process, but could had to withdraw for personal reasons. Most of the older people we've been discussing who want to go greek did not go through rush, much less receive a bid from anyone.

I'm sure it was Langille's choice to want to attend pledge meetings, etc. He has a lot of time on his hands, at this point in his life.

But probably every GLO has been faced with these kind of situations, but they're not openly publicized. You should contact your own GLO HQ to find out.

I know personally of one Kappa Delta member who was initiated at an older age. During her freshman year, as a pledge, she was in a terrible car accident. It was a miracle she survived.

I don't know if she ever graduated, but she told me that she contacted KD HQ to ask if she could be initiated and they said yes. She went to the nearest chapter to her school (all with permission) and was initiated with that pledge class. She was probably in her mid 20s by this point. Granted, it wasn't 20 years after she pledged...but still, she was allowed to be initiated.

In case you're wondering, the woman is probably around 70 years old & participates in our AA. She was permanently handicapped from that accident.