Name: Matt
Chapter: Beta-Chi Zeta (Widener University)
Zeta #:546
Yr. Initiated: April, 2000
My joining the Fraternity had a coincidence. To start like most others do, I didn't care about rushing or anything until I was asked by a brother who I became an aquaintance of...I would sit with him and a bunch of people in the cafeteria during meals and just hang out and then during the events leading up to rush week and then while they were dorm-storming I was asked if I wanted to come down and check out the house and all. One of the coincidences was that one of the guys next door to me in my dorm was a brother--I remember seeing him the day after he "finally got his letters" and even then I didn't think much about it. After rush came and went, I was given a bid and then later on I finally got my letters. The other coincidence is that a friend I've known since I was still in high school is a Lambda Chi. There was this time I called him (I hadn't talked to him in a few months) and I was telling him about this great Fraternity that I joined and I was telling him how I'm not a pledge--I'm an associate and I can wear letters while not even a brother and all and when I finally let him get a word in...he said, "Matt, I'm a Lambda Chi Alpha brother." I was so surprised!! He wasn't able to be there for my initiation; but after I was initiated, it was so great. We had this stronger bond--we had become brothers through the bond that we all share throught the entire Fraternity. So, that's my roll call
