Well,
I have answered this question so many times!!
The Greek community seemed to run the campus, and I wanted to be apart of that, to put it blatantly!
To be honest, when I came to college, I didn't know anything about fraternities except stepping. Of course I was intrigued with that!!
Seemed as if every BGLO was "off the chain" when it came to social activities. Therefore, I had to look deeper. I looked at all of them. Once I began looking around it seemed as if people labeled all frats with a stereotype. The Kappas were considered pretty and that's pretty much it. The Sigmas were seen as loud country hicks. The Que's were seen as wild, sweaty dogs. And the Alphas were seen as nerds.
Nevertheless, I didn't fall into those stereotypes, I began to look at what I had in common with each organization and what they were really doing on campus. I could automatically relate with Alpha Phi Alpha because in reality they were very diverse. They were very involved in the community and were the campus leaders. They had a genuine focus and goal, which was the uplifting others as well as themselves. I didn't have to look only at their nationals because they were setting the example locally. They were a well-rounded as a fraternity in my eyes. Of course the leadership was always a unique and strong force on campus. Certainly, who wouln't want to be apart of an organization like that.
The Greek system as a whole is the campus lifeline.
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