what are the benefits of joining a fraternity?

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Originally posted by Puertorican Princess
What are you guys thinking? The idea of paying money out of the pocket and taking time out of your academics is beyond me. Who wants to pay, or I guess I should say pledge, to belong to a gang? People shoud be self confident enough to know that they can keep and make friends on their own. There are next to zero benefits to joining a frat!

From my experince:

In rez i experienced theft, I was attacked, people berated me in front of my brothers and the girl i was dating, they tried to emabrass me in front of a friend of mine that i liked, ome kid broke into every common room except for one in my building and stole stuff I helped pay for.

In fraternities I have visited I have experinced: a warm weclome, very free beer, hospitality, help and encouragement, and a bunch of guys willing to help one another out. Fratnerity means brotherhood and while i;m not at present part of a fraternity i have grown into a supporter of the greek system as a whole.

it is hard to make and keep friends at my school. There are over 55k kids here we are the largest university in North America if you include Con Ed and have 3 campuses. Most kids here are commuters so you rarely see them outside of class. Even many kids in rez are from the GTA but go to rez just to meet people.

Oh and in case you weren't aware, it beats renting an apartment here for an arm and a leg. I guess there are no benefits to doing wrestling which is a potentially deadly sport every time you step on the mat. When i;m on the mat, unless i'm playing around with my friends, we aren;t friends we're opponents. i;m trying to hurt him and stop him from hurting me and he;s doing the same thing. But I have gotten tons of benefits from sports and fraternities are organizatiosnw hich provide friendship and brotherhood in an otherwise lonely and troubling world. Think before you speak.