Greek life provides service, opportunities
Kenneth Stuart
Issue date: 11/5/07 Section: Diversions
Anyone that enjoys watching movies has likely seen a representation of Greek Life in one film or another. Motion pictures usually portray a fraternity or sorority as a group of wild college students partying and drinking day and night. Of course, almost everything from Hollywood is deliberately scripted to create a better story that, more often than not, is untruthful and inaccurate.
Andrew Stover, a pledge for Sigma Pi, says "I think the common misconceptions about Greek Life are what people see on TV and in the movies about Greek: people just partying all the time and drinking constantly, and thinking that's all they're about. There's a lot more to Greek Life than that."
Many students enter college with the preconception that Greek Life is the path to take for unlimited partying, slacking off, and foolhardiness, but that notion could not be farther from the truth. In reality, fraternities and sororities play an active role on campus and in the surrounding community.
There are two sororities and five fraternities on the Embry-Riddle Prescott campus. The Panhellenic Council looks over the sororities on campus and the Inter-Fraternity Council looks over the fraternities. Both organizations make sure that recruitment rules are being followed and promote peace and harmony between the sororities and fraternities on campus.
The Panhellenic Council and Inter-Fraternity Council collaborate to set up mixers and activities between the Greeks. The organizations also arrange community service projects and a few on campus events between the Greeks.
In the days before the start of the fall semester, all of the Greeks host a barbeque and invite everyone to join in the party. Talia Roffman, president of the Panhellenic Council, says, "This pre-semester event is meant to allow the freshmen to get to know other people on campus."
In addition to hosting activities, the Greeks volunteer to help with many of the on-campus events. In fact, Greeks sponsor most SGA activities. Jay Hart, president of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority, says, "Greeks are always willing to lend a helping hand on campus. You just have to ask."
Andrew Stover, a pledge for Sigma Pi, says "I think the common misconceptions about Greek Life are what people see on TV and in the movies about Greek: people just partying all the time and drinking constantly, and thinking that's all they're about. There's a lot more to Greek Life than that."
Many students enter college with the preconception that Greek Life is the path to take for unlimited partying, slacking off, and foolhardiness, but that notion could not be farther from the truth. In reality, fraternities and sororities play an active role on campus and in the surrounding community.
There are two sororities and five fraternities on the Embry-Riddle Prescott campus. The Panhellenic Council looks over the sororities on campus and the Inter-Fraternity Council looks over the fraternities. Both organizations make sure that recruitment rules are being followed and promote peace and harmony between the sororities and fraternities on campus.
The Panhellenic Council and Inter-Fraternity Council collaborate to set up mixers and activities between the Greeks. The organizations also arrange community service projects and a few on campus events between the Greeks.
In the days before the start of the fall semester, all of the Greeks host a barbeque and invite everyone to join in the party. Talia Roffman, president of the Panhellenic Council, says, "This pre-semester event is meant to allow the freshmen to get to know other people on campus."
In addition to hosting activities, the Greeks volunteer to help with many of the on-campus events. In fact, Greeks sponsor most SGA activities. Jay Hart, president of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority, says, "Greeks are always willing to lend a helping hand on campus. You just have to ask."
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