The Fraternal Movement: Dilema and Opportunity

You have presented a huge task in fron of our council: change Greek Life as we know it at The Ohio State University.

With change comes many reactions plotted on the spectrum ranging from excitement to opposition. This is alwyas going to be true in every change that is trying to be implemented, however, the larger the scale of change these feelings only intensify. In particular, with greek life at OSU there are many problems that I feel like should have been dealt with years ago, but now, as our exec council contains maybe the best and most qualified talent this community has seen in years, changes appear closer than ever.

AWARENESS: step one. We all are aware of problems ranging from drinking to hazing to laziness to those just not dedicated nor understnad the point and value that you can get out of being associated with an organization so complex and interesting. I know personally that in TriDelta we have old manuscripts, books, and just other documents that I could definently take advantage of and read to gain a stronger and deeper knowledge of how to be a better woman in like, but I fee like, and most like am not the only on ewho feels this way, the day-to-day activities just get in the way. We have our priorities but most of us can probably benefit from a switch in position of a few of them. Whoops tangent. Back to awareness...knowing the problems. Done.

Time to fix.

Next comes educations of HOW to fix them. I could sit here all day long and ramble on of how many drinks per hour is ok; the difference between building relationships and hazing...etc. Let's be realistic. Change begins with a single individual. Yes, it's difficult. Yes, you will face opposition. That is why you need to physically write down your thoughts and WHY you believe in them so when things get rough, you can easily refer back to them to get grounded and back on track when things being to get bumpy (which it will). There are countless examples of great change throughout history that began wiht a single individual...but just THINK how awesome of a council we are. There are like...25 of us. No such thing as being alone, being singled out in the group we have. The power each of us can bring to the table concerning the changes we feel so passionately about is just crazy.

I believe in our council...if you can't tell. I'm sooo stoked to look back in 42 weeks to see how far we have come and how much has changed. I know PHA has made strides and will only increase and I am just as confident in all the other councils.

Sunshine and Rainbows

A perfect world is hard to describe. I can sit here and say that everything would be in synch. Nobody would have a bad day. The sun would shine year-round and everyone would have high job and home-life satisfaction. What I picture in my mind is the "Truman Show" where Jim Carey would wake up every morning to fresh breakfast and coffee by his trophy wife. He would see his neighbors who would br friendly. Day in and day out like would be the same.


(Scroll to 3:50 minutes which is what a 'perfect' world would be like)

I think that would get extremely boring, and like Jim Carey would start to question things and try to hope and look for disorder.

In this "perfect" world, fraternities and sororities would be like the one our class made up. It would be full of motivated, ethical, honesty and caring people who only want to produce positive change among campus, the community, and the world.

I would say that we would spend our time helping out underprivledged kids, and raising awareness and money for different cancers/diseases/issues, but then, that would go against a perfet world, wouldn't it?? In a perfect world there would be no such thing as an underprivledged kid, no such thing or need for St. Jude Children's Reasearch Hospital.

So does that go to say that a fraternity or sorority in a perfect would would just be like any other organization, simply formed on the basis of a common goal, ideal, value or belief??