Literature Review 3

The self-perpetuating success of social fraternities

Frankel, Kevin. "Self Perpetuating Success of Social Fraternities." The Lamron. 27 Feb. 2014. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.

This article talks about how fraternities are actually successful organizations instead of being deemed as failures. Greek life gets a lot of bad rep from the media because they only focus on the negative aspects such as sexual assault, alcohol, drugs, and hazing. This article states how the stereotypes of greek organizations are based on certain schools. Not every university has a bad greek life filled with all the negative stereotypes. It depends what school you go to and how greek life is run on campus. The author is an alumni of a fraternity and backs up how fraternities are successful. He was in Sigma Alpha Mu when he was in college so he has some background of being in a fraternity. He has personal experience from his fraternity days that show his chapter, just like many others, are filled with great men and go on to become successful because of being in a greek organization. 

Rush- the process of looking at greek organizations on campus and going to different events for each fraternity or sorority. This helps you get into greek life.

Greek culture- the culture of fraternities and sororities on campus. Includes social situations and philanthropy events. 

“Greek culture varies widely from school to school. Geneseo’s fraternities are markedly different from those of private schools or larger state schools, especially in the South, where membership in fraternities is much larger.” (pg 3)

“Fraternities are built on a system of privilege. Much is made of the professional networking opportunities afforded to members of national fraternities and the amount of Fortune 500 companies owned by fraternity members.”(pg 5)

“The concept of fraternity life, regardless of its accuracy, is firmly entrenched in American culture and holds a positive appeal for a large portion of the college-going population.” (pg 11)

The information i found in this article can really help me write my research paper and expand on my research question. My research question is based on the positive sides of greek life and not the negative ones. This article talks about how fraternities and sororities are becoming successful which is something many people find hard to believe. The author was in a fraternity so he gives his personal experience and states that it helped him become the person he is today.