Whether you go to a private college, a religious college, or a state school you know what Greek life is. Entering college your freshman year, freshman are bombarded by emails, activity fairs, and letters recommending and talking about the pros of joining a fraternity or a sorority. There are different levels of extremes when it comes to Greek Cultures on college campuses.

For example, state schools like the University of Iowa, Minnesota State University, and the University of Auburn to name a few, have huge Greek festivals, housing for specific sorority and frats. Then there are smaller private schools such as Morningside College, that have a Greek presence but it is not as excessive as other schools. There are meetings and ways to join a group you are interested in but there are no houses used specifically for the different Greek Groups. There are pledges, activities, yearly dues, and meetings though.

Greek life isn’t something that leaves you once you graduate either, this is something that sticks with you long after college is over. The group of men or women you pledge with become your sisters/brothers for a life time, and there are even ways to get involved long after you walk across the stage with a diploma in hand.

(want to talk about the different ways how that effects their lives, which sororities are more extreme which fraternity is more extreme and what groups we have available on Morningside’s campus.