Frat Members Answer Commonly Asked Questions About Fraternities
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
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you guys chose the least fraternity frat guys
Eden Edery right lmao no Kappa Sigs, ATΩ, ΤΚΕ?!? No one cares about SAE 😂
Andrew Lee lol what? SAE is one of the biggest national fraternities
@@ohgeazy SAE is top house nationally bud
Andrew Lee TKE is a bottom house across the country bub
Simple Salamence TKE is only big down south lol
I don't know about you but my fraternity is oozma kappa
ahahaha thats funny
YAT YAT_LD youre 12
Sounds like sigma kappa with an STD
Unpopular fact: every fraternity sees themself as oozma kappa
im roar omega roar
A little disappointed to see no D9 frat members
Kyra Williford it's BuzzFeed lmao
True lmfao
yea, this is BuzzFeed, land of diversity, well, diversity on their "own" terms 🤣🤣🤣
that being said, if you know anyone from a D9(pledge or member), they'll most likely say otherwise about hazing, but then again, the video just kinda speaks for itself about the message BuzzFeed wanted to send out
Can they talk about their process though? If I was NPC, I wouldn’t be in this video either.
All the people interviewed work at buzzfeed, so my guess is that no one who works at buzzfeed was a D9 member
Legitimate question. How can you be both gender-neutral AND a transgender woman? Surely being a woman would make your gender non neutral.
Mike0660 what does it matter, at the end of the day it literally doesn’t affect you one bit.
It really doesn't, but being a part of the LGBTQ+ community means that you should at least try to learn more about the people and concepts surrounding that community. If you have any constructive input regarding my original question (which was by no means meant to be offensive) then I would love to hear it. Otherwise go about your day. It's not that serious.
Mike0660 I think it is a question worth asking, so you can understand her better. I don't feel like you were criticizing her, and even if it doesn't affect you, you can still be curious.
Mike0660 I wonder if it was meant to be more like gender neutral transexual woman? No idea though, I'm also really curious though.
M. Hill dude chill, it's a valid question and this person seems to actually want to learn
What in the world is a gender neutral transgender woman ???!!!😂😂
Bryson Contreras Exactly
It means she's biologically a woman but doesn't mind being called a guy.
@@iRazenrak that's just too much like damn
Jae Montage that’s not confusing at all lol.
iRazenrak also that’s biologically a man who switched to a woman.
Why is there a girl in a fraternity. That’s just paradoxical.
ummm thats not a girl look at the Adams apple
Dr. Gray hold up😳😳
scout 1 she (?) said she was a non-binary trans woman, so I guess that’s why.
scout 1 I was born is the 70s I have no idea what binary or non binary even means in my day you were gay or straight . The world has become a very complex and confusing place.
Jamison S I don’t know what that means - and I do not care to know.
talks about fraternities and then has a women in a queer frat lol that’s very frat
It’s a guy bruh💀
Frats and sororities always seemed kinda culty....
You could say that about any organized group that had any sort of ritual. 🤷🏻♀️
for sure. That can even be said for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
You need to be careful about which ones you choose too because some definitely aren't great.
Here in the Midwest sororities and fraternities usually are centered around community service and helping with local things, they’re still stupidly expensive and get drunk a lot lmao
I was in a youth masonic organization, definetly culty.
"Genderneutral transgender woman". Riiiight. And I am a homosexual straight person.
Curlycurl gender =/= sexuality
Cazamtothemax he’s implying you can’t be gender neutral and a woman
Curlycurl they could be gender neutral but be more feminine and “like a woman”
Don't think that sex, gender, and sexuality are the same things because they are not.
They may define themselves as a transgender woman in terms of what sex, but identify as gender fluid/non-conforming in the sense that they don't adhere to the gender norms that can coincide with their sex. It can also mean an umbrella term for someone who is not a cis-gendered person. That being said, they did not say anything about who they were attracted to, so sexuality doesn't need to be part of this conversation in this case
Curlycurl I’m a straight lesbian man
Listen fraternity is that thing where you just don’t knock it until you tried it. On the outside I can definitely see why people’s perception of frats is so negative but going through the whole experience myself I’m so glad I was able to do it and you grow as a person because of it. It’s hard to explain and understand unless you’ve gone through it.
What do you exactly do after joining if i may ask?
@@NostalgicHearts and what if you don't drink or don't want to go to parties
@@mariyastoyanova31 join a non social fraternity
@@nicx3433My point exactly. My issue is there's no transparancy
Read "Fraternity" by Alexandra Robbins. Terrifying book that shows how "good kids" can be radically transformed by the toxic fraternity culture.
Fraternities isnt paying for friendship, your paying for a community to do fun things and have a overall better college experience sorry you didn't get a bid.
Matthew Manicke True
Matthew Manicke my friends pay for me too
Lmao you just explained paying for friends in a more descriptive way. Athletes>frats
Albino Raichu athletes pay for the exact same thing unless ur a pro. My dues are less then the cost of me paying for my rugby club
You're*
I love that this is a positive outlook on greek life!! People love to make assumptions by what they see on the news but if you actually educate yourself there is so much good that comes out of it!
That SAE guy was soooo SAE lol 😂 with his answers tryin to seem like nothing goin on and it’s all cool
Emerson College has like 0 greek life tho
3:37-gender neutral tansgender woman, that makes about as much sense as basketball cleats, or a screen door on a submarine
You should do a video like this with Vets in the civilian world. You would be surprised with the answers.
Sometimes I like my own comment to get it started.
Markus Takei but no comments for a year until now
@@patek9789 Yeah but he got plenty of likes!
I was so excited to see MSU here! Going there this fall.☺
In Philippines, SOME frats used their initiation rights to abuse or release their hatred through hazing thus the rise of unsolved cases of homicide and murder. It was ironic that most frat members involved in those crimes were law students.
I'd say most. Theres this recent news about a student from Adamson University who was tortured to death and was just thrown away beside the road.
This was so great and positive! Love the point of views from everyone!
The way that they say the Greek letters is killing me
Love this!! Please do one about sororities 🙌🏼
I’m French. And I really didn’t know you were supposed to pay to enter a frat. All my frat knowledge comes from movies. 😂
same! I am just shocked to learn that you need to pay. can anyone enlighten me about how much you need to pay to join?
depending on the amount of people in you organization it can be $350-$1000. Also something they didn't bring up that is a large portion of that money is rent on the Fraternity house, houses that are home to 30+ people aren't cheap
Büşra Deniz I'm in two frats. $60 for one and $200 for the other. Some of the money is used for events and clothes that goes back to me so it isn't that bad.
It is just basic dues so that the fraternity can run. A lot of fraternities are national or international organizations and aren't free to do so. I'm in two fraternities and the dues aren't that much. Kappa Kappa Psi at my chapter is $110/year and Phi Mu Alpha is $120/semester at my school. I'm also in Phi Kappa Phi which is an honor society, but that is a one time deal at around the same price.
The cheapest I've seen was $350, I pay $750 and I've sororities seen one sorority that was $4,000
we did more community service than partying, granted we did have epic parties.
Ryann said Missouri I got so happy 😂😂
We need a video of Greek life from one if not all D9 fraternities and sororities and multicultural fraternities and sororities. They have customs and traditions that are amazing.
Should’ve had divine nine 😂
I wish those fraternities would be more open to doing things with other fraternities, not saying this in a negative way BTW.
keaton schmidt I feel that bro
Nicholas Armstrong PERIOD
There are plenty of NPHC videos on RUclips. You should check em out bro
They don't even lift bro.
I'm seriously surprised the didn't include any of the 9 unless they're making another video specifically for them.
I know Theat Chi's at ASU and I found it hilarious that that guy didnt answer the do fraternities haze question LMFAO
Wow what a great group and well picked people for a solid represented sample. Glad there is no Pikes or Dekes or actual fraternity guys. Good job buzzfeed, very cool!
Thomas Le UVA, Alabama, Arizona state, Virginia Tech, some pretty small schools where dke is big, and yeah i could name off other big fraternities also. My main point was this wasn't a really well represented sample. Id say its exactly the buzzfeed audience sample lol
Love these videos
My friend passed pretty recently due to a hazing incident at a fraternity. I'm not discouraging anyone from joining a frat or sorority, but please be careful when and if you choose one and be safe. Frats and Sororities are great for certain people, but unfortunately sometimes bad things happen. But if anyone is looking to join a frat or sorority, please be safe.
Amanda Skorcz Im sorry about your friend 😔😔
You need to pick the right ones. There's non-hazing fraternities. I was not forced to do anything and I didn't had to drink a single drop of alcohol either.
I'm glad you found a fraternity that was non-hazing! My friend's fraternity stated that they were a non-hazing fraternity, but unfortunately that was false. Fraternities and Sororities are great environments for some and I'm not discouraging them, but I was just trying to spread awareness for those who might be looking for the right one.
I did a teaching on my channel about these groups and what the bible says about them.
Sorry about your friend
Unless a pledge is beaten to death or otherwise murdered, a pledge dying is the pledges fault. Nobody that drinks too much or overdoses can blame anybody other than themselves
“ damn she has a deep voice..”
3:34 does not make sense how can u be gender neutral and a transgender woman
That's a bigotted question... Bigot.
cul8terworld oh hush, it truely doesn't make sense
lol I can only guess that the woman is for the "looks" but how she "feels" is nuetral or someshit
Gender neutral is not a thing. Everyone has a gender.
Lol ET gender neutral (can) refer to her identity, and being a transgender woman might refer to her current sex that is now biologically a woman. It makes perfect sense if you’re not combining the two. Your (gender) identity and sex are two different things. There are circumstances when transgender can be used as an identity, and therefore it would merely mean that she has two identities she identifies simultaneously or she switches between them when convenient. She can then add the part about being a woman to merely emphasis her biological sex. This works vice versa as well.
Please do more of the *try guys!*
Kinda wish other countries had similar things. Would be nice to have a sort of mentor or just a place to make friends rather than just go to class and go home every day.
Wolfferoni start your own fraternity in whatever area you live in
Nah, it's just a scam.
Wolfferoni it depends on where you live. Finland, Sweden, Germany and France, I think have something similar. There might also be other countries I don't know of.
Well in the UK we have sports teams and societies rather than frats and sororities. Those have that same bond and its a great way to make friends quick. So you can join football, basketball, hockey, rugby and many more of both genders and for societies you can join religious ones, your course ones or just similar hobbies one like the rock society (for people who like rock music) in order to deal like part of a community.
Yoshi Yee it's probably best they don't...
But can we talk about historically black and multi cultural greek life?
Thank you!!! A lot of times they're not mentioned about when talked about Greek life
Thank you!
As a member of a Black Greek Letter Organization, it would be refreshing to get an opinion from another member.
I also agree as a member of a BGLO I'd like to hear that dialogue!!
no
Why the use of Greek letters though? And btw can someone explain what they mean by saying Greek life? Like bro, it's just a fraternity? (I'm form Greece and we don't have that kind of stuff, though I do know a few things about them)
Vilma Adams We say Greek life because it combines sororities and Fraternities. Greek letter usage... No idea.
Oh ok, thanks for your time :)
I think the use of Greek letters started with Phi Beta Kappa and other literary societies. They wanted to create something that was their own, with a motto of their own in Greek, and used the abbreviated letters to represent their organizations.
Well that's interesting
Vilma Adams someone who actually replies articulately? Wow. Hats off!
well im a junior and am considering rushing two of the biggest fraternities on my campus simply because there are like-minded students in my own major that are not only magnanimous but wanna have a good time alongside studying and providing service the community.
The guy in red sounds like Ray Romano
I thought "frat" was something *toooootally* different. 😂
Same but I still don’t really know what it means
Being in a a sorority has changed my life, I'm more confident about myself as a whole and know what I can bring to a table, socially and professionally. Yes, there are some bad eggs in the greek community, and those are the only ones that you hear about because that's the only time anyone cares. My chapter this semester alone has raised over $3k for our philanthropy. You are a part of something bigger than yourself. It's amazing and has made such a positive impact on my undergrad career.
people are part of something bigger than themselves every day everything you do effect someone in some way you don't have to pay organization to feel like you're worth something.
I'm not saying that you HAVE to be in a sorority to feel like you're worth something. I'm giving you my experience of being in Greek Life.
I didn't join one until this year, as a sophomore. You just have to find your niche.
Natalie Feder the better question is why would you need that to feel like you’re worth something? It’s kind of sad..
I'm not saying I had no self-worth. But on a big college campus, like mine, it's easy to feel lost and just feel like just another number. You just have to find your niche like I said before. I found mine and I'm happier than ever.
Love your videos
yooooo we need one of these for sororites
I spot a gooner
I’m a Lambda Chi and it’s the best choice I’ve made attending college. Don’t make assumptions and you’ll never know until you try it👍
I just got initiated into Lambda and I love it. I’ve grown so much, chops on top brother 🤟💜💚💛
@@depressed_rat387 Yessuh chops on top 🤟🏻
"Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd."
- Annie Besant
Andrea's hair was really cool!
hell yeah theta chi asu chapter. the daddies
Natalia Gonzalez ΘΧ
content that I subbed for :P
xD
wtf
lol
dont look at their other videos then lmao
SaucySarcasm what are you sarcastic
i like his arsenal sweater
I need an HBCU one
it’s funny because they’re answers to “are frats just a way to pay for friends” didn’t give me any reason to believe that they aren’t just that
you aren'y paying for the friends, you're paying for the fraternity's business and events like philanthropies and fundraising and house costs and the national chapter etc
You have to meet the guys/Interview, hangout with everyone, go to rush events, probably some parties for and eventually get a bid if you and the fraternity men like which takes weeks before you pay a dime. saying you pay for friends in fraternities is like saying you payed for your college friends because you have to pay to go to the school. You pay dues so you have money to throw parties, pay rent on your house and many other things.
Dues go towards Nationals (people to make new chapters, it's like taxes) and then the rest to your own local one, which pays for things like philanthropy events, rush shirts, events, etc. Friends are a bonus
You have a k-pop person as your picture
You have to make friends and get a bid to the fraternity before you pay a dime.
No divine 9!? Smh!
You can find plenty of nphc videos on RUclips. You can hear about their experiences with their fraternity and sororities.
Theta chi is pretty wild
I wish this was more inclusive of all the different type of Greek-lettered organizations, particularly the cultural fraternities.
Wow! A good BuzzFeed video without bias or an agenda? Rare, but good job! Thanks for showing the real side of fraternities
The “real side” is not shown here like literally at all these are the least fraty people you could have possibly picked
Love SAE!! Lady of Minerva here❤️ best guys i knew
YES!! Sorority’s next please!!!!! TPA All Day!
Anyone here in a music greek fraternity/sorority? I’m in TBS and we’re a service based organization. Whenever I watch greek life videos, I think about how the music organizations are way more different than the others
Would've been rad to see some co-ed professional fraternities represented! As a woman in a business fraternity, we are SO different than the kind of frat that drinks and haze.
"gender neutral transgender woman" uh... That makes no sense.
Lol I know if I went public about my process I'd probably get my letters revoked 😂😂
Where all my MGC/DGC Greeks at???
Go check out some videos
You should’ve included D9 members.
i think they would have if they were available
There are many nphc videos on RUclips you should go check them out. This video is for IFC Fraternities
Two theta chi members? Makes my night lol
Ed Gertsenzon L&R
SAE and Theta Chi (MSU) dudes were fosho chillers
As a GDI that has a lot of Greek Friends that I talk to I have the utmost respect for all Greeks Organizations especially The NPHC and the Divine 9
Thank you 😊
As someone who's thinking of going to college and joining a frat, this was helpful
ChrisManny123 I’m in a sorority, and I highly recommend joining greek life IF you can do that while still focusing on your work and grades! :)
Make sure you pick one where you feel you belong. not based on size or popularity
Honestly save your money and don’t.
It feels like you're just anti greek, not about what makes someone happy.
ChrisManny123 I’m far too broke to join a frat
The concept of fraternatys are so oödschool
Do this video again with the D9
Hold up, she said “gender neutral transgender woman” lmao think about that
I want friends but I definitely wouldn’t pay for them
Michellexbeauty have fun being lonely then
Skankhunt42 I will!
It’s actually totally worth it lol
The way I look at it, it's not paying for friends. It's a bunch of close friends who are all pitching money in to do great things.
Guys I was joking lol I thought it would be easier to tell
Omg! I had no idea Ryann went to Missouri State! I go to Missouri State and I’m in a sorority, Alpha Delta Pi! I love fraternity and sorority life! Theta Chi is awesome.
Do you step? I like dancing so could you recommend me to one that steps?
Title shouldve been commonly asked questions about IFC frats
@@zacharyfletcher4253 IFC are frats. Everyone else are Professional Fraternities.
I am disappointed not to see hbcu's fraternities in this video like alpha kappa alpha or phi beta sigma etc...
Books4LitSouls yeah they're not showing all types of fraternities tbh
I think they just asked ppl the buzzfeed staff and found the ones that were in a frat and wanted to do the video. Maybe there wasnt any HBCU frat guy that wanted to be part of the video?
Did you expect 3 interviews to capture every fraternity in America?
Jreich You must not understand how big the Divine 9 Black Fraternities and Sororities really are
Cedric Gillis I definitely don’t. But it’s just reflections of 3 people that were in frats. The video could have been improved by having a representative from one of the “divine 9” ones
I would love to join one but I could never afford it
These are all social frat people. There are also professional frats (more similar to honor societies but you still have to pay dues yearly, rush, and participate in activities), ethnic frats, etc. that are more akin to run of the mill student organizations than the frat stereotype.
This is wack im looking for true gritty dirt about these fraternity
Same lol
So, you could not find a Black guy/Gal who represents a Historical Black Greek Fraternity/Sorority??
There doesnt have to have a black guy on this video that represents that
The black man in the video PROUDLY represents Theta Chi Fraternity inc. Which is an IFC org. You should check out some nphc videos there are plenty of videos about people's experiences with those organizations
one of the frat house pictures used in this video isn't even a frat house anymore as they got kicked off campus. The caption on that pic is "do you think fraternities get a bad rap LMAOOO so ironic
My sorority didn't haze we just had to remember info and nothing is required. Not too bad and I have a lot of people to lean on.
I’m pledging Theta Chi 🙏
Fin Esteves you won’t regret!
Fin Esteves welcome to Theta Chi!
Good luck, I’m a pledge in farmhouse right now!
Fin Esteves I just got off the phone with your PM you’re fucked dude
Less RUclips more cleaning and memorizing buddy
Please do a video about black fraternities and sororities
There are also asian sororities and Asian fraternities!
Overall, the multicultural Greek life!!
ParachuteRoses There are Latin, LGBTQ and coed frats too
Robin Laurence yes! I’m aware too forgot to mention that.
To make this a better video, because I know you’re going to have a sorority one, have both Panhellic and nphc in there. Or could have a history lesson for the Divine Nine
"gender neutral transgender woman".... so much to unpack
😂 but the apparent "she" is in a Frat not a Sorority
ayy Theta Chi represent
Jackson Welch ΘΧ
I spent half the video just staring at her hair, damn I’m jealous
theta chi at ASU got kicked off campus twice lol and most the fraternities at ASU haze
Andrea's voice is so soothing.
I don't even know what a fraternitie is..
Yeolboi +
What's a fraternitie?
Yeolboi same
Yeolboi hahaha i think from now on you should take supplementary class from Professor Wikipedia
A fraternity are clubs , or organizations, in college that you encounter at Orientation; fraternities usually do community work, help build character, and throw parties to create a more welcoming and sociable community.
can you do another part 2 ask more people and interview someone about sororities also since getting a look into the female side of things see if they are different
The best benefit of joining a frat is that youll have a place to sleep anywhere in the nation. Thats how strong the brotherhood is. And yes frats still haze its not surprising. They wont just let anybody join
Where the kappa sigs at
Clicked off as soon as I realized nobody was in D9 😂😂😂
Sororities next pls
100% agree with this video
There’s no NPHC or MGC. 😑
Go find some videos
Gender neutral.. transgender?
Xavier Quintana don't think too much about it it almost never makes sense
Transgender just means you don’t identify with the gender you were assigned at birth. Obviously they weren’t assigned gender neutral at birth so they fit perfectly into the trans spectrum. Tbh trans is really an umbrella term for anyone who isn’t cis. Please just open your mind from the gendered society that we live in.
Grace Scott u mean *real life* ?.....alright i will. Smh
Alex Noble-James Almost never makes sense? It NEVER makes sense.
Grace Scott These people need some help