Social skills can nurture grade-A students of lifeDr. Timothy Quinn • Special to The Clarion-Ledger • June 10, 2008
Social skills are important. This is what I told a patient’s mom when she asked me to persuade her son not to join a fraternity.
She felt it would affect his grades. The mother was surprised when I [...]
Bob Kerr is away this week, but he sent his post in ahead of time. More good food for thought.
Elitism or Egalitarianism ….
…seems to be one of the central debates in the North American Fraternal Movement. In board rooms, bar rooms and conference rooms can be heard the debate on this topic decade after decade. [...]
A guest post by Bob Kerr, Coordinator of Greek Life at Oregon State and OGH recipient.
Last Chapter Standing, Part Three (If you missed them, here is a link to part one, and a link to part two.)
Last chapter standing is but one scenario facing the North American Fraternal Movement. As we look to the tercentennial [...]
A guest post by Bob Kerr, Coordinator of Greek Life at Oregon State and OGH recipient.
Last Chapter Standing, part two (If you missed part one, Here is the link)
So, how do you know you are playing the game of “Last Chapter Standing”? Well, there are a couple of real good indicators. First, when you [...]
A guest post by Bob Kerr, Coordinator of Greek Life at Oregon State and OGH recipient.
Last Chapter Standing…
… may be the direction the North American Fraternal Movement is heading. At a time when the enrollment is generally on the rise, enrollment in the fraternal world is at best managing its loss. If we are who [...]
76-year-old fraternity house mom teaches ballroom dancing and sexual enlightenmentBy Caitlin Myers, Contributing Writer
Plucker’s chicken bones, Styrofoam to-go boxes and what looks to be the remains of someone’s accounting textbook litter the path to her apartment. Apologizing, she tiptoes around the mess, but says don’t expect her to clean it up. “I’m not the one [...]
Old enough to vote; old enough to fight and die in Iraq; old enough to buy tobacco and get started on a serious case of lung cancer; but not old enough to drink? Where is the logic in that?
“Our laws aren’t working. They’re not preventing underage drinking. What they’re doing is putting it outside the [...]
(from the HQ news feed)
Thomas Pressly ‘09, and Brett Major ‘10, took the president and vice president slots respectively for Texas Christian’s Student Government Association and will serve through 2008. Texas Gamma SigEps filled these two posts last year as well.
Chapter President Clayton Simons ‘09, was elected to serve as Interfraternity Council President for [...]
We received notice of this story from the author, Steve Dorsey
Hey, I wrote this article for ABCNews.com about a Chapter brother who is playing his saxophone at charity concerts to raise money for Africa. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me include Sigma Phi Epsilon in it, just that he is in a fraternity. But I think [...]
Greek Movement has released a national survey with interesting results. What’s the number one “Greek Need”? “Discovering my Skills and Talents”; number two: “Graduate and Get a Good Job”; number six: “Get Enough Sleep.” Sound familiar? I thought so. The various needs are compared to the ubiquitous “Mazlow’s Needs Hierarchy” to find insights about the [...]
