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Perfect World?

This week's blog comes from past IFC president, Zack Rubin-Mccarry during a fraternal leadership class he took spring quarter 2010. In his blog, he talks about his ideal world and how fraternities and sororities play a part in that vision.

My perfect world is one where people don't waste time hating on other people. A world where someone can be successful and people are happy for them. It may sound simple but at this point, our society has a long way to go. Our society builds people who are successful up to be these perfect people and loves to tear them down afterward. I think as a society we need to stop looking at everyone else's faults and start looking at ourselves. Does that we need to be harder on ourselves? No. What it means is lets not hold people to standards we don't hold ourselves to.

Where do sororities and fraternities fit into this? Sororities and fraternities can help instill a set of values and accountability into the youth of America. Sororities and Fraternities are great at offering a lot of opportunities for the development and refinement of a personal set of values as well as providing the chance to govern some of your closest friends. These situations help prepare people for the real world and being women and men of high moral character.

Will these standards eliminate hate from the world? Probably not, but I think by giving people the opportunity to learn to hold their peers as well as themselves accountable, through their sorority and fraternity involvement, it will cultivate a more forgiving and less judgmental society.

That being said, I don't think the world should be perfect. I believe life as well as the world is so enjoyable to be a part of is because of its imperfections. I just want to see the world a little bit more tolerant and a bit more accountable, that is my (im)perfect world.

A Community of Learners

With the excitement of recruitment beginning to die down, we begin to return to our "normal" patterns. New members are beginning to find out what life is like now that they have chosen to join a fraternity or sorority. It is important that we continue to strive towards excellence as those who lead, those who learn, and those who serve.

Last quarter, our community has again proven that we ARE a community of learners. Here's just an overview of our accomplishments as learners last quarter:

                                                 Autumn                              Cumulative

As Fraternity Men and Sorority Women, we need to continue to hold ourselves to this level of academic achievement, continuing to be the "learners" that our founders would be proud of.

LeadLearnServe Kiosk: The Information Station

If you've been in the Ohio Union lately, you may have noticed something that has never been there before towering over the great hall. The huge display you saw is OSU's very own LeadLearnServe Kiosk!

The LeadLearnServe Kiosk is operated by recruitment experts, both male and female, to answer your questions Monday through Friday from 12 to 7 PM. It will be open all hours of Union operation for you to access the interest form online on one of our kiosk computers.

Have a question about formal recruitment? On the fence about joining? Have a few questions or concerns that you want addressed? The LeadLearnServe Kiosk is the PERFECT place for you to stop by!

Check it out so that you too can join the ranks of some of Ohio State's best Leaders, Learners, and Servers.

Far from Typical

Check out this video on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4dlXvg4Ra8

Ohio State may not have a Delta Sigma Phi on its campus, but the sentiment is the same for all organizations. 

Our organizations exist to create extraordinary men and women, those that rise above the rest with some of the qualities the video outlines: honesty, loyalty, faithfulness, and leadership. Its mission is to create the leaders our world needs. In fact, of the nations 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by sorority women and fraternity men. 40 of 47 chief justices since the foundations of fraternity have been affiliated with a fraternal organization, 63% of U.S. cabinet since 1900 have been affiliated, and a study at the University of Missouri found that fraternity men and sorority women are more involved in their campus and have an overall better rating of their college experience.

So the rest is up to you. Are you going to settle for a "typical" college experience or are you going to search for something more?Fraternities and sororities can bring you to excellence at Ohio State and for the rest of your life.

Go University Ambassadors!

Today the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and First Year Experience announced its newest class of University Ambassadors!

Universtiy Ambassadors play an intergral role in recruiting future Buckeyes and selection is highly selective.

Out of the 18 ambassadors selected today from a pool of 134 qualified students, 11 are members of the sorority/fraternity community! The fact that more than 50% of the latest class are members of our community makes all of us at LeadLearnServe.osu.edu very proud and is an excellent example of our chapters leading, learning, and serving.

Congratulations to the following 11 individuals who were selected as an University Ambassador.  Thanks for everything you do to lead, learn, and serve!

• Tim Colllins
• Kris Fetterman
• Karlee Gibson
• Michael Glaser
• Julia Goff
• Elizabeth Harter
• Teng Lun
• Brandee Nemire
• Rebecca Rapport
• Stephen Roth
• Jacqui Snyder

Value: Learn

Fraternities and sororities are values based organizations... but what does that mean?

It means that men and women of fraternities and sororities are expected to uphold elevated values and act in accordance to those values every day... we in the fraternity and sorority call this living the ritual.

Academics have always been an important part of fraternities and sororities and remain important today: after all, we all ARE trying to get our degrees.

Fraternities were originally founded as secret organizations that met to discuss philosophy, the first , Phi Beta Kappa Society, being founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. In fact, Phi Beta Kappa is no longer considered a social fraternity, and is instead an honorary, proving that both social fraternities and honoraries come from a similar foundation.

Today, OSU's sorority/fraternity community remains consistently above the undergraduate average.

Want to be a part of something with a strong foundation in academics that has remained strong over time? Join a fraternity or a sorority.