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Fraternity Chronicles
Proving Ground
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8/30/2024
From "The REAL College Survival Guide" by Kevin Lawson
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So, I decided to join a fraternity. Yes, me, the introverted bookworm who once spent an
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entire Saturday binge-watching documentaries about the mating habits of penguins. I thought,
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why not? College is about new experiences. Little did I know, I was about to dive head
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first into a world that felt like a bizarre cross between a reality TV show and a circus,
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with a sprinkle of existential dread. The first night of rush week I walked into the
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fraternity house, and it was like stepping into a different dimension. The walls were
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plastered with posters of past parties, and the air was thick with a mix of stale beer
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and something that can only be described as fraternity cologne. You know, that scent that
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screams, I'm here to have a good time, but I might also regret my life choices tomorrow.
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As I entered, I was greeted by a group of guys who looked like they had just walked
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off the set of a college movie. They were all wearing matching t-shirts that read Brothers
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for Life, in a font that was somehow both aggressive and inviting. I felt like I had
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stumbled into a cult meeting, and I was the new recruit who hadn't read the fine print.
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The first thing they did was hand me a beer. Now, I'm not a big drinker. My idea of a wild
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night is finishing an entire bag of microwave popcorn while watching a rom-com. But here
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I was, clutching a lukewarm can of something that claimed to be beer. Trying to look cool
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while my insides were screaming, what have you done? The initiation rituals began, and
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let me tell you, they were something else. They had this game called chug or be chugged.
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I'm pretty sure it was invented by someone who thought, how can I make my friends regret
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their life choices while simultaneously bonding over bad decisions? The rules were simple.
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You either chug your drink, or someone else chugs it for you. I was terrified. I had never
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chugged anything in my life that didn't come from a juice box. As the night progressed,
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I found myself in a series of increasingly ridiculous challenges. One guy was blindfolded
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and had to identify various foods by taste alone. Spoiler alert, he thought mayonnaise
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was ice cream. Another guy had to recite the Greek alphabet while doing a handstand. I'm
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still not sure how that one worked out, but I do know that there was a lot of laughter
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and a few minor injuries involved. Then came the moment of truth, the final initiation.
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They gathered us all in a circle, and I could feel the weight of my decision pressing down
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on me. They asked us to share our most embarrassing moments. I thought, great, I'll just tell
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them about the time I tripped over my own feet in front of my crush. But then I listened
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to the stories around me. One guy had accidentally sent a text meant for his girlfriend to his
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mom. Another had fallen asleep in the middle of a lecture and woken up to find the entire
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class had left. I realized my story was like a light snack compared to their full-course
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meals of humiliation. In the end, I survived the initiation, and I was officially a brother.
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But here's the kicker. I learned that being part of a fraternity isn't just about the
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wild parties or the ridiculous challenges. It's about the friendships that form in the
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chaos. It's about the late-night conversations, the shared laughter, and the realization that
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we're all just trying to figure this whole thing out together. So yes, I joined a fraternity,
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and while I may not have become the life of the party, I did find a group of people who
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accepted me for who I am, awkward moments and all. And honestly, that's a pretty good
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deal for a Penguin documentary-watching introvert like me.
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