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StutterStep · Post #21 » by **StutterStep** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:45 pm

Retired Jersey wrote:I never understood you frat dudes. Ya'll are a different breed yo. I never was a big believer in the "how can I be down" way of life or thinking...

That's all you get from it?

Important question: did you get to college before or after "School Daze"?

Retired Jersey · Post #22 » by **Retired Jersey** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:54 pm

StutterStep wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

That's all you get from it?

Important question: did you get to college before or after "School Daze"?

After. My best friend pledged. Almost everyone around me at the time did. They toted the company line of employment connections, networking, community service...yada, yada, yada but lets be forreal. Most really do it for the following reasons:

A) Family member trend
B) Campus clout
C) Chicks
D) Wanting to be "down" for a feeling of "belonging"
E) Parties and frat-house lifestyle

Iono, maybe it's just a regional thing. Where I'm from heads are not big on that type of thing at all. It's a sign of weakness. Maybe that's just embedded in my mentality.

Do y'all tho...

StutterStep · Post #23 » by **StutterStep** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:56 pm

Where are you from?

And did you start college after "School Daze"?

Papa Midnite · Post #24 » by **Papa Midnite** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:59 pm

Retired Jersey wrote:I never understood you frat dudes. Ya'll are a different breed yo. I never was a big believer in the "how can I be down" way of life or thinking...

It's not about trying to be down...in my sense it is a bond and means to network that I seen utilized and leveraged from my grand-ucnles, uncles, and cousins. I first hand saw sh*t get done and people looked out for just because they shared the "bond". Of course you have cats that go into it for the wrong reasons, but you have that with EVERY group of influence. True members with true hearts serve the frat and its endeavors. Cats that pledge only to get chicks and to party are weeded out when it comes down to service and respect. Well, that's how it used to be when I first went to college 20 years ago.

StutterStep · Post #25 » by **StutterStep** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:10 pm

Papa Midnite wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

It's not about trying to be down...

Aside from that, what exactly is wrong with trying to be "down"? If we're talking about positivity, and orgs. that have been around since the turn of the past century, shepherding the advancement of blacks, the whole world through.

It's a new century and in some aspects the organizations have lost some of their "umph". A lot of that leads to less leadership training on college campuses, with less "rights of passage", and fortified bonds to take you throughout your life.

I would say, save 5 close friends from my neighbordhood growing up, most of the rest are those brothers I pledged with and others I met through the various functions, dating back 20+ years.

To each his own...but let's not dimish the value of brotherhood (and sisterhood).

Retired Jersey · Post #26 » by **Retired Jersey** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:16 pm

StutterStep wrote:Where are you from?

New York (Queens)

And did you start college after "School Daze"?

After. My best friend pledged. Almost everyone around me at the time did. They toted the company line of employment connections, networking, community service...yada, yada, yada but lets be forreal. Most really do it for the following reasons:

A) Family member trend
B) Campus clout
C) Chicks
D) Wanting to be "down" for a feeling of "belonging"
E) Parties and frat-house lifestyle

Iono, maybe it's just a regional thing. Where I'm from heads are not big on that type of thing at all. It's a sign of weakness. Maybe that's just embedded in my mentality.

Do y'all tho...

StutterStep · Post #27 » by **StutterStep** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:22 pm

^It's bigger in the South (def.) but the NorthEast actually has a great tradition, esp. in schools like Cornell, Columbia, etc...

Again, it's cool -- it's just not your thing!

Papa Midnite · Post #28 » by **Papa Midnite** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:25 pm

StutterStep wrote:To each his own...but let's not dimish the value of brotherhood (and sisterhood).

Well said.

knick4life1218 · Post #29 » by **knick4life1218** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:41 pm

Moochie25 wrote:^ haha

it basically said that back in college when shaq's friends were having sex, shaq would come into their rooms, naked, and tap his friend on the shoulder, telling him that it was "shaq's turn" to have sex with his lady friend

much appreciated

Zerostatic · Post #30 » by **Zerostatic** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:56 pm

hmm, Emeka Okafor tried to get with my girl at UConn, and when my girls room-mate told her that she was taken, Okafor was like "so, I don't care!" Honestly, I wasn't even mad when I found out, I thought it was kinda cool that a future NBA player was trying to get with my girl.

king_k4life · Post #31 » by **king_k4life** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:56 pm

Papa Midnite wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Well said.

Change your name and avatar back >_>

Post #32 » by **mjhp911** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:57 pm

Huh? I thought Neon Bodeaux was a Dolphin from Western University?

King Jaffy Jo · Post #33 » by **King Jaffy Jo** » Sat May 17, 2008 12:51 am

1914 for me it is...

truthfully, while i did my share of partying and all of that, i gotta say i was lured in by seeing the impact that Sigmas had and still have on campus... campus being in new haven, CT.

on another note, glad to meet y'all stutter and papa midnite.

StutterStep · Post #34 » by **StutterStep** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:00 pm

King Jaffy Jo wrote:
on another note, glad to meet y'all stutter and papa midnite.

Same here!!