Observation # Away from the Nightlife

I my last observations took place at both the Granville Towers cafeteria and the basketball court at Woolen Gym. At the cafeteria I went with my pledge brothers only. Yes, we did all sit together but that didn't stop some our friends from our suites and back home from eating with us. This to me shows that certainly fratenity guys do hang out mostly with their brothers but they do limit it to just them. Also in my opinion I really see little difference with a fraternity guys hanging out together just like a close group of friends would do. In the cafeteria no one really sat alone, therefore everyone does have their own exclusive groups but most just like my fraternity brothers don't just limit their social connections to an inner group. The second observations took place at the basketball court. Yes, again I went with just my fraternity brothers but once we got there we met up with several other random guys who we played with. We made several new friends. We mixed up teams and pretty much let everyone play with each other as long as teams were fair. We all had a fun time, joked together, got a little mad when we messed up, and got real tired all together. So what I am getting at is that just because some one is a Greek or not doesn't mean they're not similar. People especially those in a fraternity are inclined to meet new people because in the end isn't that what the purpose of a fraternity is, which is to meet new people and friends when you get to college. Behavior between the non-Greeks and Greeks at both the court and the cafeteria seemed nearly the same by fact that they all associated together and that every person has their own characteristics apart from everyone else. A fraternity is no different than a close group of friends not a group of men molded into the same person as the common belief is.