The Definition Creep of College Hazing
As hundreds of thousands of students prepare to return to college campuses this fall, fraternal organizations across the country will begin welcoming new members through the kinds of structured initiation processes that have defined collegiate life for generations. And at institution after institution, administrators will be watching them. School administrators, more abundant and challenged than ever before, will […]
The ‘Toxic’ Male Tradition That Could Be Exactly What Young Men Need
For decades, fraternities have been easy targets. Movies and headlines paint them as dens of hazing, heavy drinking, and “toxic masculinity” among young men. Frats don’t have the best reputation these days. But these stories overshadow the significance of fraternities: Men who join go on to build successful careers, form lifelong friendships, and develop the kind […]
250 years of fraternities molding those who build America
Democracy demands educated, principled and engaged citizens — the same qualities fraternity chapters have asked of their members for generations.
Fraternity Men Are Best Suited for Today’s World
The first fraternity in the United States was created the same year America was founded. Since then, these institutions have provided authentic environments that bring young men together around shared interests and values.
Commentary: Raising a young man in 2026 isn’t easy
Raising a young man in 2026 is not easy. Most young men describe life as stressful, pressured, and uncertain. When an 18-year-old leaves home for college, those feelings only intensify. Many parents search desperately for the magic formula: something that will help their newly adult children overcome isolation, find purpose, and set them on an upward trajectory […]
Fraternity CEO: Rutgers hazing case becomes test of whether Greek life can police itself.
In October 2025, several students at Rutgers University engaged in a late-night hazing activity that endangered the life of a new member. The conduct was particularly unconscionable given that these former members of Alpha Sigma Phi had completed comprehensive anti-hazing training mere weeks earlier. Their deliberate circumvention of the fraternity’s medical amnesty policy represented not simply a […]
Opinion: I was a COVID kid. My fraternity has made all the difference.
Growing up as an only child wasn’t bad — just quiet. No chaotic Saturday mornings, no backyard tackle football, no older sibling to show me the ropes, no hand-me-downs. Small losses, maybe, but they added up. I learned early on that, even absent siblings, I come alive around people, whether it be through school or […]
Digital isolation is crushing young men — fraternities hold a proven solution
Throughout recent decades, the gender conversation in the West has blamed one consistent villain: men. When times were good, masculinity was dismissed as an unearned privilege. When times turned darker, it was rebranded as toxic. Beneath every hashtag and viral moment, the same warning echoed: collectively and individually, men are an impediment to women’s safety, prosperity and […]
In Praise of Fraternities
To an alarming extent, American men are afflicted with loneliness. Social media, gaming, and artificial intelligence have increasingly supplanted meaningful human connections, while limitless access to gambling and pornography have deepened men’s isolation and eroded their mental health. Worsening matters is the loss of male friendship. A 2021 American Perspectives survey reported that 15 percent of […]
For Men’s Health Month: A Greater Focus on Living Charitably
In June, the U.S. commemorates Men’s Health Month, a time to consider the unique needs of males. In recent years, this has thankfully included a focus on mental health, a long-overlooked facet of well-being, especially for boys and men. Unfortunately, this sudden interest is due in part to the fact that America’s men face real […]