Brotherhood: the selling point of almost any fraternity. From the beginning of pledging, I was forced to hang out with the other kids in my pledge class. Kids who were so different from me that I probably would have never been friends with them throughout my four years at college. Currently, my pledge brothers are some of my best friends and the same people who I’ll see years down the line and be at my side at my wedding. But, it doesn’t stop there. Once becoming initiated I became a brother to a fraternity with 90+ brothers. Now I have an entire brotherhood that will be by my side as I go through college and the rest of my life. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying my fraternity consists of angelic beings that have the best morals and ethics. Some really only care about drinking and the next girl they’re going to sleep with. While others I see a few times a semester. But it doesn’t matter because in the end they’re my brothers. I have their back and I know they have mine. It’s being able to put your entire trust into a group of guys that really attracted me towards a fraternity.

The picture above is the most recent pledge class who will start initiation tomorrow morning and if they make it through until the end, by the close of the weekend I'll be able to call them brothers. I hope they realize the true extent and meaning of what a brotherhood entails. The same brotherhood that will go grab a bite to eat with you and the same brotherhood that will pick you up from the hospital or just be there for you when times get hard.

It’s true that I pay hundreds of dollars a semester towards my fraternity. But, I don't pay for my friends; I pay for this.

YITBOS,
William Chung