When I was freshman in college, I joined our campus's largest fraternity. My Big Bro who sponsored me, was on the board of the Fraternity as our Greater Cause Chair. During rush week (the time when all students looking to join Greek life, interview and party with the different fraternities), I along with 37 other guys rushed a Fraternity. During Rush Week, I got to meet the guys who had been in the frat for a few years, and attended some of the rush events and parties at the frat house. Once rush week was over and the 38 of us were all sworn in as pledges, each pledge had to join a board and act as the "pledge chair" to that board. Since my Big Bro was the Greater Cause Chair, I naturally became the Pledge's Greater Cause Chair. What that means is I had to coordinate fundraisers and community service events for the pledges. Each pledge needed to fundraise $3,000 to earn a spot in the Fraternity. For the first three weeks of pledging, my Big Bro and I helped plan car...
When I was a freshmen in college, I tried out for my college's football team. I played football in high school and was pretty good, but not good enough to be recruited... so I was required to try out for the team. Since the season started in the fall, new freshmen were required to show up for summer training 3 weeks before the start of the season. Because of this, I was allowed to move into my dorm early before anyone else in my hall. I had the whole floor pretty much to myself. The other freshmen trying out for the team were in other dorm buildings scattered around campus. On the first day of tryouts all of us freshmen met at the field at 7am and met with the older teammates. The sophomores, juniors and seniors were very intimidating and clearly better built for football than us freshman. They looked like professional football players, and were extremely built. When the coach showed up he introduced himself and the team, as well as mentioned his role as the dean of ...