Closing Remarks

ANONYMOUS

When people talk about fraternities or sororities, oftentimes the image of rabid 20 year-olds dancing at a house party and doing more than their bodies could handle is typically what comes to mind (at least, that’s what the high school senior version of me thought).

As a freshman in my first term at OSU, I found that my perceptions on life and anything that I thought to be the absolute truth was bound to be challenged in some way, whether it was a student in class, a casual meet up with a friend, or even a co-ed service fraternity. I quickly learned that in order to be successful at making friends (or just to get through college with slight ease), I had to be open to all kinds of opinions and ideas, even if they directly opposed my own. One of those ideas included joining the music and service fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi.

To be frank, joining any fraternity or sorority of general kind of scared me; it honestly had no appeal to me at all for the longest time. The introverted side of me was not particularly intrigued about being involved with many (if any) of the social events on campus and the fact that I would potentially be committing myself to doing stuff with people I may never even connect with was just more of a reason for me not to join anything.

Granted, I have known several people that have found their lifelong friends through these types of organizations. So, I forced myself to be open in at least learning more about the campus sororities because friends are always good to have, right? It wasn’t until I discovered KKPsi where I truly believe I found my friends and people. I also didn’t have to make myself like it.