Squirrels at UCLA Teach Greeks a Lesson

This was sent from my very good friend who is the Greek Advisor at UCLA. This is a great video, and not only because being an Alpha Gam I naturally adore squirrels. It might seem cheesy but I think there are some real lessons here. Think about how this video could relate to your chapter or colony and it's members. Imagine the big squirrel as your big brother or older members and the baby squirrels are your younger members. Post some feedback - I want to know what parallels you see and what you took from this video! Let's get some discussion on here! Leave a comment because we want to hear from you instead of us just writing all the time. :-)

Practice What We Preach - Staff "Brotherhood"

Today I was asked by a non-member and somebody who does not work for their National Headquarters what I liked best about working for Phi Kappa Theta. The answer was so easy it surprised me. I respect the organization because people, even at the highest levels, try to live out our mission every day. There is no hypocrisy. So often you see organizations preach to their members to be interfraternal and then you see their staff or board members saying negative things about other organizations. I also love hearing high level people talk about brotherhood and then watching those same people fight and bicker and disrespect each other. I see a lot of hypocrisy, but not in Phi Kappa Theta. I love knowing that the Board of Trustees has such professional and selfless men serving. We stress brotherhood to our chapters. Yesterday the staff had a "brotherhood" outing at a baseball game. It was so fun and the weather was perfect. In addition, we're preparing to do a service project in a couple weeks working at the Special Olympics. We as individuals give time to impact our society, just as the mission states. We do it as a staff as well. I'm not sure I've been as grateful to work for such a great organization as I was today when I was asked to reflect on my favorite part of Phi Kappa Theta.