The Panel...

Last week's panel of Greek was very interesting. The insight I connected with the most was Sherrel's statement that you are not only responsible for yourself, but also for your brothers and sisters as well.

I take this to hear for two reasons. One is because the actions of your brothers and sisters not only reflect on your chapter, but you as a person as well. If people see members of your chapter misbehaving in someway and creating stereotypes for your chapter, people are going to turn those stereotypes on you and see you in the same light. My fraternity really focuses on the statement of "be your brother's keeper." The second reason is because this is where change begins. It starts with people standing up to the members doing wrong and getting the rest of the chapter to stand up with them. One person cannot force a change, but the majority of a specific group can.

Another questions that got my attention was, what was your best Greek moment. I wish we could have answered that question. My best greek moment was shortly after I was initiated. I was taken to dinner by one of the older members of my chapter. He told me that he had quit coming around because he had lost all hope for my chapter, but he started coming back when he had heard about my pledge class. He said that he saw hope in us and knew we could fix things. That set very deep in my mind because i have come to realize that despite how hard it is, this "new generation" can commit and cause change. We can fix our problems.It just takes time.