I walked slowly up to my friend, clearly in the middle of a conversation with someone else. We had agreed to go to some fraternity meeting before. As I walked toward him, the person he was talking with turned to me, almost in sync with my approach. She enthusiastically advised me join Delta Sigma Pi, I explained how I was actually on my way there, and after a short conversation, I headed off with my friend. To be frank, I wasn’t the least bit interested in actually joining. I had went to another frat’s meeting a few days prior and I was more keen to join that one, however I had forgotten to get a picture, which I needed for the blog; this was just a means to that end. As I waited for meeting to begin I ran into Mina and Irene from my block, and in the midst of our waiting a member came to speak to Mina, mentioning they had met from a previous event. Her friendly personality seemed rather inviting.
Walking inside, we again waited for everything to set up, and yet another member approached me and introduced herself and told me a little about the fraternity. I felt welcomed, though I had not met any of them previously nor gone to there other events, they showed an interest in getting around to meeting the people attending. It was strange, but nice; I had been accustomed to generally being responsible for initiating conversations in most situations- either that or sit in silence, yet that wasn’t the case here.
The particular event was about the more experienced members of the fraternity talking about there internships and moreover their most favorable escapades in the fraternity. Interesting in its own right, I noticed not only did only they seem to have the same prestigious internships as the other frat, if not more, but also came off more like a family as well.