On February 20th 2011, I was pinned as an associate member of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity in the basement of the Ohio Union. The experience was anything but conventional to the standards of most Greeks. I was pinned by a member of the Board of Governors, not a brother, I had only known of the existence of the organization for about a month, I knew no one who had ever been in the organization, and my “new member” class had nothing to do with learning about the fraternity, but rather starting one. It marked the beginning of an amazing, albeit unconventional experience of Fraternity life as a “re-founding” father.
The Gamma chapter, which has been at Ohio State for 100 years now, was kicked off in 2007 for hazing—amongst other moronic policies—had clearly lost sight of what it meant to be a fraternity man. We wanted to reform the image of this fraternity from just another party house on campus back to the young men’s leadership organization it once was.
From the beginning it was very clear that our mission was positive social change. I believe all of the seven C’s were present during the process. More specifically I think our group was high in citizenship, common purpose, congruence, and especially commitment.
We have made we have made great progress towards our goal in the past year. Although I think we are only about half way there, seeing our progress so far has given me one of the greatest feelings of accomplishment I’ve ever experienced.
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