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Life…Enjoy it : )

foster23 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:36:06 +0000

I learned a lot about life today, and how it works. I learned that everyone has their quarks and not everyone is perfect including me. I guess it would be boring if we were all perfect, I believe it would take away seriously from our uniqueness and character. I learned that just because you feel that you have been on this earth that you do not know everything. I also learned the shit that makes you mad that a person does can be overlooked and you can still appreciate the person even though they make you mad. With that being said, live laugh and love because its family and friends that make life worth living and without them you not only would be a lonely person but a regretful and unappreciative individual. Also, they are the only ones you have n this world and regardless of how mad you get or pissed at the person remember they are not going to be here forever so enjoy their moments that they piss you off.

Letting Go

foster23 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:17:55 +0000

So today is the day that I have fully given up on the one thing that meant the most to me beside my family, school, and god. It hurt but she is right I should just be happy for her because it is the path she wants to follow and the life decision she has to deal with. I admit I have not done much to add to her being happy here and regret having the feeling that I could have made her stay, but I tried and that’s all I could do. It’s time to stop trying to hold her back and let her live the life she wants to live. Her dad did say that he thought I was a little controlling, I did not see it of course but I guess this is the true test of my love for her…letting her go. So long to the one I love in this chapter of my life and hello to trying to figure out the rest of my life and who I am going to spend it with even though I know it is not in my control to decide anyway…I just never thought this would happen this way and hurt so bad while it does : (

New Post

foster23 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:10:36 +0000

So its thanksgiving and I am again home with the family just enjoting life and lvoving the series of events that have made their way into my life…..more to come just had to get back into the swing of things with blogging and all oh and btw Lifes about doing the things u regret and regretting them later or something like that : )

Transition

foster23 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:32:01 +0000

My second projects transition is only a portion of my paper which discusses the life lived by members of college. it tells about a weekend at a university for students and the possible outcomes of the risky behaviors and decisions they make. It looks mostly at the perspective of the student and has dialogue withing the paper as if the person were telling the story themselves. It looks closely at the drinking and the fights mostly but it is a still developing short story so it is not completed yet. I do not know where it is going to end I am just in the process of writing the paper and adding and taking away its literatureto create an amazing paper.

Free Writing

foster23 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:07:26 +0000

A night out with the students of IUP

I plan to create a Short story based off of the weekends that take place at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I want to tell first hand of the experiences of all the fights, police busts, and the drama all around that occurs within the university’s boundaries.

How am i going to keep my audiences attention throughout the entire paper?

Ok I am writing about all of the drama and madness that takes place on a typical IUP weekend. this weekend by the way for most starts on a thursday night and ends for some on a sunday. I want to give a outlook that has not been approached as far as what the hell college students do for fun and what happens when they just have a little too much fun. i think I am going to do something using characters yes more than one and with those characters i plan to have different lifestyles along with different decisions they make which can determine whaT THE OUTCOME OF THEIR NIGHT WILL BE. for example have one student do drugs another drink and tell their stories through ther eyes and what will be the outcome of their night while at IUP. After all of this I plan to get it published and then be done with writing forever because thanks to marlen it has become a pain in my ass. With that being said though io have developed my writing to a point that i feel ready to do anything with wrtiting so i guess all of the bullshit that has been felt as far as writing is going to help me and has helped me develop my writing dso I cannot be that mad at marlen. I do not feel like writing right now I UST feel like going hom eand going to sleep I do not know what to say and I really do nt think that my mindset right now is for the writing taste but we will see I guess i jus want to go to sleep because today is becoming a shitty day that I WAT TO END PEACEFULLY i AM VERY TIRED AND JUST WANT TO GO HOME THIS TYPING IS GETTING ON MY NEQRVES AND i AM BITCHING ABOUT IT LIKE A LITTLE GIRL. ok now that that is over and done with lets try o get back on task altough I am still tired.

What I plan to write about

foster23 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:18:48 +0000

I plan to do a short story relating my paper to the risky behavior that goes on here at IUP even further. i plan to talk about a weekend here at IUP and tell more in depth about the risky behaviors and decisions made by fraternities here at IUP.

foster23 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:40:16 +0000

I really have no idea how the hell this is going to help me write this novel. We will see when the time comes for me to write this novel just how much it helps me. I am sure it will help me out alot though and I will make this magnificent discovery as to how much everything that we have done so far helped me.

Reflective

foster23 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:47:46 +0000

It feels good to have a sense of feeling accomplished in what you do and I feel that way now that this damn paper is almost complete. The readings that we have done in class were very helpful when it came to writing this paper and teaching me how to read other peoples work and not sound like a dickhead when giving feedback. All and all I enjoyed this class along with every aspect of the work that was given to us to get done. Although it sucked to it down and write a 15 page paper I got it done and now I know I can do it again.

Risky decisions and behavior of members of Greek Sororities and Fraternities in College

foster23 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:01:43 +0000

When you hear the word Greek what do you think of? I know I think of Zeus and Aphrodite some of the most powerful Greek gods known to man. The term Greek is also used in the college setting and even the Greek Letters are used to promote status in college. The term “being Greek” simply means that you are a member like the author of a “Greek Letter Organization” A sorority or a fraternity in college. Affectionately known as Fraternities (for men) or Sororities (for woman) these organizations foster dedication and kinship in college along with a unique outlook on life and people in society.

At Indiana university of Pennsylvania it is no different from thousands of colleges; young men and woman carry the theory that if you are not Greek then you do not have status. I am a proud member of Phi Kappa Psi and I have seen how status is associated with being in a Greek Organization on IUP’s Campus. Being in a fraternity is an amazing way to meet new people and network all across your campus. It is here that you meet all kinds of people sharing in the same values that most college kids have. These values are the need to rebel, drink, have sex, and have a good time all and all.

Phi Kappa Psi has a long line of tradition stretching back to the year of 1852 when the fraternity was founded. Founders of Phi Kappa Psi were dedicated college kids with a strong sense of helping others. Charles Page Thomas Moore and William Henry Letterman founding fathers of Phi Kappa Psi were nursing friends back to health out at Jefferson College in Western Pennsylvania. The students on the campus were suffering from influenza and needed to be watched until they were better. William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore stepped up and took charge of this cry for aid fostering the values of a fraternity that would lead them to still be remembered today.

I must be honest and I must say that when I first started thinking about joining a fraternity the first things that popped into my mind were parties, drinking, and girls. As I pledged though I began to find that it is not about the girls because the come and go, it is not about the drinking because all that does is hurt you in the long run. Parties are fun but they also are not what being in a fraternity is all about. The truth of the matter is that being in a fraternity or sorority is all about having a brotherhood or sisterhood that lasts. It is all about the guys or girls standing next to you that have been there and know everything you have gone through because they went through the same things to become a member.

Phi Kappa Psi is a fraternity that was founded on “selflessly helping others” this simple concept has lead to “great joy of serving others”. Not every fraternity lives by these generous gestures displaced on every Phi Psi Brother. Risky decisions, behaviors, and ego’s other members of “Greek Life” possess including not only fraternities but sororities also, Lead to “non-Greeks” to think that all Greeks are the same. Risky decisions, behaviors along with members of Greek Organization’s egos give insight to the way “being Greek” is interpreted.

The writer of this paper through research and long nights of stress wants answers to why people holding Greek letters participate in risk behaviors, and make risky decisions more than “non-Greek’s”. I want to know why Greek Organizations have bad reputations when it comes to drugs and alcohol and what leads to making such risky decions and practicing risky behaviors in the Greek community.

The methods I chose to use while researching this topic were refereed journals, personal experiences, and other online sources found on the internet. After many revisions and many long nights of writing hopefully I will come up with an answer to these mysteries I am researching.

Further looking into the issue I would like to give you a little more in-depth look at why I chose to research this topic and why it is such a personal endeavor of my own. It is no secret that fraternities, sororities, and half of college kids across the United States drink. Most of which is illegal and if caught would land them in a lot of trouble possibly ruining their futures. But the decisions are still made to drink and drink lots. Fraternities and sororities are more focused on alcohol consumptions, and for some reason think that quantity is the best way to go. Simply stated how much you can drink the faster you can the better off and more fun you will have. This is one of the top risky decisions among some of them which will be addressed in this paper.

Outline

foster23 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:10:07 +0000

Risky behaviors, choices, and ego of members in Greek Organizations

I. Introduction

a. Define what being greek is and the reasons why people go through this process to become greek letter holders.

b. My backround as far as being greek

c. thesis statement- Risky decisions, behaviors along with members of Greek organizations ego give insight to the way “being Greek” is interpreated. I want to know why greek organizations have such a bad reputation and what leads to making risky deciaions, behaviors, and the egos that follow.

d. Implications- If being greek is so bad then why do the administrators of colleges have such a problem with “Greek Life” around the campus.

e. Methods to use

II. Furthur detial of the explination of my question.

a. I am a brother of a fraternity and i wanted to know why members of greek orginazations make the decisions they do about risky behavior and decisions. I also wanted to research why the “greeks” have such a big ego when it comes to dealing with “non-greeks” in society.

b. Why are fraternities so big on consuming massive ammounts of alcohol as quick as possible.

c. Why is it that everytime a mamber of a grrek organization parties do the have to consume alcohol.

d. Why is there so much drama at parties where risky behavior is taking place.

e. Do fraternities only fight when they are drunk?

III. Discussion of the research (lititure review)

a. annotated bibliography

b.What has research shown about topic.

c. History of greek freternity

1. Explain all of your research as far as everything found in your literatueer

2. tell what has been done already on this topic

3. Trends in literature

IV. Main Body

a. What you are going to do to adress this issue- IN DETIAL!!!!!!!! This is also called method or methodology.

b. Talk about what the fuck you are going to do!!!!!!! and how the hell you plan to do it.

c. Explain all of the research you have done and tell how you are going to do it differently

d. Procedure

V. Results

a. questions to all the shit you have found out

b. put results and tell what results are

VI. Discussion Section

a. where u discuss your results

b. how did your results meet or not meet your exepctations

c. what recomendations can you make to furthur research the decisions, behavior, and egos that may be risky

d. recomendations for future refrence.

e. what would the next step be?

VII. Final conclusion

a. this was my research topic

b. this is what I did and this is what i found out.

c. Thanks to this I have found out why people have chosen to act this way or do these behaviors.