A Discourse Community in College
Phi Gamma Delta at the University of Oklahoma
In general when someone talks about men in Phi Gamma Delta they think of loud obnoxious guys, who would rather think about the next big party than their next test or homework assignment. But when they take a deeper look into the fraternity you see men who are dedicated to their morals, service, and friendship. “A fraternity is an association of men, selected in their college days by a democratic process, because of their adherence to common ideals and aspirations. Out of their association arises a personal relationship which makes them unselfishly seek to advance on another in the arts of life and to add, to the formal instruction of the college curriculum, the culture, and the character which men acquire by contact with great personalities, or when admitted to partnership in great traditions”(Newton D Baker). Through exploring the history, power structure, slang words, rushing process, membership obligation, the way Phi Gamma Delta members dress, and how students who are not in a fraternity see the members. We will see how this discourse community can seem bias to outsiders.
Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1, 1848 by six men who graduated from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. The Phi Gamma Delta Chapter, nicknamed Fiji or Phi Gam by the members, has a hundred and thirteen chapters, and eighteen colonies scattered across the United States of America and Canada. The Oklahoma chapter, named the Nu Omega chapter, was founded on December 29, 1916. The Nu Omega chapter recently built a brand new 6 million dollar chapter house that can be an indicator that Fiji is a money orientated community. The house was bought and built by graduated brothers from the Nu Omega chapter that wanted to give back to the Phi Gam chapter because of the great memories they acquired there.
Phi Gamma Delta's power is quite similar to how our country's executive branch is set up. At the top of the Nu Omega, there is a chapter
In general when someone talks about men in Phi Gamma Delta they think of loud obnoxious guys, who would rather think about the next big party than their next test or homework assignment. But when they take a deeper look into the fraternity you see men who are dedicated to their morals, service, and friendship. “A fraternity is an association of men, selected in their college days by a democratic process, because of their adherence to common ideals and aspirations. Out of their association arises a personal relationship which makes them unselfishly seek to advance on another in the arts of life and to add, to the formal instruction of the college curriculum, the culture, and the character which men acquire by contact with great personalities, or when admitted to partnership in great traditions”(Newton D Baker). Through exploring the history, power structure, slang words, rushing process, membership obligation, the way Phi Gamma Delta members dress, and how students who are not in a fraternity see the members. We will see how this discourse community can seem bias to outsiders.
Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1, 1848 by six men who graduated from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. The Phi Gamma Delta Chapter, nicknamed Fiji or Phi Gam by the members, has a hundred and thirteen chapters, and eighteen colonies scattered across the United States of America and Canada. The Oklahoma chapter, named the Nu Omega chapter, was founded on December 29, 1916. The Nu Omega chapter recently built a brand new 6 million dollar chapter house that can be an indicator that Fiji is a money orientated community. The house was bought and built by graduated brothers from the Nu Omega chapter that wanted to give back to the Phi Gam chapter because of the great memories they acquired there.
Phi Gamma Delta's power is quite similar to how our country's executive branch is set up. At the top of the Nu Omega, there is a chapter