First Campus Event

The first campus event I attended, here at CSUSM, was an event put on by the Greek life during our schools “rush week.”  The event was for the fraternity SAE.  The night started at five with a big touch football game with all of the active members of the fraternity and all of the rushers.  The game was fun and very competitive.  Then around seven the game ended and everyone began walking down to Flippin Pizza which is in the Ralphs parking lot off of Twin Oaks.  The place was packed with active SAE active members and rushers.  The line just to order was all the way out the door and curved once it was outside. Once in line you would have to wait at least thirty minutes just place your order then another fifteen to twenty minutes just to get pizza and since there were so many guys they were pretty much out of pizza except for cheese.  I made the most of my time in line and introduced myself to some of the active members and talked to them about their experiences with the fraternity, the fraternities philanthropy, how they liked being in it, and how long they have been doing it for.  Everyone I talked to said that joining a fraternity was the highlight of their college life and that the friends they made through the process would be their best friends for life.  I also later found out that the restaurant was giving fifty percent of all of their profits from the night to SAE to give to a charity of their choice.  This specific event was for the benefit of the children’s hospital. After finally getting the pizza I sat down with a few of the active members and listened to all they had to say about the fraternity and the benefits that come along with it.  The most common of which would be the networking opportunities available to SAE alumni because SAE is one of the biggest and oldest social fraternities in the country.  The whole night was very informative and impressive and definitely swayed my opinion towards joining a fraternity.