<p>Members pay dues...</p>
<p>Arjun, honestly, I know there are cultural differences, but it seems to me that you have absolutely no common sense.</p>
<p>why??? </p>
<p>i know u pay dues, spanks!!! but i thght it would be WAY lesser than dorms...so where do u get cash to pay for a HUGE buildin, chef...</p>
<p>let me word it better</p>
<p>a frat, being run by students is expected to have a lower fee...</p>
<p>but at the same time, frast have chefs, awesome buildings, inter-frat sports, excursions blah, blah, blah</p>
<p>don't u think the expenses r more than a fee that 25 guyys pay</p>
<p>"but it seems to me that you have absolutely no common sense."</p>
<p>for askin how frats pay their bills???...ans incy wincy bit too harsh, eh?</p>
<p>btw u'll have to put up with this senseless guy for the next 3yrs...:D</p>
<p>Ahhh the beach and chicks are calling out to me. Bye Arjun</p>
<p>actually shes graduating early and if you keep it up...you are gonna get ostracized from the start. try to work on your "people skills" buddy
:D</p>
<p>Yeah, with 13,000 undergrads you really don't have to see anyone you don't want to. It's ok to **** off a few people (you probably won't have to see them), but with social skills like yours you're going to end up spending friday night alone at a computer arjun.</p>
<p>I said you have no common sense because all of your comments, collectively.</p>
<p>Arjun why do you even ask about frats? There is no way you'd ever get into one anyway.</p>
<p>arjun, study for your iits.. it might be best for all of us</p>
<p>mrnova has a good point</p>
<p>I'll second that</p>
<p>EDIT: I'll actually second hopeful, spanks and mrnova, they're all right.</p>
<p>dues: to be a member you have to pay a fee.</p>
<p>You also have to pay for the house mealplan (pays for chef/food) and room/board fees (pays for your room)</p>
<p>I guess some of the questions people asked have some basis in reason. Generally about 25-40 people live in the house, depending on the size of the place. Most houses have chefs. I dont know any that don't. Having a chef isnt really as extravagant as it seems. There are plenty of people in Ithaca who can cook and dont mind a 5-day-a-week part-time job. As for the cost of paying for the "huge building", well, most of them were paid off fifty or more years ago, so rent only goes to pay insurance and upkeep. For even the really nice places, living in the house usually costs less than living on campus, even after social and dues.</p>
<p>Is it possible to get into a fraternity without taking a drink?</p>
<p>yes, but I bet it depends on the fraternity. If it were religious reasons I bet the number of fraternities it would be possible to do so with would increase greatly. This is all speculation though.</p>
<p>I think the correct answer is, in a word, no.</p>
<p>are you serious perro? if someone were from one of the islamic religions prohibiting alcohol they wouldn't let you join on the grounds of alcohol consumption? Also, are you sure there aren't any frats (perhaps no frats your average socialite would want to join, but none!?) that require some alcohol in the pledge process?</p>
<p>would they really want to join a fraternity if they didn't drink/party/engage in debauchery, anyways?</p>
<p>Aren't there christian fraternities that pray instead of drink and stuff like that? Not sure if at Cornell neccesarily. I don't understand why you would want to join a frat w/out drinking though, or join a Christian frat unless you were really into jesus.</p>