Higher Standards?
by Matt Mattson If you raised your standards for membership this fall — significantly — what would happen? What if you only allowed students with a 3.75 GPA or better…
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Summertime Relationship Maintenance
by Matt Mattson Today is a good day to take a break from your break. Many of our readers are enjoying their summer vacation from college, and have been spending…
Sororities: An Important, Personal Request
by Matt Mattson [I’m proud to announce the birth of our second daughter… Josie Wisdom Mattson, born 6/20/11. She joins her sister Elliotte Piper Matttson as potential members of sororities…
Recruitment Lessons from Phired Up’s Annual BIG EVENT
by Matt Mattson We have been known to poke fun at the “big recruitment event” mentality that many organizations have (see here, here, here, and here for just a handful…
Produce a Summer (Recruitment) Blockbuster
by Vince Fabra It seems like every Friday during the summer one or two or three blockbuster movies are released. The releases of these movies are preceded by months of…
Dynamic Recruitment and Election Campaigning
[RING OF PHIRE: The Ring of Phire is a team of undergraduate fraternity and sorority members dedicated to delivering the messages of Phired Up Productions to their peers around the…
Greatest of All Time
by Branden Stewart Basically every top movie list will rank Citizen Kane in their top movies ever made, with many granting this 1941 classic the title of GREATEST OF ALL…
I Surrender
by Josh Orendi Surrender. The first image in your mind might be a white flag, perhaps a bandit with two hands in the hair, or maybe you’re thinking of defeat.…
Are You Happy?
by Branden Stewart I stumbled upon (using Stumbleupon) this picture and it got me thinking… When you meet a member of the Phired Up staff, you’re probably hoping for the…
Don’t Skip Part One
by Matt Mattson I was reminded recently of a common habit of human interaction… skipping part 1 of a conversation/relationship. “The Introduction.” This happens to me on planes a lot.…
