The Greek Life Outcomes

   The outcome of those who join the Greek community are very positive. Talking to various members of this community, I have learned that becoming Greek has changed some of them for the better. Within the black community the NPHC has reflected service and high standards through their sororities and fraternities. 

   After the undergraduate life is complete, being Greek really gets down to business. MSU alumna Sylvia Thomas said that even though her sorority is like running a business now, she still has to work towards keeping her sisterly bond strong with her line sisters. 

   An outcome of being Greek while still an undergrad is being able to be more active and involved with campus according to Thomas. 

   Once some people become Greek, they carry themselves a certain way just because of who they are representing now. “It was such an honor for people to look up to us because we were an example as great students and we were giving back to the community,” Thomas said.

What it Takes to be Greek

   Growing up and watching shows like a Different World, showed me how the Greek life seemed extremely fun with little responsibilities. It wasn’t until my senior year when I went on a tour of Howard University and just so happened to be there during a probate. Once again, everything seemed like fun and games. 

   When I decided to write an article about Greek life, that’s when I learned about everything else that comes with earning Greek letters and being a part of this community. I talked to several people who attends Michigan State, who graduated from MSU and even others who are in the Greek community with no affiliation to MSU. This taught me that they had to work hard to join this community and once they were a part of this community, they still work hard as a member. 

   Alumna Sylvia Thomas said that she learned a lot about herself during the pledge process and learned to be a leader that didn’t leave anyone behind. Even student Kyle Kirkland said that becoming Greek taught him to be less selfish because he had to look out for more people instead of just himself. 

   Now I know that it takes more than a pretty face and a friend connection to become apart of the Greek community, it actually takes hard work and dedication. 

Digital Era Outreach Recap

   VIM Magazine promotes daily on their social media, but some MSU students do not think that is enough.
   "I think that VIM shouldn't just promote on their social networks, but they should have other people or orgs promote them as well," sophomore SaNiesha King said.
   As a magazine it is important for them to give their audience what they want which is more involvement on campus. VIM promotes regularly, but not everyone knows the faces behind this magazine.
  Some students do not know about VIM magazine, which gives VIM another reason to get more involved on campus.
   VIM has a lot in store for their audience with one issue coming up this winter and another one next spring. Besides using social medial to promote themselves, we'll have to see what else they will do next.

Digital Era Outreach

   Michigan State University's on campus magazine called VIM Magazine has entered into a digital era where they must use social media as a main outlet to promote themselves.

   VIM has Twitter, Instagram and Facebook which is a way to promote their magazine to students across campus.

   Aside from having social networks, VIM also has an online website where they post regularly. They only publish their magazine once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester every other year. 

   Even though VIM is using social to promote their magazine, there needs to be more involvement on campus so their amount of followers will grow.

Awaiting Next Week

   Once again, SaNiesha King and her friends had a great time during Empire. They are excited to see what will happen on next week's episode. King goes back to campus and enjoys a meal at Brody then heads home to enjoy the rest of her night. Next week they will watch again to see who will run the empire. 

Who Will Run the Empire?

   Watching Empire every Wednesday at 9p.m. in hope to see who will run it next is a weekly activity for SaNiesha King and her friends. King leaves campus to visit her friends in Chandler just to watch Empire. Last year when all of her friends lived on campus, they would meet up in Holmes theatre to watch it, but now things are different. Each Wednesday they anticipate on the drama yet to come.