BETH ROONEY

Essays: Style and Culture: The Frat Boys

Pledges Brant Pincombe and Mike Schetter sit in the formal room at the Theta Chi House on May 17, 2004. New pledges are expected to have a good understanding of the history of the fraternity before they join. "If you see like a plaid shirt, a blue hat, jeans all tucked in...you think frat guy" says Jim Velleta. "If I see someone with all different color hair or a lot of piercing in their ears with the big holes and I think artsy kid."
The Frat Boys
Pledges Brant Pincombe and Mike Schetter sit in the formal room at the Theta Chi House on May 17, 2004. New pledges are expected to have a good understanding of the history of the fraternity before they join. "If you see like a plaid shirt, a blue hat, jeans all tucked in...you think frat guy" says Jim Velleta. "If I see someone with all different color hair or a lot of piercing in their ears with the big holes and I think artsy kid."