Rushing for sororities is the most challenging social situation I've ever been through.

缪思说：“参加姐妹会的纳新活动是我所经历的最具挑战性的社交活动了。

Many sororities and fraternities have these resources available, some even in database form!

很多姐妹会和兄弟会都有这些资源，有一些甚至存在了数据库里！

At many colleges and universities, fraternities, sororities, and various student clubs provide student housing.

许多大学和学院里，联谊会、女生联谊会和各种学生俱乐部也提供住所。

Party is big in Americans' campus life. Fraternities and sororities hold parties with various themes every week.

派对在美国的大学生活中占有举足轻重的地位。兄弟会和姐妹会每个星期都会召开各种各样的主题派对。

Fraternities and sororities provide small, tight communities within the university, and often host large parties, but they also foster a culture of exclusivity and excess.

兄弟会和姐妹会在学校内部营造紧密的小社群，并且经常举办大型派对，但它们同时也滋生着一种排外和无节制的文化。

And when I got to the campus, I found that fraternities and sororities were a more noticeable and obnoxious presence than the 30 percent student membership had suggested to me.

进校后，我发现，大学生联谊会比比皆是，其讨嫌程度远胜过劝我参加他们组织的30%的各类学生会员。

Hazing - Initiation rituals administered by some fraternities or sororities as part of the pledging process. Many universities have outlawed hazing due to its degrading and sometimes dangerous nature.

进入兄弟会或姊妹会的一种仪式。许多大学的这种仪式都是很低级甚至极具危险性的。