I was 18 years old and still in high school when I first visited a university and experienced real college life for a weekend. I was completely naive to that world and had no idea how different and distinct it was from reality. But there was something that really caught and continues to catch my attention during my visit to this particular school: fraternities and sororities. I didn't know what they were until my visit clarified the concept. Even though I wasn't part of it, I could see what it was all about. I would define each of them as a separate subculture with its own rules and rights. The school I visited was Dartmouth College. It is located in Hanover, NH, a very small town, where restaurants and hotels are scarce, but fraternities and sororities are plentiful. Just over fifty percent of the students belong to the Greek system, and this is how they really manage to make friends and turn their university life into a much more joyful experience while residing in that small town. When I went to Dartmouth, a friend of mine, who acted as my guide throughout the trip, accompanied me. He went to Dartmouth and graduated from there, and since he was no exception to the rule, he had also been part of a fraternity throughout his undergraduate experience, and even more so, he is still part of that fraternity. The name of his fraternity is "Sigma Phi Epsilon". Their house is huge and very close to the school; in reality it is located in front of the house of the President of the College. It's made of wood and is really old. It has a large red door that distinguishes all Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities nationwide. It was explained to me that because the very first Sig Ep had a red door, all the other cha...... center of paper...... learn all this information, go to their alma mater and remember the old ones times. Weddings and birthdays are the reunion of all the members, and it feels just like being in Dartmouth, in the "old house", behind the big red door. What really makes me say they are a subculture? The way they behave, how they have their own version of popular games, the way they assign unique names to each of their members and how close they remain to each other even if right now some of them are distant, going in different directions different. graduate schools or work in different states. All members of this brotherhood make the time they spend together an unforgettable experience that stays with them forever. Those who have already left school, as my friend did, remember those years as the best of their lives and the people they knew as their unconditional friends.