I went to Oswego State in the mid 90s when it was still a lot of fun and a huge bar/house party town. I made some of the best friends I've ever had and still see many of them several times a year. We get together for camping trips and sometimes just meet up with the guys that live around me now. I pledged a fraternity and that is where I met the majority of my close friends. Fraternities in Oswego were not at all fancy and were more about cheap house parties, sorority mixers, and a group of friends to hang out with. I know many people look at fraternities as "buying friends", but that was not the case in a small school like Oswego. Hell, half the guys never paid the dues anyway!