Interview on Greek Life with Clayton Hobbs

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Maddie Kahl

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6 February 2018

Interview on Greek Life with Clayton Hobbs

Kohl: Hello everybody, I’m here with Clayton Hobbs, the community service chair for Alpha Tau Omega on FSU’s campus. Would you like to say hello?

Clayton: Hello Everybody, how are you today?

Kohl: I’m doing good. So hold the community service chair in ATO, can you please explain what that entails?

Clayton: Yeah, so that’s my current position right now that I’m holding. So basically what I am doing right now is I am working with the true merit chair and I’m gathering everything and finding the requirements for that and I am making sure everyone in the fraternity gets at least ten community service hours. And I am scheduling and doing a lot other things like that.

Kohl: Alright. So do you have anything planned for the fraternity community service wise?

Clayton: Yes, Saturday we are planting potato seeds at Lotts at 8am it should be really fun

Kohl: Sounds like a good time, I will probably be there. What do you think of Greek life as a whole?

Clayton: I think it’s, especially at a school of this size, it cuts the size down dramatically. It molds boys into men.

Kohl: I agree, I agree. What things in the community has Greek life done before? Like what has been your experience through ATO volunteering?

Clayton: Well last year ATO had a philanthropy for the ATAC Aviation Foundation. And it was the highest amount of money raised for any philanthropic event in Greek history at FSU. And it was like 32,000 dollars and it was a really good experience.

Kohl: It sounds pretty awesome, are you excited now that the suspension now allows us to work with philanthropies?

Clayton: Absolutely, yes. We definitely will start doing a lot more stuff like that.

Kohl: Would you say the philanthropies are excited they can work with greek life again?

Clayton: Yes, them especially. Locally they do rely on us heavily to come out and volunteer our time to help them and also the money we raise for them really goes a long way.

Kohl: Why did you join a fraternity?

Clayton: Probably because my dad was in one and he only had good things to say about it and that was kind of my motivation, and then I got out there and met everyone in Alpha Tau Omega and I liked them and we became friends. So it has gone really well so far.

Kohl: I Agree, my dad did the same thing. Would you say it has been an overall good experience so far?

Clayton: Oh, absolutely. Good would be a minimum. And I think it is only going up from here.

Kohl: Why do you think Greek life is important?

Clayton: I don’t want to have to repeat myself but I think it is important because it cuts down the size of the school and allows people to communicate and network. And it gives people a platform to not only volunteer but also meet a lot of different people that, otherwise, they probably never would have ever met.

Kohl: How will it help you in the future.

Clayton: Networking especially. The people I meet through my fraternity is a large amount of people and I can definitely use that to my benefit career wise.

Kohl: I agree, the alumni network is a big deal

Clayton: absolutely

Kohl: What opportunities have you seen Greek life provide someone?

Clayton: Well one example that comes to mind, is a friend just got a good job out in Las Vegas for an Aviation company through an alumni of FSU ATO. He has a great starting salary and it could really set him up and help his career. Also, just growing up here, there is a lot of ATO alumni still in town. They are always helping the current brothers out with getting internships and things like that. For example, the manager of the Morgan Stanley branch in town was an old ATO and he just gave an internship to a current one. So just knowing these people can really help you in the future.

Kohl: I completely agree, there is always opportunities like that in town that are there if you work for them. Well, thank you so much for doing this with me Clayton.

Clayton: No problem

Kohl: That was clayton Hobbs the community service chair for Alpha Tau Omega at Florida State University.