Looking around the Baker University campus, one can tell that greek life is a big part of the university.

Although Zeta Phi Beta sorority and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity can’t be seen on campus in terms of a house, they are represented.

These greek organizations do not have houses on campus, but they are essentially the same as the other fraternities and sororities.

However, they are under a different category of sororities and fraternities, as Zeta Phi Beta is National Pan-Hellenic Council organized and is constitutionally bound with another sorority, Phi Beta Sigma.

Kappa Alpha Psi is a chapter based out of Washburn University, which takes on smaller universities that would not otherwise be able to charter a chapter.

“We’re different from the rest,” Zeta Phi Beta President Logan Gallardo said. “We have different standards, and it’s a different intake process. It’s just a whole different atmosphere because we don’t have a house.”

With Kappa Alpha Psi, the initiation process is different from the other fraternities on campus. Rather than being accepted and then taking an exam, new members of Kappa Alpha Psi must learn and test over the information regarding the history of the chapter before they are initiated.

This aspect of the fraternity is one that turns many students away.

“We’ve had interested members, it’s just that for some reason, people aren’t interested in taking a test before getting in,” President Robert Woodall said. “It’s a lot of work to get in. It’s out of the norm.”

There are two members of Zeta Phi Beta, Gallardo and sophomore Amanda Sams. Woodall is the only member of Kappa Alpha Psi from the Baldwin City campus. Sharrod Green, a Baker student at the nursing school in Topeka, is also a member.

This year, Zeta Phi Beta has organized Change for Babies, which promotes prematurity awareness, and plans on fundraising for its regional conference, a series of workshops on the rules of their region. Kappa Alpha Psi plans on holding reading sessions at Baldwin Elementary School Primary Center.

Although they are not often recognized, these two greek organizations have an impact on Baker.

“We’re big nationally,” Woodall said. “It might not seem like it just in Baldwin City, but it’s nationwide, just like any other organization. We do work hard, and it would be a good thing to be a part of.”