text: Every fraternity's rituals are different. That story is probably one fraternity's ritual. Other rituals may include stripping down to your boxers and enduring harassment of your peers, stealing University property to add it to the fraternity house. Its all different, just college guys doing stupid stuff. \n I'm not quite sure what your main question is though. \nTo join a fraternity at a college you must be attending that college, however I don't think its required that you live on campus or be a resident. Though you must be a student, thats for sure.