Jonathon Chiu | The Daily Collegian
When Christopher Karavas was searching for a fraternity to join, he had at minimum two requirements: it shouldn’t be known for parties and it had to be a place where he could make a significant impact on campus.
His search led him to his first involvement fair in the fall of 2023, where he came across the Zikhari chapter of Lambda Sigma Upsilon (LSU) Latino Fraternity, Inc. Karavas, 21, of York, Pennsylvania, has remained a member ever since and now serves as the fraternity’s president.
Karavas is of Native American heritage, but said this didn’t detract from his experiences in the fraternity. Instead, it factored into the fraternity’s culture of celebrating all of its members, regardless of their background.
“Until I came to college, I never really talked about my background or about my ethnicity,” Karavas, a fourth-year studying chemical engineering, said. “This seemed like a fantastic opportunity to actually explore who I am. It gives me the resources and it gives me the support to talk more about myself.”
