What is Greek life in colleges?

Question

And why do they have fraternity and sorority names so strange? Example: Alpha kappa what??? Why?

I don’t understand the whole picture of Greek life. What is it? And why does it exist?

Edit: and why do they all move-in to one big house instead of their own dorms like the usual college student?

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Answer 1

They are social organizations where members hold social events, take part in regular gathering, practice traditions. It’s a way to find a smaller community within a large university.

Way back when, they chose Greek letters for their names, that those “strange names”. Hence why it’s called Greek life.