Princeton Review: Most Intense Greek Life Scene

[nittanyalum]

Wow, sounds like a lot of work to throw a fraternity party these days. Back in the stone age, we could walk off campus and there would literally be 52 open options of parties to walk into, out of and in between. Socials (our term for "mixers") between a fraternity and sorority were closed, but after a few hours, the house would open and soon be packed. The fraternities, of course, always had brothers at the door and turned some people away, but compared to the lists and "registrations" of today, it was all pretty free-flowing and open.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Wow, sounds like a lot of work to throw a fraternity party these days. Back in the stone age, we could walk off campus and there would literally be 52 open options of parties to walk into, out of and in between. Socials (our term for "mixers") between a fraternity and sorority were closed, but after a few hours, the house would open and soon be packed. The fraternities, of course, always had brothers at the door and turned some people away, but compared to the lists and "registrations" of today, it was all pretty free-flowing and open.

Yeah, and while I understand the need for increased security and RM as society has gotten more & more litigious, an unintentional side effect is that Greeks are thought of as snobs who won't let people into their parties.

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Wow, sounds like a lot of work to throw a fraternity party these days. Back in the stone age, we could walk off campus and there would literally be 52 open options of parties to walk into, out of and in between. Socials (our term for "mixers") between a fraternity and sorority were closed, but after a few hours, the house would open and soon be packed. The fraternities, of course, always had brothers at the door and turned some people away, but compared to the lists and "registrations" of today, it was all pretty free-flowing and open.

I remember those days. kinda went the other way toward the end of the 90s. I remember toward the end of the 90s, people sensed that everything was going to change. Especially after the MIT incidents in the mid 90s.

94 and 95 were the best years of my life.

[breathesgelatin]

Ah, well, folks, I'm sorry to say that because the W&L administration required "all" fraternity parties to be open (read: registered parties at the actual fraternity house), if you were denied admission to a frat party at the door it was usually because A) you'd been balled from that house or B) racism par excellence. So I sincerely hope it's not B that everyone's celebrating here.

I can think of a couple of times African American women were denied admission to parties because "they must not be W&L students."

UH, gross