The Greek Life
So this week was Greek Week, a week- long series of events to see who is the best Greek organization on campus. The first events included an obstacle course, where SAE’s fell into the pool at the end. True, they were blindfolded, and taking directions from those of us that weren’t blindfolded, but I’m still laughing about it. After the obstacle course was a scavenger hunt across campus, finding all Greek related items, like the Gamma tree. Tuesday’s event was a contest called Name That Lyric, with our pledges taking home the gold. Wednesday was Mock Rock, which I’m sorry to say that I missed, because our fraternity won hands down. The guys dressed up as geeks and jocks, and gave a performance that won’t soon be forgotten. Thursday’s event was sober bowling, where all Greek organizations went off campus and tore up the lanes. Friday culminated the week’s events with Spring Formal, which was formerly Greek Formal. I’ll admit, it’s the fault of the Fraternities on campus that it was no longer Greek Formal; we didn’t fundraise our half of the money the way the Pan-Hellenic organizations did, so we took a loan from CAB, and it was open to all students. It’s not a bad thing, and it could’ve been used as a great recruitment tool, but many Greeks chose not to attend because of it.
I love Greek life. I went home recently, and my non-Greek friends asked what the appeal was. It’s a lifestyle more than anything else. I’ve found that it can’t be put into any other terms. It’s a lifestyle that hundreds of thousands have chosen to live before us, and there seems to be no end in sight. I tell my friends that it’s all about what you’re looking for. If you’re looking for Animal House, they are around. But most aren’t that way anymore. So don’t think that it’s all about drinking and craziness, because it’s not. I swear it’s not.