| Denzera,
That was one line in a whole long post. What I am trying to say is that the entire campus tends to hang out together at the more "spirited" Ivies while this isn't the case at Columbia. The frat example was more to show that even amongst the frats at columbia there is less unity. Its just the nature of an urban school.
People have more options so they tend to split off in groups while smaller more campus oriented schools tend to be more community oriented and spirited broadly. But campus organizations at Columbia tend to be tight and have some great events, but less "bigtime" events.
For example Columbia has one "big" weekend, Bacchanal, which is basically a bunch of inflatable rides in the middle of the campus. At Dartmouth there are 4 big weekends with scores of alumni returning, campus events everywhere, and the whole campus is out. You just get a "spirited" feeling when there is a 100 foot bonfire and the president of the college is talking about the history of the place in front of 5000 people. |