<p>wifey’s attitude, though bull, is actually fairly pervasive on campus. As tru and adgeek know, there’s been a resurgence in Greek life over the past year or two, partially as a response to the War on Fun. While the administration continues to go after dorm aprties, they’re pretty much leaving the Greeks alone. And the Greeks have been doing well; they recently doubled the percentage of the students body involved in their organizations. The response from the rest of the student body has been extremely interesting, though. There’s a very strong pushback against Greek culture on campus, now. Many students argue that Greek life doesn’t add anything to campus, it just taints our prestige and intellectualism, and other ridiculous things that you wouldn’t expect anyone but a naive, insecure prospie to say. Most of Columbia is apathetic toward Greek life; some love it and others hate it (for the reasons I just gave). Greek life’s contribution to the university has recently been in the campus consciousness due to the vote at Barnard over whether or not to recognize sororities. Of course, yesterday’s drug bust will only make cries against Greek life even louder.</p>
<p>Five students were busted, but one was clearly a ringleader of sorts. He dealt directly with the suppliers, was the first one the undercover agents contacted, and was the only one to sell coke. He then referred the officers to his friends in the other frats, and eventually someone living in EC and a kind of cultural pseudo-frat. Although one of the students was unaffiliated and the other was affiliated with a not-quite-frat, the operation was clearly associated with Greek life. Psi U, of course, had an agenda item that stated “Adam should stop selling drugs in the frat house” which implies that other brothers may have known what he was doing. I don’t think it’s fair to kill the frats over this, since everyone sells drugs everywhere, but I don’t think you can deny that it’s associated with the frats. My personal feeling on frats is ambiguous: I like their parties (especially Psi U) but my personality and interests just don’t mesh with a frat-boy culture. Nonetheless, I see no problem with others who want to join that lifestyle; it’s just not for me. Regarding sororities: before I came to Columbia, I thought they were full of sluts and girls who were taken advantage of frat boys. Having actually met a couple of sorority upperclasswomen, I can say they are some of the most determined, successful, and self-possessed people I’ve ever met.</p>