Concerns about drug/party scene.

bluestar7
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:37:55 +0000

seriously.

1) chapel hill. chapel hill has great bars if you’re 21 (some are decently strict on id). i don’t go into chapel hill too frequently, maybe twice a semester, but some people go much more frequently than my friends and i do.

2) drug scene. i agree with whomever mentioned brown as having a bigger, more prevalent drug scene than duke. i’d say my friends and i are fairly representative of a good chunk of the student body. we know that drugs are available and where we can find some, but it’s not really our thing. if you don’t want it, and if you want it very seldomly, duke’s a great place. i mean, there will be the stoners who blaze every day but that’s a small exception.

3) duke’s drinking / greek life. yes - a lot of on campus parties are greek affiliated, but that’s because most on campus space in which parties can exist in are fraternity housing sections. these parties are always open. these parties are also more popular among younger students than older ones, who choose more to go off campus to the bars around campus. my drinking habits switched in college, but that’s also because it was more available, and since everything exists on campus or a short cab ride away, there is not the problem of having designated drivers for the night. personally, i NEVER in a million years thought i’d join a sorority, but go into college (duke especially) with an open mind. it’s a much more chill thing than i thought it’d be, and going greek has been one of my best decisions of college.