Greek Life

willmingtonwave
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:18:02 +0000

The incident of pledge night is not indicative of every weekend at Wake Forest, but rather one unfortunate part of the culture of Greek Life (which happens once a year) and misguided choices on part of the administration.

It was decided that Pledge Night would be moved from Friday to Saturday night which I think was the cause of this. If it was on Friday night (as usual) folks would still drink in excess, but they would start after classes in the early evening. Furthermore, they would not have been binge drinking the night before (as was the case on Saturday). Yes, I know that individuals should be more responsible, but this decision on the timing of pledge night made no sense.

Also it is important to consider that Greek life matters less and less as you go on. At one point, i did regret not joining a fraternity. But now, with a few years of retrospect I can wholeheartedly say that I am glad I did not join one–not to knock them, because some of my friends have had great experiences–but they were just not for me.