Need more specifics about eating club stereotypes

FightTheTide11
Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:48:12 +0000

It’s pretty difficult to gauge the actual culture of each club other than from what’s visible on Thursday and Saturday (and occasionally other) nights. Normally what is considered as a club’s reputation is what distinguishes it from the other clubs. It’s very possible that the Street will see a sizeable shakeup in the near future with the reinstatement of Cannon Club, so this may be outdated a year from now. I’ll hit the ones stlkarategal didn’t talk about. Bicker clubs are marked with an asterisk.

Cannon: TBD, but given the composition of the bicker committee, there will be a lot of athletes.
Cap and Gown: Home of the track team, lots of club sport athletes (especially soccer), and some fraternities and sororities. Known for being rather laid back and chill, especially compared to other bicker clubs.
Cloister: This is the “floaters and boaters” club, where most of the upperclass rowers and swimmers are members. From what I can tell, they really like to party.
Cottage: consists mostly of varsity athletes (football, basketball, soccer, baseball, lacrosse), and is known for its comparatively southern feel.
Ivy: Known originally for being the most snobby and elitist of the bunch since it was the first club (see Woodrow Wilson) and they have waiters at dinner. It has a rich, northern preppy reputation. Home of a few varsity teams (squash, fencing, maybe others), some dance/a cappella groups, and some frats/srats.
Quadrangle: Easily the smallest club on the Street. They hold Lawnparties because they agree to go off tap, but that’s the only time most people will go there. More Quad members have shared meal plans (which allows residential college membership and club membership simultaneously) than at any other club.
Tiger Inn: Where the water polo and wrestling teams and several frats/srats are. Has a reputation as a sort of animal house. It’s a common joke that the food is bad because they spend all their money on beer.
Tower: Many different crowds spend their time here, from theater/a cappella to student government to newspaper to Woody Woo to debate, but nearly everyone is heavily involved in something (or somethings) that takes up a lot of non-academic time.

This is by no means perfect or even close, and comes with no firsthand knowledge of what actually goes on during the 160 hours a week when the clubs are off tap. And of course the associations from groups to clubs is not strict in the least.