<p>This thread is mostly one extremely bitter malcontent- take the negativity with a mine’s worth of salt.</p>
<p>As for a low key fraternity/ how the scene differs: It differs extremely. Animal house this is NOT- the students are NU students, no matter how much some will want to forget that. The low key fraternities (mine is one) have no hazing, drinking is an occasional, but definitely not central element to our social lives. We mostly hang out at the house, play video games, have movie nights, play cards, boardgames, go see movies, etc. It’s like a big group of very close friends who have an awesome club house, and the budget to do cool things like massive group dates (salsa dancing, ice skating, whirlyball, etc.)</p>
<p>The people who go Greek generally love it. The vast majority of people who don’t don’t care at all. About 10% are virulently anti-Greek based entirely on pre-conceived notions, and are VERY vocal about it- just like the whiners who started this thread- the few people really unhappy at NU tend to be vocal without attempting to improve things.</p>