School Spirit at Tufts

lioness1120
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:32:42 +0000

We have more school spirit for our a cappella groups and Quidditch than for our varsity sports teams. But in the past year there have been increased efforts to attract people to sporting events, especially as some of our teams continue to get better and better. The ones I went to were packed with students and very well-received. Personally, I was always one of those people who wanted to go to sporting events but just needed an extra nudge, so encourage people to go with you! It’s also not as if you won’t know people on the teams. The opportunities are there if you want them and some people definitely do go regularly.

With regards to the party scene, in my experience athletes are more represented in fraternities than on the rest of campus. There’s a mix though and there are many, MANY fraternity brothers who are not on sports teams. I agree that athletes aren’t really put on any sort of pedestal though.