<p>Steven,</p>
<p>I’m sorry it’s taken so long for me to respond to your posts. I was up to my eyeballs in work this past week!</p>
<p>I assume you’ve gained much of your information on Lafayette (and the others schools you show interest in) from college guidebooks? Please be careful about taking that sort of “insider information” at face value. Outside companies (The Princeton Review, for instance) make blanket statements about colleges, usually with little backing.</p>
<p>With that said…</p>
<p>What exactly do you want to know about the social life? The term “social life” is quite broad. Also, are you asking me to draw conclusions about the student body based on how we socialize? I’m more than happy to address your question; I just need a little clarification.</p>
<p>There is definitely a lack of ethnic diversity on campus. Any college guidebook will tell you that we’re 80% white. Personally, I see diversity all throughout campus. There’s geographic diversity, (with about 6% of our population from outside the U.S.), religious diversity, and certainly socio-economic diversity. Every student brings a new perspective to class discussions based on diverse beliefs and personal convictions.</p>
<p>Easton is not that small of a town! It has a population of about 30,000. Downtown, there’s great ethnic cuisine, small family-owned shops of all sorts, farmers markets on weekends, and more on the way as billions of tax dollars are being put to work. You can read more about upcoming plans to revitalize the city here: [Lafayette</a> Alumni News Magazine - Summer 2006](<a href=“http://www.lafayette.edu/press/magazine/June06/easton.html]Lafayette”>http://www.lafayette.edu/press/magazine/June06/easton.html).</p>
<p>Up on “College Hill,” there are a number of modern shopping centers with Wal-Marts, various food stores, movie theaters, big chain restaurants, etc. all within a short driving distance, and our free shuttle service runs to these locations regularly.</p>
<p>I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: fraternities and sororities do not dominate the social scene. Only 1/3 of students are involved (more than at some colleges, less than at many others). Our reputation as a “party school” has followed us through the decades, even though the social scene has changed drastically over the past 40-50 years. We used to be a “frat school,” but those times have long since passed. Yes, the Greek houses do hold social events (some with alcohol, some without), and yes, some students do attend them, but that’s just one part of what Lafayette is all about.</p>
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