<p>Put another way, there need to be mechanisms/spaces to get and keep uchicago students mingling. Now, houses operate a bit like tribes and aren’t reflective of the greater college community. At schools without great house systems, like penn, institutions like frats and big student clubs (and social spaces and events I mentioned above) bring people together. Uchicago doesn’t really have any of those features, and could make the social fabric a bit more frayed. </p>
<p>Any thoughts from current students? Outside of academics/life of the mind and related descriptors (like “weirdness” or “quirkiness” which can’t function as social glue), what are some of the unifying themes for the college?</p>