<p>I will have to reluctantly second take3’s comments. Though as an Allen Haller, I do have some alternatives to the standard frat party scene. Yes, we do drink and you can find puke in our sinks too (but it’s still not as bad as Six Pack). You’ll more likely see us getting baked and hanging around Krannert :).</p>
<p>If you are a practicing Christian though, then that’s a separate (but still huge) social scene apart from Greekdom. There are about 3 or 4 different church groups on campus, and they have about 600-700 members each. I was part of one of them for a year and we did do a lot of fun things - e.g. paintballing, ‘christ olympics’. You’ll be placed into a small group of about 7 or 8 people which pretty much becomes your spiritual, surrogate family for a year (hanging around your group leader’s apartment and eating together). And did I say worship? There’s lots of that, in big groups, twice a week, with spiritual revivals and guest speakers…</p>
<p>Ahem. That’s a great, valid alternative if you are religious. Otherwise, you can still be social with a smaller cadre of other independents (seriously).</p>