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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on the school and the vibe.

At Cornell, it dominates. At Vanderbilt, it dominates.[b] At Duke, it's off campus, but it dominates social life/culture[/b].

At Northwestern, it's growing. 3 more frats came back over the summer. Too much demand and not enough after the failed Abolish Greek Life movement.

I think social media (all those frat parties with big-name performers and the sorority dance/videos) has had an impact even at the most selective schools.[/quote]

How exactly do off-campus organizations dominate school social life and culture? Especially at a school as large as Duke? Not trying to start an argument - I literally don’t understand how that works.

[b]Let’s say 20% if kids go to off-campus Greek parties on weekends. [/b]Aren’t there other social activities and options on campus for everyone else. What do the non-Greek kids do for fun? They can’t all be pining for invites to off-campus frat parties, can they? [/quote]

Frat parties are generally open to male members only and all females. On campus university-organized parties will not serve alcohol to minors, in addition, while frat parties will. 20 percent frat membership will translate into a much greater dominance over the dating/hookup pool. [/quote]

To quantify that, at Harvard, only ten percent of Harvard men are in final clubs, while the majority of Harvard women attend final club parties at least once in their time on campus. That leads to a huge imbalance in gender at final club parties, and a huge imbalance in sexual market opportunities between final club men and independents.

Now double that, and you have Duke.[/quote]

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