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Totally agree. We used to wander around in our freshman herd from party to party and most doors were open. I believe the last Thursday kegs were 1993, but some on Friday and lots on Saturday. No one cared if you were "cool" or not - you could go to most parties. This gradually was getting phased out but now there is no fun on campus at all.

The field parties are weird - I don't get that. But apparently it is a big thing. And it creates more of a sense of haves and have nots, as you noted, and freezes out those who are happy being in the middle - don't necessarily want to be Greek but want to go to some parties and be social. Which is what made Duke so great. The "average" Duke student was still very social, without being your usual Type A Greek person. Now that is gone. You're either all in on these parties or studying all the time.[/quote]

+1, PP. I graduated mid 90s, not Greek, and loved that we could all wander from section to section and it didn’t matter. Everyone partied together. I’ve been on campus recently, and it’s shockingly quiet. I heard about the field parties. WTF. DD is looking at schools, and I hate to say it but I’m steering her away from Duke. Never would have predicted that after loving my time so much there. [/quote]

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