Greek Life Cleansing

Being a part of Greek Life at any school is something of mystery to those looking on from the outside. The togas. The crafts. The paddles. The tradition. It seems like the culture surrounding the obvious traditions within each organization is not a topic covered by the mainstream. In this series I will investigate the different facets of Greek Life and how organizations exist within each other, with each other, and within the entire community itself. 

Here at Hofstra there is no Greek Row, there are no dauntingly huge letters atop five story houses with red solo cups and kegs strewn across the front yard. Here, in the heart of Hempstead, Greek life clings to one another. There are 20 organizations present that make up only 10 percent of the entire campus. However, every event, every fundraiser, and any gathering that occurs on the campus is somehow related or sponsored by all or at least one organization. So they cling to each other as Hofstra begins the process of scrubbing them out of this campus. They are a family. They live in small houses where they scatter their traditions and history atop every surface, because in their home Hofstra cannot scrub them out.