College Fraternities and Sororities

bm365

Why dont we have them in Ireland?

galwayrush

Because we're not that Anal.:rolleyes:

A-Trak

We're not all gay.

Rowley Birkin QC

Because our drinking age is 18 and we don't need the senior frat guys to buy beer.

/thread.

Sharpshooter

Because we're Irish?

/more Americian crap, we can do without.

CoachBoone

We may not have them but christ do some of the college societies here really try and emulate them.

My name is URL

Too many McLovins here

ironictoaster

CoachBoone wrote: »

We may not have them but christ do some of the college societies here really try and emulate them.

Like who? Name and shame them!

TheZohanS

bm365 wrote: »

Why dont we have them in Ireland?

We do have them, but they're very select.

KnifeWRENCH

We do. You just have have to be, loike, awesomely uber-cool to know about them. We wouldn't want the unwashed masses of the middle class joining in now would we?

connundrum

In college was there not always one persons house you'd go to?

There probably are loose similarities.

CoachBoone

creggy wrote: »

Like who? Name and shame them!

Obviously I can only go on what Ive heard but UCD Commerce Society or something, they are big into there Americanisms. So are some of the more social societies in TCD and DCU apparently running "red-cup" nights etc.

I dont think there is anything wrong with it at all, by all means find an excuse for a party, Im just answering the OP.

Sea Sharp

Yea Trinity has a few from what I've heard.

Because our drinking age is 18 and we don't need the senior frat guys to buy beer.

/thread.

What he said.

anniehoo

TheZohan wrote: »

We do have them, but they're very select.

Thank jebus

weemcd

On tv3 right now theres some american hi-5ing frat party, every second word is woo, piece of crap.

so, count your blessings.

2Scoops

Because of membership dues.

Agamemnon

I don't know anything about them apart from what I've seen in films. But based on that, they look like a load of shite. They seem to organise plenty of piss-ups but we don't need organisation for that in this country, thankfully. It comes naturally to us. I drank like a fish in college and hey! I'm still drinking like a fish \o/. No crappy initiation rituals needed.

badgerbadger

feckin Greeks, they invented gayness

bug

It seems to be a form of societal hierarchy within a college. More like a caste system than anything else.
While I'm sure it's foundings were steeped in the hope of accelerating learning I can't see what todays relevance of such a society is other than division and accelerating the goals of high acheivers.

I suppose we dont have them because we have, (or had) free ducation for all, where one was judged by the merit of intellect rather than stature or belonging to social groups.

One of the weirder aspects of American culture IMO. More about personal gain than good.

Shacklebolt

If we had Fraternities then we could have lots of American-style 'Douchebags'... I for one would love the opportunity to go around in a pink shirt with a popped collar, and a perpetual annoying grin

rainbow kirby

Shacklebolt wrote: »

we could have lots of American-style 'Douchebags'... I for one would love the opportunity to go around in a pink shirt with a popped collar, and a perpetual annoying grin

We do already, it's called UCD Quinn School Of Business.

Shacklebolt

rainbow kirby wrote: »

We do already, it's called UCD Quinn School Of Business.

Don't go to UCD so I wouldnt know of it.... Pompous ****ers galore no doubt?

Eric Cartman

creggy wrote: »

Like who? Name and shame them!

any society in trinity

weemcd

Shacklebolt wrote: »

If we had Fraternities then we could have lots of American-style 'Douchebags'... I for one would love the opportunity to go around in a pink shirt with a popped collar, and a perpetual annoying grin

Pleanty of them around in all area's atm unfortunately