<p>Seeing as I come from a fairly conservative society, the lack of clubbing scene in Ithaca has slightly disappointed me. I'd accepted when going to the US over Europe for university, I'd still have to put up with the underage crap that I deal with over here, but thought I'd have more opportunities to experiment. </p>
<p>I don't know if I enjoy clubbing, but I'd like to find out. And to be honest, i quite like the buzz of a night out in a bustling city, as well as the diversity in options it brings. </p>
<p>So, having said that, do you think it would be fairly easy to round up a bunch of people to try out the clubbing scene in Syracuse/Bighamanton or even NYC at a stretch? Whether it be U-21 clubs or with fake IDs (god knows where im going to get me one of those) Do you get people who regularly go out clubbing? </p>
<p>I know there are frat parties, but tbh, I think i've outgrown the whole frat/house party scene and the whole selectivity think they have (i.e freshman can't party at a frat house) ****es me off, so I'd rather not be involved with them</p>
<p>I’d be amazed if anybody went to Syracuse/Binghamton for that purpose; since most people who do go clubbing are too intoxicated to do anything in the nature of drive a vehicle. </p>
<p>Most of the clubbers at Cornell are above 21 or happen to be people with fakes. Yes, people do get caught; but there aren’t very many options in Ithaca regardless, which is a part of the reason most underclassmen even go to frat parties. And on that front, freshmen aren’t even allowed to attend parties until the second half of each semester (not sure about when in the fall but after spring break in the spring). If you’re into partying, Greek Life is an important means for that end; unless you have the right friends.</p>
<p>That’s so ******** though. Complete and utter crap that they’re limiting the ability of people to have a good time, to certain groups. </p>
<p>I was hoping all the cliquiness would be over after high school. Guess not.</p>
<p>Greek Life is to some extent already inherently cliquey…I’d still keep your options open during the year, as there are plenty of fraternities with plenty different people, but that’s your own decision. And before anyone says anything, yes, I’m in a fraternity.</p>
<p>Also, it’s the administration setting all the rules. There is still quite a bit of disagreement with recent policies, but with the past hazing reports and death last year, Skorton and others have further accelerated the regulation of recruitment and pledging.</p>
<p>Go abroad? I spent a semester in London and probably clubbed myself out for now. </p>
<p>By going to Cornell most people have made the decision to accept that you aren’t going to experience a big city nightlife scene until after college, or during summers. I doubt you’ll find many people who would travel to go clubbing, especially since it’d be expensive and take up your whole weekend. Once or twice a semester? Maybe, if you talk to the right people.</p>
<p>Then again, we always had an awesome frat scene but while I don’t know exactly why, they seem to be destroying that. The huge, raging open parties of freshman fall had ZERO relation to hazing/pledging and I believe were actually much safer than the pregaming in dorm rooms that seems to have replaced it. At open parties you had fun, danced, and were lucky if you could get yourself a few beers. When pregaming you have nearly unlimited access to hard liquor and a lot of pressure to drink as much as possible in a short amount of time. Which of those is safer is pretty obvious, and a whole other story. </p>
<p>But basically–I’m not sure exactly how these rules have affected partying since I was abroad in the fall, but I think that those parties used to be a decent and relatively safe alternative to big-city-clubbing that satisfied most students. Without them, I guess some people might want to try and find other alternatives…</p>