Author Archive for Cat Moore
Greek Awards 2008: The Drama Behind Shiny Trophies
Just when you thought you couldn’t care less about Greek life, New U proves you wrong.
Freshly Squeezed Gossip: The Sour Grapes of JuicyCampus.com
This week in Beat the Greeks: Douchebaggery makes everyone look bad, survey says
Get Your Jazz Hands Ready:Charity Songfest 2008
For one night a year, the Bren Events Center turns into a Greek playground for UC Irvine’s fraternities and sororities. Streams of letter-clad patrons charge through the doors of the sports arena and race to make sure that their quarantined seating areas are properly secured for their respective chapters.
The tension stirs as the vast majority [...]
Kappa Sigma: Greek Community Damaged
Mike Nemzek had one hell of a Friday morning. At 11 a.m., the fourth-year president of Kappa Sigma was just waking up and relishing the prospects of a lazy day off from midterms. Still pajama-clad, Nemzek was in the throes of deliberation between eating a leisurely breakfast or lunch when his brief holiday was suddenly [...]
Feeling Old in Sorority Life: Over the Hill at 21
‘Cat! Get up! The buses are leaving!’ I utter a defeated groan as my roommate begins chucking clothes around the room while frantically pulling on a pair of fishnet stockings. After a long nightshift at my restaurant, my head had just hit my pillow, and my purse is still dangling from my arm. A small [...]
The Rush to Stereotypes in an Academic Environment
It’s 9:35 a.m., and I am screwed. I hurl the covers off my bed, roll into whatever clothes are closest to me, grab the bag I hope has my notebook in it and groggily jog to the shuttle
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Forget Greek Row at UCI, Newport Beach will Suffice
Nearly every weekend, I kick myself for not living in Newport Beach. Don’t get me wrong, my sorority house in Arroyo Vista is lovely. Last summer, a team of us girls sanded, refurbished and repainted our entire stock of furniture to make it lovely, damn it. Nevertheless, as I freely roam the Newport coastline
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So You’ve Gone Greek
As they round the corner, the field comes into view, peppered with bouncing packs of color, coordinated sorority girls, all cheering, clapping and shouting their individual chants.
A cacophony of strained shouts erupts from these huddles, their vocal chords exhausted from days of excited conversation and bubbly songs perfected for rush weekend, as each skittle-colored group [...]
