Animal House Junior

I was recently on the campus of my university. Of course I couldn’t resist picking up the most recent edition of the student newspaper. I’m always anxious to see what these future pullitzer prize winners are writing about. As a former staff writer of said newspaper I obviously can’t talk. I will say that for a bunch of engineers we put out a pretty decent paper

Anyway, there was one particular article that caught my attention and instead of just commenting on the article I’m going to reprint it verbatim since I thought it was just too good to summarize. For those who didn’t have the pleasure (or misfortune depending on who you talk to) of attending my university I will preface the article so you have a full appreciation for it.

There is a section of the newspaper devoted to “Greek Life” which is basically an area where the sororities & fraternities on campus can submit articles updating their adoring public on their activities during the term. Each fraternity obviously has their own unique identity. There’s the smart one, the athletic one, the partying one, etc… Then there’s the fraternity for those who want to be in a fraternity but don’t want to be burdened with any sort of social status. I for one hate to generalize or put people into categories but isn’t that what life is all about? Most fraternities invested a lot of time, energy and alcohol into throwing large benders complete with all of the expected hijinks. This fraternity on the other hand threw a semi-annual “LAN Party”. When I first heard about this party during my first year I originally thought that “LAN” was some sort of clever party code. Turned out it actually stood for Local Area Networking and it was a computer gaming party. Anyway, the LAN party tradition lives on and as evidenced by the following article it still seems to be the raging success I remember it to be. Note: I’ve changed the name of the fraternity to protect the guilty.

Got Game?

Delta Tau Chi kicked off the winter term with its semi-annual LAN party. It took place on 1^st Friday night at the Delta Tau Chi house and extended well into the longer than normal weekend. Inclement weather (snow in January? Ridiculous?) did not stop most people from bringing their computer games, showing off their dance moves on the DDR pads, or indulging in some 8-bit classics on the Nintendo. More than thirty 2-litres of pop, brownies, cookies, chips, and burgers fueled these gamers and party goers.

Once the over 15 computers were crammed into the common room, the servers were set up for some rounds of Battlefield 2. After everyone had enough of strategic military combat, we switched to the fast-paced, twitch-reflex Unreal Tournament. Other games played included Sacred Guild Wars, Warcraft III, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

Along with the LAN party, Delta Tau Chi has many other events planned for this term. Poker nights are on 3^rd, 5^th, 7^th, and 9^th week Thursdays, and themed movie nights take place on 4^th, 6^th, 8^th and 10^th week Mondays. Swing by to take a break when the term starts getting rough. Check out our winter calendar for other events. Welcome back and have a great school term everyone! - The Brothers of Delta Tau Chi