Rhode Island School of Design
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It’s no secret that RISD students revel in their uniqueness and make fun of those who they perceive to be unable to think for themselves. While clearly many fraternities and sororities across the country are not the stereotypes that we all see in movies, to RISD kids, they might as well be. Psi Phi Pi exists because a group of friends thought it would be funny. They host parties and make parodies of matching outfits, but that’s about as far as it goes at RISD. If someone came into RISD and offered to set up the whole Greek system, there might not be enough interested students to fill one house.

Part of what kids are looking for when they come to art school is a community of students that does not buy into the system of what is cool and what it means to belong in the same way that a more average college experience might provide. RISD students do not want to be labeled. They are independent thinkers who are not interested in the confines of closely associating themselves with a narrowed group of people. Students who are looking for a place to be social with people of similar interests need look no farther than their majors. It is not unusual to see a group of architecture students hanging out in a bar by the BEB (architecture building), or a gaggle of girls from textiles chatting and drinking coffee in The Cable Car. The other people RISD students work and learn with become their closest friends, and school clubs and parties put them in touch with people not in their majors. That is all the community they need.

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Greek Life at Rhode Island School of Design

Andrewzors

'13

Film and Video Studies

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There Is No Greek Life

There is no Greek life at RISD and anyone who feels they are missing out can easily walk a block over to Brown University to attend parties, so personal quotas can still be met.

Jul 09, 2010

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Greek Life at Rhode Island School of Design

jluscher

'14

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None Here, but You Can Go to Brown....

There is no greek life. At all. But Brown University is across the street, and they have plenty of Frat Parties every weekend, and a lot of students end up going to these parties if you're interested in that kind of thing.

Jun 16, 2010

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Greek Life at Rhode Island School of Design

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There is no Greek life. People who...

There is no Greek life. People who are involved in Greek life are mindless sheep who deserve to be eaten.

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