Content warning: This story includes mentions of druggings.
On a brisk Saturday night, a horde of Northwestern first-years stood lingering outside an off-campus frat house. Deciding where to go after being turned away from yet another party, they scrolled through social media. Passers-by would hear calls from the first-years saying, “We’re going to Reza’s!” The statement, shrouded in disappointment, led another group of wandering students to start flocking south to downtown Evanston.
This scene might feel familiar to first-years who are exploring the world of partying at Northwestern for the first time. But was this always the same picture of Northwestern’s party culture for underclassmen? What effect did the pandemic and the abolish Greek life movement have? NBN spoke to both upperclassmen and underclassmen to understand what the party scene at NU once was – and where it is now.
