Greek life on Columbia campus typically involves only a small percentage of students. This pledge season, however, sororities and fraternities report a 30 percent increase in the number of women registered. Are Greek organizations becoming a more vocal part of the Columbia community? I sat down with students around campus to discuss the role Greek life plays at Columbia and what influence it has on them.

"I haven't really noticed that much of an increase in Greek life.  The only time I've even noticed sororities would be, I think, during Rush Week when they were out shouting until 2 or 3 in the morning on weeknights."

"I would definitely say I've noticed an increase.  In a lot of my classes, there are more people in sororities than I would have expected."

As the number of Greeks increases, Columbians do not seem concerned about their growing numbers. Some believe the increase could be beneficial to the surrounding community.

"More people involved means more people that could be involved in something like community service and if those organizations would set it as their goal to do something beneficial for the community, then I would say that would be a good thing."

"I don't really have an opinion on it.I don't think it's necessarily good or necessarily bad, it's whatever people feel like doing."

We will see whether the apparent increase in Greeks will continue in the coming years, as well as how it will affect student life in the Columbia Community.