I know Darts & Laurels doesn't come out until Friday, but I'd just like to give a spot-on-nail-on-the-head-explanation laurel to Delta Upsilon President Matthew Panzano.
I wholeheartedly agree with all of Panzano's arguments about why the student sketch segment of Gator Growl was entirely dedicated to Greek inside jokes. If you take a look at how Gator Growl is set up, it just makes sense to have the event represent the Student Body based on a proportion of demographic to time. O.A.R., for example, played an hour-long set, so clearly 33 percent of the Student Body are members or former members of O.A.R. Only then would O.A.R.'s current music resonate with their audience. Jabbawockeez was, again, tailored to another demographic of the student community. The dance routine lasted about 15 minutes, so that means it was catered to the roughly 8 to 9 percent of students who are in hip-hop dance crews. Sorry Jabbawockeez lovers, if you want a longer routine, you're gonna have to do some more recruiting.
To be honest, the Greek community deserved an even larger time slot not because of its demographic size but because of its ability to reach all members of the Student Body, something that O.A.R. and Jabbawockeez could only do for about 42 percent of the people in attendance. I mean if everyone laughed at "trannies," imagine the sort of entertainment from an hourlong Greek routine.
It goes without saying that the "Greek time slot" was probably the best of the entire show. Not only did the Greeks use their allotted time to entertain the whole stadium, but they are perhaps the only group at Gator Growl to live up to "an event that is supposed to inspire and entertain all members of the Gator Nation."
