Last year, a sorority at my college decided to raise awareness for the homeless by spending a night outside the student center in cardboard boxes. They wore cute little warm-looking pajama's, shared bags of Dorito's and diet sodas and spent the night chatting to people on their three hundred dollar cell phones.They looked like morons (offense intended).
I realize that sororities are expected to do community service things and charity events, but come on. Do something that will actually help somebody.
In this case, the sorority didn't actually do anything about the homeless problem, and in no way contributed to the good of the community.
Instead, the giggly outdoor sleepover only highlighted the differences that exist between coddled sorority sisters and bona-fide homeless people.
Trenton has a homeless problem, a bad one. There are soup kitchens, shelters and organizations who do meaningful work for those who live out on the streets, and they're always volunteer starved. Here's a suggestion, next time volunteer at a shelter or soup kitchen, instead of making our college look bad for... well duh.
Oh and by the way, tomorrow, me and some friends are going to "raise awareness" for animal cruelty by standing outside the student center and beating stuffed puppies as we yell "BAD DOG! NO!"
Hopefully our display of unusual behavior will magically stop animal cruelty (unless people get the wrong idea and think we're promoting stuffed toy abuse).