Chapter XVI – Greek Week

Greek Week turns ritual into release: sunlight, noise, and the quiet freedom of being seen.

Spring Semester

January arrived thin and colorless. The quad felt smaller when it was cold, sound swallowed by the air like it had distance to cross. Frost webbed the grass around the bell, and the paths were a patchwork of salt and damp brick that turned shoes white at the edges. McClintock’s radiators hissed like they were always mid-complaint. Windows…