I was there. At the Council meeting where the arena deal was approved. At the first day of demolition of the decrepit pit that was Downtown Plaza (my son and I are in the promotional video celebrating that day). I worked at KHTK, the Home of the Kings, when this all went down.

Yeah, I think some of the criticisms of Derby Days’ sexism (especially re: lip-syncing competitions) are spot-on—I had similar qualms when I was an undergrad—but to pretend like this only happens with sororities paying homage to fraternities is a little disingenuous. DG’s AnchorSplash serves a similar function at a…

To me, it’s kind of like the difference between baseball and soccer. If I walk past my local park, I almost always see a group of people playing soccer. After all, it’s easy. You get a ball, a certain number of folk and have at it. Everyone runs after the ball and has a whale of a time.