Deni's Parties

At Friday during orientation, another incoming freshman, named Deni Winters, distributed party invitations to roughly 2 dozen of her fellow freshmen, folks she had selected based on first impressions. It was a signal event. The party was for Saturday night, well before the start of classes.

Jace and I met Deni in orientation. We got on rather well with her and thus were part of that initial group, which soon evolved into a social group including roughly twenty guys and maybe a dozen girls. By intent, Deni's social group mimicked a greek organization at a big university in that we ate meals together, held a regular table in...