Dear Editor,
This letter is in response to the article “What’s Everybody Raving About?” from last week’s issue. I would like to begin with the definition of “rave” as found on urbandictionary.com:
Rave: n. any gathering of people centered around listening to and dancing to electronic music, as played by a set of live djs. Originated in 1989 in the UK as underground, often illegal gatherings in abandoned warehouses. Often characterized by the positive, psychedelic atmosphere, influenced often (but not always) by drugs and casual sex.
There are only two things that come to mind when I think about the WERA article: pretentious and a little bit snooty. Seriously what were you expecting? A 1950’s Sadie Hawkins dance where everyone is knocking back fruit punch and doing the twist-and-shout?
This is college, you and your cardigan should stop judging everyone for cutting loose on the weekends. While I personally am not a fan of the excessive groping and belligerent drunks, I also do not go to a college party expecting everyone to be acting like the Queen is present.
I’d also like to respond to the comments about everyone looking like they were Delorianed back from the 1980’s. Raves were popular, when? The 1980’s. That’s like saying you were annoyed that everyone was dressed in poodle skirts and leather jackets at a sock hop. Although your cardigan probably would have fit in better with that crowd. Also, I’d strongly suggest you watch Dirty Dancing (1987) to get a better idea of what dancing was like. Not that I don’t love Kevin Bacon.
On a less sarcastic note, I did enjoy your article. Rave on.
-Kelly Franklin ’13
