Uninvited males ruin memorable occasion 
More than 1,000 women flocked to the Horseshoe on Bid Day, an event that is supposed to mark a exciting day but is often turned into a gawking session for the fraternity men who gather around to watch what they call the "running of the pigs."
Obnoxious, rude and often belligerent, the uninvited males, who act more like pigs themselves, line up on the Horseshoe to watch the plethora of girls run to their new sororities. For the unfortunate girls who end up falling in the rush to find their new families, they not only have to face the embarrassment of getting up from their tumble but also the embarrassment of a gaggle of boorish men who savor the schadenfreude as well.
Many schools, like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have banned the presence of male students at Bid Day ceremonies to create an event centered around the welcoming of new members rather than having them parade in front of a group of boisterous males.
Without fraternity men coming to see "which sorority has the hottest new pledge class," the ceremony would be more of a celebration of the arrival of new members, rather than a time to worry about embarrassing oneself in front of a churlish audience, who are likely to turn an exciting memory into a humiliating one.
I hope future members will not have to endure the things that have occurred on previous Bid Days, as the ceremony will become less of a notoriously parodied event and more of a distinguished time for women as they embark on the journey of sisterhood and lifelong commitment.