Fracket (n.): A jacket or sweatshirt that is only worn when going out during the winter. One does not care if it is stolen or covered in frat juice at the end of the night. When the 2 a.m. temperatures feel below zero, this piece of cotton saves lives. 

For those of you who go to school in the south or somewhere warm, you do not understand how lucky you are. A fracket can make or break your night. If you don’t have one that week, someone stole it or it's too thin, you better be ready for a quick emergency trip to Goodwill, or you will have to sacrifice one of your own.   

The basics:   

• Everyone comes with a fracket, but not everyone leaves with one.   
• You may not go into a frat star's room and steal one of his nice coats for a fracket. He will hunt you down. 
• Towels, curtains, robes and blankets are all game for an end-of-the-night fracket.   
• You may upgrade as long as the jacket is not going to be identifiable on the street. People will beat you up to reclaim their stolen fracket. 
• Take only one. Don’t be a greedy sorostitute.   
• If you bring your NorthFace, you are literally asking for it to get stolen. If it does, you have no right to blame others for taking it. You would have taken it too. 
• It’s every woman for herself at the end of the night. 

“Some b**** stole my fracket! What do I do now?” 

1. Call a cab. If you don’t have money, most cab drivers are willing to wait for you to run up to your room to grab some when they drop you off. 
2. Share. Walk in between two of your sisters and link arms. 
3. Cry and freeze on your walk home. 
4. Cry and beg a frat boy to give you a sweatshirt. 
5. Drink enough to get an alcohol blanket and hustle home. 
6. Take pit stops. If nothing is open, when you reach campus and are free from cops, start running. If you are coming home early, stop in buildings or any place near your home.   

Where should I put my fracket? 

Each frat has their own creative location. Don’t put it behind curtains, or a bookshelf, and don’t even think about putting it in an actual coat room. You need to get creative. Note: On top of a fridge is not creative. 

How to pick a good fracket:

• The bigger, the better.   
• Try to find sleeves that cover your hands. 
• Hoods are crucial, and prevent a frozen brain. 

Temperatures are low, frackets are back and we are not going to stop going out anytime soon.