For those who don't know, mixers are a type of themed party that a fraternity throws for a specific sorority. At mixers, the host fraternities get together with the guest sororities and they dance and party and have a magical time. Mixer nights are the best nights of the week, and here’s why.

First of all, mixers create excitement for what would be just another boring Thursday night. The row is no doubt about 1000 times better when there are mixers going on. Just the anticipation of going out with all your sisters dressed in crazy outfits is enough to make anyone want to skip their 2 p.m. Thursday class to go thrift shopping for the perfect thing to wear. And getting ready with your sisters is only half the fun. Mixers create a pleasant escape from loud music and endless games of ping pong with the brothers. You actually get to dance at mixers whereas on a normal Thursday night you’re probably just standing there waiting for your turn in pong and listening to Trap Queen for the third time. You also have an excuse to go to a frat house you don't hang out at often and possibly meet new people! Even if your sorority isn’t having a mixer or you're not involved in a Greek organization, you can still show up at 10 when the doors are open to everyone. Why should you miss out on an awesome Thursday night just because you had a mixer last week? We’re all pretty nice people, and we welcome mixer crashers (but reluctantly, of course).

Second of all, mixers allow you to wear a ridiculous outfit for an entire night, and no one can say anything about it. You wanna wear a Ninja Turtles cut off shirt to a “when I grow up” mixer? Go right ahead. You want an excuse to wear your Alabama beanie? “Duck calls and overalls” sounds like the perfect time to do just that. You wanna support your favorite holiday by wearing shamrock beads to the “shark attack” mixer? Do it. These things may not seem to make sense with the themes, but who cares. Mixers are the perfect time to showcase the interesting things hiding in your closet, including that feather boa you got at Party City four years ago. Your wardrobe and your imagination are the only limiting factors on your mixer outfits.

Finally, mixers give you a reason to buy another comfort colors frocket T-shirt. Of course, not all fraternities and sororities design T-shirts for their mixers, but it’s 100 percent necessary to buy the T-shirt when they do. Don't listen to your parents or your bank account, you can ALWAYS use another T-shirt (plus T-shirts come out of student accounts, so you can just tell Mom and Dad you were buying books like the good student you are). The more T-shirts you have, the less often you have to do laundry. T-shirts are the perfect reminder of the good memories you made at a mixer. Why wouldn’t you want a T-shirt to remind you of the great time you had while dancing around in a pool covered in leis at the Luau mixer? Plus, if you decide you hate the it after buying it, you can pass it down to your little.

So, with that being said, mixer season is in just a few short months. Get ready, people.