As most Hornets start their first day of school, the cast of “Greek” also starts their first day of shenanigans and drama with their highly anticipated season premiere. ABC Family’s “Greek” officially airs at 9 p.m., so take a breather from the first-day blues, turn on the TV and see what the rest of the campus is talking about.

With the first season’s introduction of a new, catchy college show, an opening for a large fan base has emerged for “Greek.” Last year, the “Greek” cast promoted registering to vote on college campuses. Their number of fan show-ups illustrated what an impact this show’s relatable approach was making on college students.

“It seems generic, but the people are the same age as the people in the show, so they like watching it because they’re experiencing the same things,” Nick Barghini, junior digital media major, said.

Generic as the show may come across to some people, for others, “Greek’s” fun scenes, quirky dialogue, and universal tribulations are golden entertainment.

“I haven’t seen it, but my friends that are currently in college do watch it and think it’s cool because it deals with current college life,” Matt Marinos, Sacramento State alumnus, said.

In previous episodes of “Greek,” audiences were submerged into issues of homosexuality, college-living and Greek life when Rebecca Logan, played by Dilshad Vadsaria, tested the waters of same-sex relationships, and Calvin Owens, played by Paul James, struggled with being gay in the world of masculine fraternities. Audiences can look forward to more trialing topics of homosexuality through Owens’ character this season.

With a spunky “hi!,” the bubbly, giddy and well-spoken Vadsaria gave us a preview of the new season in an interview with the Hornet.

“Patrick Sean Smith (the writer for ‘Greek’) is very sensitive to that (homosexuality) with him being part of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community,” Vadsaria said. “I think Paul James plays it out pretty realistically. They do a great job of balancing that out and going through the same experiences.”

Throughout Rebecca’s exploration within the lesbian scene, Calvin helped her a lot in finding out what she really wanted. Evidently a bond was created between the two of them, on and off screen, but platonically of course!

“(Last season) Rebecca sort of decided that Calvin is her friend just because she was questioning if she might be attracted to girls and she just latched onto Calvin because he’s gay,” Vadsaria said. “That made sense in Rebecca’s mind and he’s been my partner in crime, and I think you’ll see that this season.”

Besides intricate relationships that evolve with the characters, especially between Casey and Cappy, nothing sparks college students’ interests more than the love department, and this season “Greek” will do that department justice.

“Every character has gone through some sort of romantic turmoil or highs in this season, whether it’s Dale and the landlady or Rusty and his girlfriend, Casey and Cappy, or Ashley and her character,” Vadsaria said. “We’ve all sort of dabbled in it this season and I don’t think there’s going to be a character this season without some romantic conflict.”

Speaking of conflict, the female audience cringed when “Greek” last left off with Franny, played by Tiffany Dupont, retreating from the sorority battle with Zeta Beta Zeta and denouncing the Iota Kappa Iotas, from Pan-Hellenic. Inquiring minds are sure to ask questions about what’s going to be brewing up in the ZBZ house in the upcoming season.

“I can’t tell you how it ends frankly because I don’t know, but this season it’s going to be rocky for ZBZ because we’ve lost our number one stance and we’re trying to gain it back,” Vadsaria said. “Franny and the IKIs are gone, but now a new sorority is trying to take their place. It creates a drama in the house (especially) with Ashley being under leadership and the girls trying to be number one again.”

As the seasons roll by, fellow “Greek” fans worry about what will happen to their beloved soon-to-be graduates such as Casey, Cappy and Evan. Vadsaria reassured us that “we will not lose these characters” as the show progresses.

“We cant lose some of these main characters, we’d lose half the cast,” Vadsaria said. “I think they’re going to be incorporated in a way where they’re still going to be around. It’s ‘Greek’, so it’s going to be in that realm, to incorporate them realistically but not where everyone is a five-year senior.”

For those “Greek” fans out there, ease your anticipation with the upcoming season premiere, and for those that haven’t tuned in to the show yet, make sure to do so.

Jennifer Siopongco can be reached at [email protected].