Which illustrates why Williams is the #1 ranked liberal arts college... again.

Damn, I'm gonna ask Santa for a new dictionary.

And these self-righteous twirps have the gall to call fraternities "elitist"! This demonstrates why I had no desire to attend a private, liberal arts college that attempts to indoctrinate its students into a state of intellectualist "group-think" way beyond the levels of conformity that they claim are the evils of fraternities! :mad:

I have to laugh at writers who employ "big words" to make a point. The best writing is clear and to the point. Individuals who can't write clearly, usually can't think clearly. The poor girl who wrote the editorial at Williams College obviously has a problem on both levels.


InterFraternally:


Glenn Adams

Disclaimer:

Some disjointed writers are worth reading. I would suggest the poor girl at Williams begin with Kant and Faulkner.

I support these guys. Both the ADPhis and Delta Psis seem like they actully care about what happens to their fraternity enough. I love Greek life.

That is the weirdist sentiment I have ever read regarding GL0s.

The lack of GLOs as a reason to attend a school???

I never had any desire to join a social GLOs. Have nothing against them, just not for me. But I view GLOs as a part of college life and expect to see them at colleges. I would view a school that didn't have them as strange. And to not even have professional, honorary, service and other types of GLOs is also strange.

This person has no idea of what pledging is. Hazing is not a value that any fraternity offers. Most (if not all) ban it. Racism, sexism, and anti-semitism are not values that fraternities offer. This may have been true at one time with some, but no longer. Many GLOs are quite diverse, especially when you consider the many co-ed GLOs.

Sad.

If he doesn't want to join a social, that's his choice. I made that choice. But why prevent his fellow students from choicing to?? I prefer that others make that decision for themselves, rather then barring them as this school has done.

I almost went to Williams.

But, I wouldn't be Greek if I had!

/randomness

But boy they do like to sing there! I counted 8 different acapella music groups (co ed and single sex).

I don't know about the rest of you, but I personally contravene the statements made by this pandering tool. I'm bemused by his ostensible pernicious points. I impugn and refuse to abnegate to his stupidity. I abject this punk, but in a blithely way nonetheless, analogous to most idiots at these schools.

Look maw, I done got me an edumacation. Ain't that the darndest thing ya done ever seen.

All I know is this tool needs to be put back in the toolbox and locked away in the toolshed forever.

boy, you're sure tellin me. Old maw's really happy I gets ta fix that there outhouse with the kinda money I'm bringin home from them there dip spittin contests, all thanks to my edumacation and all praise to god.

Wooowee! I sure done gots to get me one of them there word-lernin' books!

:D

yes siree, you need to g'on an getcha un. That's one thing I always carry...My Bible, My word-lerner, an a can a ol' Cope in my back pocket.

Cool. I'm gonna use this post to study for my GRE.

PsychTau

good luck on that.

Thought you might be interested in this article
 

Fraternity ignoring offer of amnesty
By Christopher Marcisz
Eagle Correspondent


WILLIAMSTOWN -- Williams College officials say they have received no response to an offer of amnesty last month to members of an underground fraternity still believed to be active on campus nearly 40 years after the college began eliminating the Greek system locally.

Details about the group known as St. Anthony Hall, such as its size and activities, remain sketchy. Its presence on campus came to light this summer when an alumnus approached the college about gaining access to the group's ceremonial "goat room," which is in a college-owned building that now houses the Center for Development Economics.

'Join the fold'

In offering the amnesty, Dean Nancy Roseman said it was an invitation to the group to rejoin the campus community with certain conditions.

"That's the whole concept behind the amnesty," she said. "It is about saying to the organization: Join the fold."

The move would require the group to abandon some of its practices, including its secretive behavior, close links to a national organization and demands for exclusive use of its ceremonial room. So far there has been no response.

Speculation about the group had long been circulating, according to Roseman. Conversations among alumni about their college years, and concerns expressed by some students, have kept the issue on the radar screen.

Williams began the long process of rooting out fraternities in 1962 in an effort to create a more inclusive college environment and decrease on-campus drinking and hazing. The organizations were an entrenched part of campus life, with roughly 44 percent of students living in fraternity houses.

The college's policy on fraternities remains clear and has been reaffirmed through the years by the board of trustees.

"Williams students may neither join nor participate in fraternities during their time at the college," the college handbook reads. "The college will take disciplinary action against students who are found to be participating in such organizations. Penalties may include suspension or expulsion from the college."

The student newspaper, the Williams Record, reported in November that St. Anthony Hall, also known as Delta Psi, had been active underground since the 1970s. According to the paper, students have been meeting in a barn in Pownal, Vt.

St. Anthony Hall is a national organization founded in 1847, with nine active chapters across the nation. It bills itself as an "undergraduate literary society" rather than a fraternity. Unlike many fraternities, it admits women and claims its activities include literary gatherings.

Officials at the group's national office in Ithaca, N.Y., declined to comment.

Its Web site states, "We remain to this day a group of college students interested in the bonds of fraternity and sharing a common passion for the love of learning and the appreciation of a well-rounded education."

Last summer, John Shaw, a member of the class of 1962 and a former national chairman of the group, approached college officials about regaining access to the fraternity's ceremonial "goat room."

The room is in the basement of the fraternity's former house, now the Center for Development Economics at the corner of South Street and Route 2.

The Record quotes Shaw as writing in a 2002 St. Anthony Hall publication that he hopes his efforts will succeed.

"This effort will not be bloodless, and I anticipate opposition from a variety of quarters, but our flag will once again fly in Williamstown."

Some students have responded sharply to the acknowledgment of the group's presence, in weblogs and columns in the Record, urging more aggressive disciplinary action against a group that clearly violates college rules. But Roseman said the overall response to the offer has been muted.

Roseman said exposing and punishing the members would be a difficult process. "I don't know where to begin," she said. "I don't know any members."

She added that official pressure "would drive it deeper underground."

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