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angelfireusanj 04-30-2009 08:20 PM

Princeton had banned greeks until the 1980's I believe, insted the eating clubs popped up. They're greek orgs without the letters basically. My understanding is that anti greek universities usually have two problems.

1: the animal house image, which probably represents 1% of greeks, but its the loud 1%.
2: When the court cases came down with "In Loco Parentis" meaning that in the absence of a students parents, the college will act as their parent. It basically puts liability, to a certain degree, on the campus depending on the situation.

MysticCat 04-30-2009 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp (Post 1805138)
Harvard's final clubs are often mentioned as a comparator to Princeton's eating clubs, but the clubs at Princeton are the center of undergrad life rather than a niche. In some ways the eating clubs are more like the Harvard Houses, which is where all the upperclassmen eat and have their social lives.

Good point. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by angelfireusanj (Post 1805143)
Princeton had banned greeks until the 1980's I believe, insted the eating clubs popped up. They're greek orgs without the letters basically.

Except that unless I'm mistaken, the eating houses came into existence before it was common for fraternities to have houses or serve meals.

BadCat25 05-01-2009 01:09 AM

Lets also remember that almost none of the elite liberal arts colleges such as Williams, Amherst and Middlebury have GLOs. They have gone even further than Princeton and banned them entirely. They have no problem attracting the very best students.

33girl 05-01-2009 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by BadCat25 (Post 1805223)
Lets also remember that almost none of the elite liberal arts colleges such as Williams, Amherst and Middlebury have GLOs. They have gone even further than Princeton and banned them entirely. They have no problem attracting the very best students.

The definition of "very best" depends on your opinion.


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