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Originally posted by SilverTurtle:
I am an alumnae of a coed frat. I loved my experience. It seemed like there was a lot less focus on trivial things (like which frat we were going to hang out w/ at what party, etc.) and a lot more focus on what we were there for. I felt like it also helped the dynamic of communication in the group. (If you have ever taken any courses regarding gender communication, you know that people communicate differently in single-sex groups than in multi-gender groups). Not only was the flow of communication affected, but we also got perspectives from both sexes regarding social and philanthropic (is that a word  ?) events, among other things.
I would say the biggest draw back came when we were organizing events w/ other chapters. There was only 1 other coed chapter, which we had just recently begun organizing stuff with my last year there. Some folks had a problem w/ the uneven number of guys vs. girls, others couldn't care less.
We didn't have the opportunity to share a house on my campus, so I can't tell you how that would have been. Judging from the brothers and sisters when I was there, I think it would have been a blast.
Hope this helps, I know it's long
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You're damn right co-ed fraternities are a good idea! I belong to one (Alpha Phi Omega) Even though we're geared around service, we have lots of fellowship activities (Semiformals, "Silver can" parties). One of the few fraternites were you can give service to a brother "all night long"