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Trust me, no this is not from a chapter from Loose Change. Totally true story. As for mixing...By the way, in my pledge class we had one anomaly: A Christian girl pledged with us. She was very comfortable with Jews and found our chapter to be her favorite. I think that sorority sisters kind of stick together within their chapter. Obviously on Panhellenic Board there was cooperation, but I really don't recall that many friendships between girls from different houses. On the other hand...cute boy sees cute girl...Hormones rule at that age. I think there have been lots of movies made from this. I dated a guy from a non Jewish house. But I don't remember formal exchanges between our house and Christian fraternities. There may have been exchanges between Jewish fraternities and Christian sororities.
I think that the last part was again a throwback to my generation's idea that you went to college to meet a husband. And it was "easier" to marry someone Jewish. Intermarriage wasn't as common then. Again, the anti-semitism wasn't blatant in daily life or overtly cruel. It was what I call polite bigotry. People were comfortable with the status quo.
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