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Old 03-07-2008, 02:21 PM
jon1856 jon1856 is offline
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Big Legal Loss for Fraternities

This is a story about a court case and decision from late last year that I do not recall seeing or hearing about:
The College of Staten Island can deny official recognition to a fraternity because it excludes women, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned a lower court judge’s August 2006 ordering the City University of New York campus to recognize a new chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and provide the benefits that go along with that status....
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/14/frat
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/17/rights

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