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Originally Posted by Shellfish
The eating clubs seem similar to Greek local groups anyway, but I guess they're exempt from criticism because they're traditional. Insert rolleyes emoticon here.
(There's a useful article about them in Wikipedia.)
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Perhaps Princeton, like many many other institutions, does not want to alienate wealthy alumni. Since virtually everyone at Princeton joins an eating club, that's potentially a lot of donated money that could be lost by heavily sanctioning/getting rid of the eating clubs. Princeton, despite having a cost of attendance that rivals the median household income in this country, guarantees that students don't have to take out a single loan while they're enrolled. Where do you think that money comes from? Monopoly?
Again, I don't see why this bothers so many people. There are still NPC/NIC greeks, they're just not recognized by the University. If you want to join, you still can!