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DeltaAlum,
Fair enough. I interpret his comments to mean he's sort of placating Union College. There is definitely a movement afoot there to scale back or at least to better regulate the greek system. The college seems to feel if students have other housing choices, they might not so quickly choose a fraternity as a place to live.
This Wold house idea will likely quiet down the anti-greek faction, at least for now, while still preserving the existing fraternities and sororities. And from his comments, I think this is exactly what he intended.
His comment "if properly administered" just seems a further nod to the anti-greek faction. Perhaps just a way for Wold, a benefactor who also happens to be a prominent greek, to make himself appear more moderate.
But I agree, this could be interpreted differently and I would be very interested to hear more about it (from Wold I mean, not from some newspaper editor).
Union is one of the "Meccas" of greek history. It would really be a shame to see the system snuffed out there. So for that reason, I really hope my interpretation is correct!
wptw
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