[FuzzieAlum]

These recommendations are kind of odd. Not every sorority does require references, for starters. And legacies are only important at some schools - I met only one rushee who was an AXD legacy the entire time I was in college. So, no, the legacies weren't keeping anyone out at my school.

So, yes, legacies are important at U of A. Somehow, I don't think that abolishing legacy policies at XYZ will prevent the dear old moms and grandmas from perpetuating the legacy system - they'll just do it out of national's sight.

And all the national policies in the world don't change the fact that many African American women aren't rushing NPC sororities at that school. It seems naive to think that masses of African American women will be like, "Did you hear? Legacies are getting cut left and right! Now is the chance for us to rush, because that was all that was holding us back!"

I'm willing to bet that if you look around the U of A campus, outside of the Greek system, you'll find the same level of segregation. Greeks aren't that different from the rest of campus. If the administrators want integration, maybe they should work on a slightly larger scale.