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what gives the admin the right to tell freshmen to do something
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Well, it's a private school -- they can tell the freshmen to do whatever they want, including what church to join, if it came to that. The wisdom of that decision is open to debate, but there's no question that it is their prerogative to do it if they choose.
I think the attack on Greek groups, but not eating clubs, is just plain old pragmatism. The impression I get is that the administration is no fan of the eating clubs, either, but that it is unwilling/unable to tackle a system so ingrained and that involves such an overwhelming percentage of alumni. They want to move toward the Harvard/Yale 4-year residential college model, which isn't terribly compatible with the eating club system, and which may slowly starve it to death (they hope). They can't take that approach with Greek groups, so they're taking direct aim instead.