The cover story of the new issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education features an article about recent controversies involving the Greek systems of the University of Alabama and Dartmouth College. At Alabama, a black woman failed in her attempt to become the first black student to join the white Greek system. At Dartmouth, a sex newsletter kept by a fraternity detailed the alleged sexual practices of named, female students. In both cases, critics of the Greek systems are calling for the administrations to take tougher stands against what are perceived to be the detrimental effects of the Greek influence on campus. The Chronicle is sponsoring an online discussion on the issues raised by these controversies and invites members of this list to read the article and to join the discussion at:
http://www.chronicle.com/colloquy/2001/greek/greek.htm
Disclaimer: I haven't even visited the discussion board yet... I thought many of you would be interested. But I have nothing to do with any opinions expressed there!
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SilverTurtle
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