Trinity College(CT) - All Greek Orgs Told to Go Co-ed

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

The problem is not whether GLOs are single-sex or co-ed. The problem is someone on the outside trying to force them to be what they don't want to be.


Just the fraternity is a member of the NIC. Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity is not co-ed. Alpha Delta Phi Society, formed of some chapters that broke away from Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity over the co-ed issue, considers itself a literary society, not a fraternity. The two groups share the Greek letters, symbols, history and (I think) ritual, but they are separate organizations.

Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall) is co-ed and is an NIC member. It and Psi U are the only co-ed NIC fraternities I can think of right now.

Agreed, force them to be something they don't want to be. *But*, viewed from the *outside*, forcing all the greek letter organizations to admit both men and women isn't that different from forcing them to admit Negros or Jews. I'm definitely *not* saying that this should be forced, but it should be kept in mind the way that those making the decision are seeing the parallels ...

In addition, I'm curious whether Delta Psi (St. Anthony's Hall) has a *significantly* better track record legally than the other fraternities and the sororities? (fewer arrests for underage drinking, etc.). It doesn't sound like that was the reason from the original article. It was more like, we want to transform our student life and making sure that all students can join all groups is one of the things we want to do. Note, getting rid of the pledging period is also one of the rules as is a proposed 3.2 house average, so this sweep may also affect Delta Psi (no idea what Delta Psi's new membership policy looks like). I truly wonder if Delta Psi wasn't there as an example, whether they would have just nuked all of the social GLOs.