Ole Miss drops GPA exceptions for rush

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

If a GLO denies a disabled student's rights (granted by the disability office), that could get them in trouble. They won't get thrown in jail of course, but it could get them a civil suit.

I don't see any such suit being successful.

In any event, as you've described it, it's not discrimination based on disability. No organization would be saying "we're not taking her because she's got this disability." They're not taking her because she doesn't meet academic qualifications. As others have noted, if there really is a disability requiring accommodation, then that should already have been taken into account by the school.

Not all standards = discrimination.

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

basically it's a way for them to say "something is wrong with you, so we don't want you in" that's what discrimination is.

No, that is not what discrimination is. Discrimination is "treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit." (Thanks, dictionary.com.)

A GPA is without question individual merit and has nothing to do with "the group, class, or category to which that person . . . belongs."

I'm sorry, but I think it's just plain silly to suggest that having a GPA requirement is merely to keep people with learning disabilities out of sororities. That doesn't even pass the straight face test.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I don't see any such suit being successful.

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Not all standards = discrimination.

No, that is not what discrimination is. Discrimination is "treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit." (Thanks, dictionary.com.)

that is exactly what is going on

once again, you have your head so far up your own ass you can't see the point

[Ole Miss Phi Mu]

I'm just going to put my two cents in. Most girls that go through have 4.0s, were the homecoming queen, captain of the cheer squad, and were involved in what seems like everything else. If someone has below a 2.5, then they aren't going to cut it here. Being in a sorority is time comsuming and if you can't keep a 2.5 in highschool then how are you going to do it in college while balancing sorority life. I don't think it's discrimination. As AOII Angel said it's called standards. Besides the reason a girl gets cut is MS which is private. I don't think that this is going to affect many girls, but it will save the few money and the heartache of getting cut.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

that is exactly what is going on

once again, you have your head so far up your own ass you can't see the point

Are you serious?

Give me just one fact to back up your claim that intentional discrimination against students with learning disabilities is "exactly what's going on" or give it a rest. 'Cause I really don't think I'm the one who needs to adjust the placement of his head.