Dartmouth sororities announce new policy

[33girl]

Originally Posted by katydidKD

I like the idea behind it/unified NPC community it attempts to create

Yeah, Hitler created a unified community too. (I know I just Godwined the thread. I'm tired and don't care.) If the fraternity is that bad overall, women will stop going there without a Panhel mandate. Unless I knew the parties involved and/or had personally witnessed the incident...sorry, but bull shit. I'll hang out with whomever I want.

And I don't know why anyone is mentioning "sexual assault" unless there's some kind of kinky new water sport where you throw drinks in people's faces.

Not only that...if this guy's a member of the Class of 2011 isn't he graduating like, um, now?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

(I know I just Godwined the thread. I'm tired and don't care.)

LOL.

I agree with VandalSquirrel and 33girl.

[OneHeartOneWay]

From the article (emphasis added): "The sorority presidents’ Wednesday decision was influenced by the public act of violence that occurred at the fraternity in question on Saturday, Levin said. The fraternity had not informed the sorority presidents of any actions taken against the male student since the incident, according to Levin."

I appreciate the symbolic nature of sororities uniting together; however, this bolded part really bothers me. A GLO should never "inform" sorority [or fraternity] presidents of internal investigations or sanctions. This is a slippery slope with which I am not comfortable, not only from a PR and internal governance perspective, but potentially from a legal one as well. And, what are the sororities going to do if they don't agree with the results or sanctions (or lack thereof) of the internal investigation? It turns it from an internal investigation into a Greek community one...

[katydidKD]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Yeah, Hitler created a unified community too. (I know I just Godwined the thread. I'm tired and don't care.) If the fraternity is that bad overall, women will stop going there without a Panhel mandate. Unless I knew the parties involved and/or had personally witnessed the incident...sorry, but bull shit. I'll hang out with whomever I want.

And I don't know why anyone is mentioning "sexual assault" unless there's some kind of kinky new water sport where you throw drinks in people's faces.

Not only that...if this guy's a member of the Class of 2011 isn't he graduating like, um, now?

Hitler analogies-- worst analogies you can make. Extreme, isolated, overdone.