Princeton: No freshmen in fraternities, sororities

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

It's more about not wanting Greek Life as part of their campus culture

I read a quote from President Shirley Tilghman claiming "When I've seen the way fraternities and sororities go about attracting their membership, it's not been based on talent. It's based on social comfort." That is a ridiculous concept upon which to try to base the anti-Greek position considering that the eating clubs (at least the ones that Bicker) choose their members in the same way.

It's their campus and, as long as the students don't revolt, they can do as they choose. They can get rid of or water down the greeks because they don't want them there, but I sure wish they wouldn't try to sugarcoat the whole thing in an extremely flimsy veil of inclusion.

[Low C Sharp]

It makes sense to me to aim to build a school that's elite vs. the rest of the world, but operates as a community of equals for the students who get in. They don't want an in-group, out-group dynamic WITHIN Princeton.

Whether that's a worthy goal, and whether this policy serves that goal, are very much open to debate. But the concept doesn't look like a joke to me.

[Low C Sharp]

That is a ridiculous concept upon which to try to base the anti-Greek position considering that the eating clubs

It would only be ridiculous if they approved of the eating clubs. They don't. They're just picking their battles.