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

[naraht]

Originally Posted by janssen2010

Agreed plus forcing them to go co-ed defeats what the core of a fraternity or sorority is....i like that alumni are threatening with holding donations just hope there is enough money at stake that the school releases how ridiculous this idea is

Sigh, I think there may be a few Psi Upsilon and Alpha Delta Phi brothers who may disagree with you.

BTW, does anyone know if those two are the only NIC members with female members? (Not sure if the ADPhi that is a member of the NIC is just the fraternity or if the Fraternity and the Society are represented)...

Also, does anyone know if this forced change to co-ed has ever happened before?

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by naraht

Also, does anyone know if this forced change to co-ed has ever happened before?

It happened at Amherst way back when. The story i heard is that all the Greek Organization were forced to initiate women. The Gamma of Psi U got away with it for a few years by submiting first initials only on the membership form, but eventually they started to submit whole names and got caught. They were brought to the carpet at Convention and were able to successfully able to argue that they didn't violate the tenets of Psi Upsilon. The constitution never says that a member needs to be a male. Granted they probably didn't see that as something that had to be addressed since colleges were mostly all male at that point anyway.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

It happened at Amherst way back when. The story i heard is that all the Greek Organization were forced to initiate women. The Gamma of Psi U got away with it for a few years by submiting first initials only on the membership form, but eventually they started to submit whole names and got caught. They were brought to the carpet at Convention and were able to successfully able to argue that they didn't violate the tenets of Psi Upsilon. The constitution never says that a member needs to be a male. Granted they probably didn't see that as something that had to be addressed since colleges were mostly all male at that point anyway.

Interesting. I like the logic.