Fall of the frat house: Students target Greek life amid America’s racial reckoning

[Sen's Revenge]

Originally Posted by ForrestGrump

Mason has 26,000 undergrads with 15 IFC fraternities, 7 NPHC (3 fraternities, 4 sororities), 15 multicultural (5 fraternities, 8 sororities) and 8 NPC sororities. That's 45 groups but, according to the Greek Life office, only 1800+ students are members.

45?!?!?



I've been away from DC for too long. I had no idea.

[ForrestGrump]

Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge

45?!?!?



I've been away from DC for too long. I had no idea.

Oops my math is a bit off. They have 13 multicultural frats and sororities, so the total is 43.

I have to admit I was surprised by how many Greek social orgs Mason has, but I was also surprised how low Greek participation is given the number of groups on campus. The university has definitely become more residential in the past 20 years, with lots of new residence halls being built and recruiting many students from other parts of the state (and the region). But there is still a high percentage of undergrads who are part-timers, commuters and older students, not to mention a large influx of juniors every year from the Northern Virginia Community College system.

[ASTalumna06]

"Why it’s so difficult to abolish sororities and fraternities"

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/214921...e-campus-covid

[carnation]

I'm sure that Taylor has already started showing his/her butt in Greek life at State and has been invited to leave. Unpleasant people are not welcome there.

And has the writer even heard of the NPHC?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by carnation

I'm sure that Taylor has already started showing his/her butt in Greek life at State and has been invited to leave. Unpleasant people are not welcome there.

And has the writer even heard of the NPHC?

This seems to be the trend with many of the articles I've seen on this subject - labeling and describing Greek life only in the context of historically white organizations. The Abolish Greek Life movement as a whole seems to dismiss the fact that there are organizations that are not historically white.

Oh, the irony.

[OhSoDetermined]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

This seems to be the trend with many of the articles I've seen on this subject - labeling and describing Greek life only in the context of historically white organizations. The Abolish Greek Life movement as a whole seems to dismiss the fact that there are organizations that are not historically white.

Oh, the irony.

Psst. I tried to mention this on page 3 LOL. It got crickets.

But seriously, this is a general statement that I am making here Many times NPHC is not a consideration when the topic is “Greek Life”. And it can be seen “in poor taste”, gauche, or even aggressive to try and mention it when “obviously we are talking about NPC/IFC”.

I do think that many in the “abolish” movement are missing key pieces of information, but I also believe they feel justified and led by their higher mission. I just question how far that mission is from that of their sorority/fraternity. I have my guesses, but it’s curious how far both sides seem to be to reaching compromise or mutual understanding.

[PersistentDST]

Originally Posted by OhSoDetermined

But seriously, this is a general statement that I am making here Many times NPHC is not a consideration when the topic is “Greek Life”. And it can be seen “in poor taste”, gauche, or even aggressive to try and mention it when “obviously we are talking about NPC/IFC”.

When I see people consider referencing the NPHC (NALFO or MCGC), they are generally inept at covering our organizations. Even in decent articles, I’ve seen incorrect information and lingo. Please believe if they don’t know what they are talking about with the NPC/IFC, they REALLY don’t know about us.