Greek Privatization at U of Alabama

[shadokat]

I was reading this article from the U of Alabama that some history professor is proposing that the greek system at U of A be privatized. Basically, it says that the university would disaffiliate itself with the fraternities and sororities, buy their houses from them and build academic and administrative offices there, and basically let the fraternities and sororities fend for themselves if they want to exist as entities.

The professor went on to say that all the greek system at Alabama is is an exclusive social club and that the University should cut off all funding for it.

Anyone at Alabama know about this and care to comment? With a system as prestigious as U of A's, I would think this would get a lot of folks up in arms. Apparently this professor isn't aware of all the alums who donate money to the University that are Greek!!