Princeton: No freshmen in fraternities, sororities
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Princeton University says fraternities and sororities will be banned from recruiting first-year students starting in the fall of 2012.
http://www.lohud.com/article/2011082...medium=twitter What is not made all too clear is just how is this going to work as "Greek organizations aren't officially recognized by the Ivy League school and they don't have houses on or off campus." |
From yesterday:
Princeton to ban freshman affiliation with fraternities, sororities as of fall 2012 From May 2011: Princeton: No Freshman Rush, Stronger Anti-Hazing Policies, Re-establish Campus Pub And from 2009: Princeton sends letter to parents regarding concerns about Greek Life Princeton discourages freshman from joining fraternities and sororities ;) |
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Also, in terms of a "succession plan" for the chapter, you only have 3 years to give to your chapter.
Sophomore Year = Year 1 in GLO as a New Member Junior Year = Year 2 in GLO = Become an officer Senior Year = Year 3 in GLO = Be President, or another officer That doesn't seem like a lot of time to learn the inner machinations of how to run a chaper effectively. |
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They don't promote the eating clubs -- they tolerate them. The administration would love to get rid of them, too. But they are far too large, historic, entrenched, rich, etc. The school has given up on attacking the clubs directly. They've moved to the strategy of weakening the clubs by a thousand cuts via 4-year residential colleges and other structural means.
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So by attacking greek life and NOT the clubs, based on what they said in that article,I feel like even just tolerating them is totally hypercritical. |
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Is anyone on here from Princeton?
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Article by a Princeton Greek alumni challenging the reasoning behind the ban.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/10/06/28942/ |
Let me get this straight. Princeton, a school that admitted 9.5% of its applicants and has an estimated yearly cost of attendance of over $52,000 is trying to reduce elitism and exclusivity by not allowing freshmen to rush? That's a joke.
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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. |
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