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In reply to the discussion: Maybe this is what Bill Maher was talking about ,we have become too politically correct [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)in past years (because of complaints at other fraternities) still appeared last year and were expected to appear this year as well.
And you are wrong about who she contacted--she contacted the leadership of the fraternity/sorority system AT Dartmouth, who had authority over the party organizers, as your OWN citation proves.
She contacted the fraternity leadership AT DARTMOUTH, and the diversity leadership at Dartmouth (the dean and the Pluralism office) and the Panhellenic council (the Greek House sorority reps AT DARTMOUTH. These people are the ones who report to the national offices on behalf of the Greek Houses at Dartmouth who were sponsoring the event). GLOS and PANHELL (who are AT Dartmouth) were the leadership representatives of the sponsors of this event.
She did her job. She, in effect, appropriately used the Greek House chain of command, and went to the senior frat/sorority level AT DARTMOUTH to express her concerns. The party organizers, in turn, held a private meeting (a reporter was denied access) and decided to cancel. They clearly knew what their party was about, or what it would devolve into, so they cut their exposure by cancelling the event.