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4. There is no right to a fraternity.......

Reply to dariomax (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:11 PM

Mar 2015

in fact the college itself is engaged in segregation if they allow them to continue. They seem to be the bigger part of the problem with their bizarre housing plan..

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Wesleyan student: My college discriminates against fraternities. We’re suing. [View all] dariomax Mar 2015 OP

Flexural? n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #1

How the hell do they get any studying done in the "Open House"? tularetom Mar 2015 #2

They are suing because a mostly-white fraternity doesn't count as a special-interest minority? DetlefK Mar 2015 #3

There is no right to a fraternity....... Historic NY Mar 2015 #4

Really? A college that allows students to form their own groups is "engaged in segregation" hughee99 Mar 2015 #10

Well they certainly aren't integrating... Historic NY Mar 2015 #14

Should the administration be required to hughee99 Mar 2015 #17

Should the college aid and abet it? DeSwiss Mar 2015 #21

I'm not sure that outlawing fraternaties will fix any of this, and if you're going to outlaw them hughee99 Mar 2015 #22

If they can have a "Women of Color" house NobodyHere Mar 2015 #5

That would be the majority of fraternities, whether they advertise it as such or not. LanternWaste Mar 2015 #6

(LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM) Kelvin Mace Mar 2015 #7

Gesundheit! derby378 Mar 2015 #12

Good "I Spy" Kelvin! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #16

That's what Wesleyan calls it tammywammy Mar 2015 #19

If anyone needs to get discriminated against, it's fraternities. Larry Engels Mar 2015 #8

How about just a random house where you have to live amicably with whom chance assigns you bigworld Mar 2015 #9

I think our acronyms might be getting a bit too long. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2015 #11

I used to think so back in the '80s, but my last girlfriend was 4 or 5 of those BobSmith4152 Mar 2015 #13

Geez, these kids are dumb. Chan790 Mar 2015 #15

As a lawyer, it's intiguing MosheFeingold Mar 2015 #18

State actor or private school? When they accept federal or state funds, does that change the rules? 24601 Mar 2015 #20

All really questions MosheFeingold Mar 2015 #23