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51. There will be serious pushback on this proposal.

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 08:15 AM

Jul 2017

Fraternities in particular are used for future business and professional advancement. Brothers taking care of brothers.

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Harvard proposal would ban fraternities and sororities [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2017 OP

Good. sandensea Jul 2017 #1

A REAL president. roamer65 Jul 2017 #8

Hear, hear. sandensea Jul 2017 #11

lol JFK belonged to Phi Kappa Theta. Drunken Irishman Jul 2017 #17

Donald tRump belongs to "I Felta Thigh"....... lastlib Jul 2017 #33

Also Eta Byta Pi gilbert sullivan Jul 2017 #44

You have a... 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #53

Oh, very good. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #52

About time flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #2

Oh, FFS gilbert sullivan Jul 2017 #3

You think equality is idiotic. Wednesdays Jul 2017 #15

your apparent definition of equality is interesting paleotn Jul 2017 #24

I obviously think equality under the law is proper. The apparent effort to run every goddamn human gilbert sullivan Jul 2017 #42

I've got a little list kwassa Jul 2017 #45

Mikado, Yourkado, mox nix gilbert sullivan Jul 2017 #49

Real value comes from within. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2017 #25

FFS to you. Duppers Jul 2017 #35

" If we're all the same, what value do we have?" obamanut2012 Jul 2017 #40

er, would you really want to live in a world where everyone was identical? gilbert sullivan Jul 2017 #43

I imagine it takes an astounding amount if irrational thought to believe the absence of frats LanternWaste Jul 2017 #55

It is overdue to clean-up our educational institutions sub-cultures that are harmful. Equinox Moon Jul 2017 #4

Kappa Alpha Psi is harmful? AngryAmish Jul 2017 #5

Most will not "get" the significance of those fraternities. MyUncle Jul 2017 #9

Puritanism brooks no dissent. AngryAmish Jul 2017 #18

I think going coed would reduce a lot of the problems. bettyellen Jul 2017 #28

Do You Hear Yourself? RobinA Jul 2017 #29

I did not say/write "ban". I said clean-up. Equinox Moon Jul 2017 #31

Good idea. Why not fall 2017? mahannah Jul 2017 #6

Excellent idea Phoenix61 Jul 2017 #7

Kids are gonna party...frats just make it visible Moostache Jul 2017 #10

Great idea, those places seem to result in a lot of kids getting hurt Not Ruth Jul 2017 #12

It's long overdue. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #13

Penn State might have other ideas bucolic_frolic Jul 2017 #14

Good broadcaster90210 Jul 2017 #16

Why? People with similar interests should not live together? AngryAmish Jul 2017 #19

I have mixed feelings Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2017 #20

You can make friends in the dorms or interest based clubs. Greeks continue worst of high school yurbud Jul 2017 #22

Unfortunately, I agree with you paleotn Jul 2017 #27

I visited a friend's frat house at the Univ. of Missouri... lastlib Jul 2017 #34

Cliques, drunken parties, and rape factories. Duppers Jul 2017 #36

Where will all the alcoholics go then? surrealAmerican Jul 2017 #21

Frat boys 3x likely to rape. Sorority girls 74% more likely than others to be raped yurbud Jul 2017 #23

Boys behave better around girls. But usually that is a grade seven thing. applegrove Jul 2017 #26

Cut down the tree because of one bad branch. liberal N proud Jul 2017 #30

One of the reasons Lifelong Protester Jul 2017 #32

And, not surprisingly... Duppers Jul 2017 #37

Most of the progressives I knew that hated frats Igel Jul 2017 #56

Did I misread this part from the article? hughee99 Jul 2017 #38

They have plenty of time to choose a school that supports rape factories Not Ruth Jul 2017 #41

Yes. Igel Jul 2017 #57

So in order to combat this, they're getting rid of CO-ED organizations too? hughee99 Jul 2017 #58

Good -- I went to a university that banned him obamanut2012 Jul 2017 #39

probably a good idea to trashcan that old school Frat stuff. Sunlei Jul 2017 #46

Funny how opposed to choices they dislike GulfCoast66 Jul 2017 #47

Haven't they tried this before? Or am I thinking another university? Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #48

Well the freemasons MosheFeingold Jul 2017 #50

There will be serious pushback on this proposal. no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #51

You guys are basically saying that a private institution should be able to tell you what.. Casprings Jul 2017 #54