How are they going to prove an un-official fraternity exists?
Underground Groups like OWS?
Importantly, as late as the 1940s, universities were regarded as acting “in loco parentis” (in place of parents), so had some degree of liability for activities the students engaged in off campus.
This meant that any off campus event, be it a dance or meeting, or about anything else with more than a minimal number of students, was *required* to have a university approved chaperone, usually a faculty member.
And while “in loco parentis” no longer exists in practical terms, nor its related liability, there is likely extensive legal precedent for universities to have that authority, that is, to punish students for off campus behavior the university does not approve of.
Most recently this might be interpreted as off campus employment (such as in the production of pornography), Internet behavior, or publishing an unauthorized newspaper.
In any event, we can but hope that the administration at Amherst is handed its buttocks in a sling over this.
“Registered student groups should not have gender-based restrictions, and they should be open to all students (rather than being exclusive social membership groups).”
The author reveals that he is just another simpleton with Gramsci living rent-free in his head.
Amherst, like other “elite” schools”, increasingly employs a kind of Stalinist enforcement of ideological conformity. So much for “diversity”.
They just need to cut down on the beans in the dining facility. What? Oh, frats......
Amherst College costs———60 to70 thousand per year. Quite a bargain.
No first amendment for you!
I must confess that I got a bit of a chuckle because I had a dyslexic moment when rapidly skimming this headline. :)