When I went to school at ESU the ‘black fraternity’ was well-known for their organizational skills. They would keep copies of every exam, that every member took, and then allow their current members to access to those copies when studying for their upcoming exams...giving them a huge advantage (even beyond the institutional advantages they already had), as many professors either recycled test questions exactly (in one case) or used similar questions in future exams (in many cases). Of course the white frats could have done the same, but they were too busy partying to think of it.
So, I would not mind seeing these operations shut down...but then that’s just my opinion.
As I understand it, fraternities were an affordable way for students to live away at school. Never had much use for them, but have no opposition either; just make them follow the same rules as anyone else (in terms of alcohol consumption and such).
I couldn't have availed myself of a similar system in my major. I had the same professor for all of my accounting classes (30+ hours) my last 3 years. His tests (midterm and final) were all essay questions, and he thought up the questions while walking the two flights of stairs from his office to the classroom.
As you pointed out, white student groups could have done the same--perhaps other "white groups" at your school did; I know that many groups, in many schools across the country have done similar things. Perhaps, instead of blaming the students for being resourceful, we should blame the professors for being too lazy to come up with new exams? It would not be burdensome to do so.
There have been many horror stories about fraternities and sororities in the news. These are young adults, and they sometimes make bad decisions. I'm not defending everything they do, but there are many good things they do as well. In any case, why would you want to eliminate the entire Greek system because some of them organize and show resourcefulness when it comes to studying for exams?
Like the Delts at Faber U, only more organized?
When I was at Bama, I learned how future Alabama politicians began their cheating to win careers. I watched The Machine (Greeks) steal an election right in front of me. It was a College Republican election. The Greeks did not expect a large turnout of folks voting for new officers. When they saw they were going to lose, they began stuffing the ballot box. The fake winner eventually joined the staff of a RAT politician. Hahaha. I don’t remember his name, or I would look him up to see what he is doing now.