Posted on 05/07/2016 6:00:22 AM PDT by pabianice
Harvard University moved decisively Friday to turn up the pressure on exclusive, all-male social clubs, barring members from leading campus organizations and sports teams.
The new policy, which will take effect for the freshman class in 2017, will also prohibit members of the 14 so-called final clubs, as well as nine fraternities and sororities, from receiving recommendations for prestigious scholarships from undergraduate dean Rakesh Khurana.
The restrictions were announced amid a mounting standoff between the elite clubs and college administrators, who say the organizations foster a culture that leads to sexual assault. The administrators say the clubs are antithetical to Harvard’s commitment to promoting inclusion and diversity.
“[The clubs] encourage a form of self-segregation that undermines the promise offered by Harvard’s diverse student body,” Harvard president Drew Faust wrote in a letter released Friday to Harvard students and faculty.
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What if they just say that they are Muslim?
How come the all female social clubs aren’t protesting for “equal” treatment?
How about the all male football team? The all male hockey team?
Isn’t Harvard the school where the old cheer, “Push ‘em back, push ‘em back, waaaaay back” was changed to “Reverse their progress, reverse their progress, considerabbbbly.”
by extension, might that ruling eliminate men sports teams??
So, are the fathers going to stand up for their sons, or are they just going to grab their ankles and do nothing while their sons are vilified and punished for something they didn't do?
Harvard male students and alumni are pussies!
Fraternities? Sororities?
Amendment I, US Constitution.
“The right of the people peaceably to assemble.”
Basically, Freedom of Association.
I’d tell them to go to Hell.
Harvard, in its entirety, has become a large “social club”.
Isn’t it Harvard which offers full credit courses in porn making?
Fight fiercely, harvard,
Fight, fight, fight!
Demonstrate to them our skill.
Albeit they possess the might,
Nonetheless we have the will...
Hurl that spheroid down the field
And fight, fight, fight!
—Tom Lehrer
Well, it is run by a lesbian president now.
Exactly. Any guy should be able to join a sorority according to these rules.
Yes, but t’s a transnational progressive one, and the final clubs don’t serve the agenda set by the elite.
“[The clubs] encourage a form of self-segregation...
You mean like the Harvard Black Student Association?
this is actually good. the administrators have overstepped its authority and the effect will be to create conservatives and to bring lawsuits against the school.
How about the male homosexual club? Do they have to disband?
What about the gay club, do they allow non-gays?
What about the transsexual club, do they allow non trans people? Are there any science clubs, Portuguese speaking clubs, choral clubs, etc... don’t they exclude people?
It’s a private school so they can make their own rules ... or so it seems. But if you are a private business you cannot decide your own parameters for doing business.
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