Pennsylvania college [Swarthmore] to no longer allow frats, sororities [ed]

AP ^ | May 11, 2019 | Staff

[C19fan]

Fraternities and sororities will no longer be allowed at Swarthmore College following outrage over years-old documents allegedly written by one fraternity there that contains derogatory comments about women and the LGBTQ community and jokes about sexual assault. School President Valerie Smith made the announcement Friday in a letter posted on the college's website. Smith says the school's lone sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, can continue with its current members through the spring 2022 semester but can't recruit or initiate new members. Swarthmore's decision comes about a week after the only two fraternities at the private liberal arts college in suburban Philadelphia decided to disband following the internal documents' release.

[MrEdd]

The Irony of someone insisting that private institutions determining how they will be run instead of having the Government dictate that to them equates to Government tyranny is staggering.

You might consider reading what you post before posting it.

[buckalfa]

"I'm not going to lose any sleep over this. I remain unconvinced that fraternities and sororities contribute anything useful to the primary goal of attending college."

I agree with you. While "social" organizations are part of tradition that bind generations together and can provide valuable life networks, debauchery does not advance the human mind.

[eclecticEel]

There’s no such thing as private colleges - they’re all heavily subsidized at the state and federal level.

[DIRTYSECRET]

It’s the gathering of groups the higher-ups have a problem with. Kinda like communist countries.

[NorthMountain]

There’s no such thing as private colleges

Nonsense.

[Notthereyet]

Oh, I’m most likely going to get myself in trouble, here, on this comment.

That said,.....Though I was not in college when I was younger, I was a feminist...not the type to get ‘triggered,’ and go running to those in power, though. I actually believed in the OPPORTUNITY to strive, not the RIGHT to be granted what I wanted only because I was a female.

I was in that group of feminists that would try to just provided a better example of the young male’s perceived thinking organ: Me and my ilk would have simply demolished the erect penis and make an even larger of snow image of a penis in it’s natural flaccid state.

I preferred to just keep my mouth shut and live life, even then. That said, every now and then my Inner Voice would speak. LOL

There is no way that today any group calling themselves Feminists would accept my thinking...

So grateful for the Lord’s mercy towards me.....

[Tallguy]

Another link in the “6 degrees of Kevin Bacon” game.

[JimRed]

S-E-X Fratsority!

[fieldmarshaldj]

For a moment there, I thought that said “fruits and Sodomites.” Dare to dream.

[OrangeHoof]

At first, I thought the headline said “no longer allow farts”...

Never mind.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Niedermeyer always looked a little too excited when giving those licks.

[AndyJackson]

Can we have trans-Transgender clubs, females identifying as males locked in the bodies of biological males?

[Calvin Locke]

Follow in the footsteps of Swarthmore grad Mike Dukakis...screw up a state, run for POTUS, petition for light sentences for people involved with terrorists...

[dp0622]

I insisted on nothing. You seemed sharper. Maybe you’re not fully awake. Or I’ve been wrong all along. Ciao

[Maris Crane]

WOW, the sins of your classmates...that’s quite a stretch.

[rwa265]

Beside the fact that I could not have affored it, I had absolutely no desire to join a fraternity when I was in college. I was a proud member of Gamma Delta Iota (gosh darned independent).

[Maris Crane]

From your computer to whomever can make what you say happen.

Love it.

[dfwgator]

[minnesota_bound]

Women are no longer a 10 at the college.