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Pennsylvania college [Swarthmore] to no longer allow frats, sororities [ed]
AP ^ | May 11, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 05/11/2019 7:06:28 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: college; fraternities; swarthmore
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1 posted on 05/11/2019 7:06:28 AM PDT by C19fan
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Made the decision for allegedly made comments without any investigation or due process. Flapping fishes.


2 posted on 05/11/2019 7:10:31 AM PDT by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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Colby College in Maine eliminated fraternities over 35 years ago.

A 10 foot tall snow sculpture in the form of a looming erect penis was contributory.

3 posted on 05/11/2019 7:11:45 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: DownInFlames

What will the hard-partying Swarthmorons do??


4 posted on 05/11/2019 7:12:14 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: C19fan
Right to Assemble Peaceably
5 posted on 05/11/2019 7:13:02 AM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: C19fan

Beer and pot will still be consumed.


6 posted on 05/11/2019 7:13:23 AM PDT by FXRP (Just me and the pygmy pony)
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“can continue with its current members through the spring 2022 semester but can’t recruit or initiate new members.”

Tell them to go **** themselves and do it anyway. Dare them to try and stop you.

L


7 posted on 05/11/2019 7:13:29 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Obligatory:


8 posted on 05/11/2019 7:13:32 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Unamerican. Who will host orgies


9 posted on 05/11/2019 7:13:41 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: billorites

LOL!!!! That brings back memories. I went to Tufts University in the late 80s. There was a snow penis controversy there to. A bunch of feminazis walked back the penis and claimed they were “terrorized” by the snow sculpture.


10 posted on 05/11/2019 7:13:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Tzimisce
at the private liberal arts college

The alleged "constitutinal rights" of the students restrict the actions of the government, not the civil society. A private college may permit or ban student associations as its board of directors sees fit; the Constitution has no bearing on the matter.

11 posted on 05/11/2019 7:17:07 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: C19fan

Black and Hispanic clubs?

All ok!


12 posted on 05/11/2019 7:17:33 AM PDT by 2banana (Were you)
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To: DownInFlames

Collective mass punishment and bias against personal freedoms — typical of leftists, who force students to live on campus where they are easier to control.


13 posted on 05/11/2019 7:20:03 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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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.


14 posted on 05/11/2019 7:20:16 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation gets the government it deserves." -Joseph de Maistre)
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Colleges and universities are quickly outliving their usefulness and bearing the end of their life cycle.

Where information is available at the click of a fingertip and education can be delivered directly to a users screen, interactively, there’s no need for centralized bureaucracies and education centers.

There a relic of a bygone era that now only serve to hinder progress in the name of diversity.


15 posted on 05/11/2019 7:21:51 AM PDT by Skywise
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I’ll bet this university claims to support open discussion and freedom of expression.


16 posted on 05/11/2019 7:22:13 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: NorthMountain

You’re missing the MUCH bigger picture of the ENTIRE country’s descent PAST PC madness and into, soon enough, prison time for the SLIGHTEST offense towards protected groups.

Of which there are more of them than us now.


17 posted on 05/11/2019 7:25:36 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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No single gender clubs will eliminate single gender sports which is the goal.


18 posted on 05/11/2019 7:31:58 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: 2banana

Transgender clubs will soon be the only option.


19 posted on 05/11/2019 7:34:04 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: cnsmom

That’s a GREAT point.

We’re all the same you know.

I remember when I gained about 30 pounds at one point maybe 15 years ago, the women in my office in Manhattan started challenging me to arm wrestles. !!!??!?!?!?! Yes you read that right.

I guess the thinking was that I was out of shape now and would be easily defeated.

In ALL honesty, I felt NO RESISTANCE. It felt for all effects and purposes like my arm was just standing upright against thin air.

It got worse. Weightlifting challenges :)

Needless to say, even with the weight differences included, the difference was as expected.

I couldn’t bench 325 anymore like in high school!!

But I could push off 225 and maybe twice as heavy as the women who were able to push up about 30 pounds.

YES, this is what happens in Manhattan and passes for normalcy :)

And I should have walked away from it all but I could not resist crushing the fake world that the feminists lived in.

It WAS great :)


20 posted on 05/11/2019 7:36:59 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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