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Wesleyan University orders fraternities to become coed
gopusa ^ | 23 Sep 2014 | AP

Posted on 09/23/2014 6:37:47 PM PDT by shove_it

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Wesleyan University in Connecticut on Monday ordered its fraternities with houses on campus to become coeducational within the next three years...

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To: Fiji Hill

Sordidities?


21 posted on 09/23/2014 7:04:35 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: shove_it

another university turns itself into a sick joke


22 posted on 09/23/2014 7:05:02 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: shove_it

Freedom of Association? Freedom?! Ha!


23 posted on 09/23/2014 7:08:50 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: shove_it

So considering the prevailing feminist statistic claiming 1 out of every 5 female students are raped, I guess this makes perfect sense.


24 posted on 09/23/2014 7:16:58 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: goodwithagun

‘Animal House’ is my favorite movie, mainly because my fraternity nickname is “Otter” but that was waaay before the movie came out.


25 posted on 09/23/2014 7:19:09 PM PDT by shove_it (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
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To: shove_it

PC at any Cost!


26 posted on 09/23/2014 7:22:24 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: Fiji Hill
If they’re coed, they can’t be called fraternities, so what will they be called?

Orgies

27 posted on 09/23/2014 7:32:06 PM PDT by seowulf (Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Read the article


28 posted on 09/23/2014 8:42:15 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Fiji Hill

Uniternities.


29 posted on 09/24/2014 4:46:17 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Army Air Corps
Co-ed "frat" houses. Yeah, this idea will end well.

Is bangin' yer fraternity sister a form of incest?

30 posted on 09/24/2014 4:48:30 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: shove_it

Liberals want to control EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of peoples’ lives. They don’t care about the right of free association. They just KNOW what is good for us.


31 posted on 09/24/2014 4:58:59 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: shove_it

I don’t understand what this decision has to do with drinking.

Does the Admin. think coed Frats will diminish the drinking? The women are drinking heavily, too, as we all know from the reported “epidemic” of rapes of drunken coeds. It is just as likely that the women will drink more as it is likely the men will drink less.

Hint for college admins.: Young men often drink to get the courage to approach the women. That is not likely to change until all women are naked, wearing a sign saying “Free Sex for Shy Men”. So, with women around the frat house all the time, the men may drink more.


32 posted on 09/24/2014 5:17:05 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: dfwgator

They already do at some chapters. I’ve seen video of Kappa Alpha Psi chapters doing the Kappa cane dance, with one or possibly two white members involved.


33 posted on 09/24/2014 6:57:20 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (I'd rather be at Philmont)
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To: Fiji Hill
"Fraternity' means a group of people with a common interest. It does not mean a group of men.

At least one of the major national 'sororities' is chartered nationally as a fraternity, although it's identified in college Greek systems as a sorority. A co-ed fraternity could remain a fraternity.

The issue here is that the national fraternities that charter fraternal chapters at Wesleyan may not permit female members. Wesleyan is trying to change the terms of agreements that the Wesleyan fraternity chapters have with their national fraternal organizations.

34 posted on 09/24/2014 7:05:39 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (I'd rather be at Philmont)
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To: Fiji Hill
Gamma Phi Beta, founded in 1874, was the first female group to call itself a sorority. Many of the other major national female fraternal groups were formed before 1874 and some have never changed their legal name to XXX 'sorority'.

There have been co-ed traditional fraternities since the early 1800s, although most co-ed traditional fraternities are recent creations.

Psi Upsilon, a co-ed traditional fraternity, has been around since 1833. Zeta Delta Xi, another co-ed traditional fraternity, was founded in 1852.

The number of single-sex traditional fraternities and sororities is so large as to make the few co-ed ones virtually meaningless.

35 posted on 09/24/2014 7:20:48 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (I'd rather be at Philmont)
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To: Scoutmaster
"Fraternity' means a group of people with a common interest. It does not mean a group of men.

I thought it came from the Latin word fraternitas (brotherhood)--from frater (brother).

36 posted on 09/24/2014 9:01:06 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
Per the OED:

Middle English: from Old French fraternite, from Latin fraternitas, from fraternus.

37 posted on 09/24/2014 11:29:41 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (I'd rather be at Philmont)
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