Your line about boys who ‘aren’t responsible enough to move in and be on campus early’ has really haunted me. I am guessing that doesn't refer to an ability to remember to shower and wash their dishes? And if it means they can't be trusted with the girls on campus out of term time, what changes in term time — and for whom? So. Many. Questions.
Your line about boys who ‘aren’t responsible enough to move in and be on campus early’ has really haunted me. I am guessing that doesn't refer to an ability to remember to shower and wash their dishes? And if it means they can't be trusted with the girls on campus out of term time, what changes in term time — and for whom? So. Many. Questions.
Absolutely. I think the primary concern from the people making those statements has been about alcohol, and liability--the idea that frat recruitment involves a lot of drinking, and therefore holding it during the semester when there's more people around, and when the houses can require 'study hall' for new members in some theoretical resemblance of paying attention to coursework, might provide some sort of guardrail against the worst excesses...But yes. The unspoken thing here about separating frat and sorority rush, along with the different codes of comportment, who has access to alcohol and controls that access for others--it's all really troubling.
Your line about boys who ‘aren’t responsible enough to move in and be on campus early’ has really haunted me. I am guessing that doesn't refer to an ability to remember to shower and wash their dishes? And if it means they can't be trusted with the girls on campus out of term time, what changes in term time — and for whom? So. Many. Questions.
Absolutely. I think the primary concern from the people making those statements has been about alcohol, and liability--the idea that frat recruitment involves a lot of drinking, and therefore holding it during the semester when there's more people around, and when the houses can require 'study hall' for new members in some theoretical resemblance of paying attention to coursework, might provide some sort of guardrail against the worst excesses...But yes. The unspoken thing here about separating frat and sorority rush, along with the different codes of comportment, who has access to alcohol and controls that access for others--it's all really troubling.