The Dark Power of Fraternities
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The Dark Power of Fraternities
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#3As a former employee of a fraternity I read this whole thing, and am confused about its point. I guess the author was trying for "Fraternities are bad because bad things happen to people that visit them" but all of the cited cases have nothing to do with the fraternity and have everything to do with a bunch of 18-year-olds being drunk and in a house together. Am I missing something?
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#4As a former employee of a fraternity I read this whole thing, and am confused about its point. I guess the author was trying for "Fraternities are bad because bad things happen to people that visit them" but all of the cited cases have nothing to do with the fraternity and have everything to do with a bunch of 18-year-olds being drunk and in a house together. Am I missing something?
I think one could also tell a biologist or psychologist that their objects of study are just a bunch of atoms stuck together.
Systems (like human institutions) have organizing principles, which are at least a level above the members which comprise them. Two different institutions can have the exact same people in them, but show vastly different outcomes.
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#5I remember the high-schoolers I knew that entered Greek systems. This is unsurprising.
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#7A snippet from the article: "An 1857 letter that a Sigma Phi member named Jenkins Holland sent to one of his fraternity brothers suggests the new system was already hitting full stride: 'I did get one of the nicest pieces of ass some day or two ago.'"
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#8Related: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campu...
Warning: this is quite a shocking read about what was going on in frat houses at UVA, and the administrations utter failure to handle it.
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#9Friends don't let friends climb up things while intoxicated. We watched a guy come inches away from utter annihilation at a warehouse party once. Right in front of our faces, if we hadn't been there he would have fallen several more storeys on top of the three he did. Had to get airlifed out by helicopter.
Now I'm the party pooper every time. I've almost gotten into fights trying to stop people from climbing trees. It's always worth it.
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#10Related: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campu... Warning: this is quite a shocking read about what was going on in frat houses at UVA, and the administrations utter failure to handle it.
There are serious problems with that article.
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/12/sabri...