Many students who came to the Student Assembly-sponsored discussion on the Greek system said they felt safer at parties held in sororities than at fraternity parties.
The discussion last night was the second of nine scheduled events in the "Men and Women and the CFS" series.
Approximately 14 students attended the discussion group at Sigma Delta sorority, which was co-moderated by Assembly Vice President Steve Costalas '94 and Christine Carter '94, who is forming a new undergraduate society.
Carter said the event was not designed to come to any definitive conclusions about Dartmouth's social system but instead to encourage debate.
Costalas said at the beginning of the gathering the goals were to discuss if students feel more comfortable at sorority parties and what role alcohol plays on gender relations on campus.
Many students, both men and women, said they felt more comfortable at parties held by sororities because they felt less threatened by female-dominated situations.
Ana Henderson '95, who is currently pledging Sigma Delt, said she felt safer at sorority parties because sorority sisters were "more apt to kick out someone who isn't behaving as he should."
Students of both sexes at the discussion also said they think there should be more sororities.
Costalas agreed with those students. "We need more sororities on campus," he said.
The group also discussed the marginalization of co-ed fraternities, the implications of sororities maintaining local or national affiliation and the emerging role of undergraduate societies.
