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Local Psi Upsilon Chapter Will Not Become Coed

By Teddy Rice | February 22, 1999

To the Editor: In the article "National Greek Organizations Respond to Threat,"(Friday, February 19th), Psi Upsilon's executive director, Mark Williams, is reported as saying that the international fraternity would allow the coeducation of Psi U.

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Coed houses upset by initiative

By Kascha Semon | February 22, 1999

Members of coeducational fraternities and undergraduate societies seem equally upset by the reforms mandated in the Trustees' recent social and residential life initiative -- although the reforms would include formation of more coed houses similar to their own. "To me, it seems that they want to get rid of the entire system and that is attacking my house," coeducational fraternity member and Tabard President Sarah Harris '00 said. Harris, who read the letter sent by the Board of Trustees two weeks ago, said she "was really shocked at how ambiguous the letter was" and marked its contrast to the articles printed in The Dartmouth and The Boston Globe. The letter outlined five principles, one of which suggested that the social and residential options be "substantially coeducational." In an interview with The Dartmouth, College President James Wright said that the current single-sex Greek system is not one of inclusion, and with the coeducational changes he hopes Dartmouth will be a place that "can share more fully in the life of the community." "I don't think making something coed necessarily makes it exclusive or not exclusionary," Phi Tau President Virginia DeJesus-Rueff '00 said.

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Redistribute the Social Power

By Matt Frankel | February 19, 1999

I will begin by saying that by writing this, I am sure to alienate and anger several Greek-affiliated people whom I hold close to my heart because I support the decision made by the Trustees and President of the College.

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Warren '02 will join Task Force

By Brad Russo | February 19, 1999

Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson announced yesterday that Freshman Class President Josh Warren has been selected to become an additional member of the Residential and Social Life Task Force. Nelson had previously selected eight students to serve on the task force, but no member of the Class of 2002 was among the original group.

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Administrative Negligence

By Anne Mullins | February 19, 1999

Two years ago, students who attended informational meetings of the College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs were outraged that the College could be so misinformed as to blame the Greek system for the alcohol abuse on campus without throwing any of the blame on themselves.

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Faculty Support

By John Menge | February 18, 1999

My first reaction to the Trustees' announcement last week that the Greek system as we know it is to be dismantled, is best summed up by an old New England epitaph, "I knew this would happen, but not so soon." My second reaction was that it was the right decision and that it was long overdue. I say this not because I am new to the campus and don't understand the local undergraduate social scene, nor because I harbor some latent grudge against fraternities and sororities.

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Why Not Eliminate All Student Affiliations?

By Kyle Teamey | February 18, 1999

To the Editor: With the recent announcement that fraternities and sororities are to be made coed or be destroyed in the name of inclusiveness and community, there has come to light a hint of the progression to come that will deliver Dartmouth from its unhappy state of diversity and choice to a shining, golden homogeneity.

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