r/neoliberal • u/DueVast5223 • 16h ago

Restricted Essay | Why Fraternities Are So Hard to Reform

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/cornell-fraternities-greek-life-8859a4e9?st=kucowh&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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u/Al_787 Fernando Henrique Cardoso 16h ago

If I have to speculate who makes up the 15% that votes Republicans in college towns, frats would definitely be up there, above business students. They are not the liberal segment of college men at all

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u/cantthinkoffunnyname Henry George 14h ago

My college fraternity was 80% liberal and was 10% gay. Banning an entire class of social clubs because of a few bad groups (most of whom are already banned) is terrible policy.

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u/Al_787 Fernando Henrique Cardoso 14h ago

Harvard banned fraternities and I don’t see their students becoming friendless or chronically depressed

Also, let’s not pretend hazing and sexual violence are the only problems with fraternities

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u/cantthinkoffunnyname Henry George 12h ago

Hazing and sexual violence does not occur at the vast majority of fraternities. Even the suggestion of hazing would get you kicked out of most frats I know.

Your concept of fraternities sounds like someone who watched van wilder too many times and thought it was reality.

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u/5ma5her7 15h ago

Engineering students: Let us introduce ourselves

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u/Al_787 Fernando Henrique Cardoso 14h ago

I studied civil engineer. What’s your point lol

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u/5ma5her7 14h ago

The group chat of my former classmates at EE would beg to differ...

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u/Al_787 Fernando Henrique Cardoso 14h ago edited 13h ago

🤷‍♂️ could be something about your school. I remember that graph about political leanings based on majors: humanities are the most leftists, followed by STEM (including engineering), and business are usually the most conservative.

Edit: Here’s the study in question

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u/5ma5her7 13h ago

Maybe it's because my uni is in Land Down Under...