Word: frat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...other universities, there are student centers or public spaces that can be used to create a social alternative to the frat scene. At Harvard, there is no such thing. At other universities, there are spaces on campus run by and intended for women, people of color and religious minorities. In fact, Harvard’s “anti-discriminatory” code prohibits the creation of a women’s center—apparently such a space would bring exclusiveness to the university...
...want the college reps to] give them to the frat houses, give them to their friends...
...organization ostensibly empowering women meets at an anachronistic bastion of male elitism? Hmm, makes sense to us. Especially the whole idea of a houseless sorority waiting for frat guys to open the door for them—how 21st century...
...characterization of Lenny in the context of the film is important here. He has a domineering, alpha-male father (naturally voiced by Robert De Niro), a moronic brother who behaves like a compulsive frat boy and eats anything that moves and in addition he identifies himself as a vegetarian, a lover of all things living, and as “different from other sharks.” Sharks in the world of Shark Tale are the patriarchal keepers of the sea, the top of the food chain. Lenny’s refusal to kill and be “like...
...Even frat boys can use a little Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. The lifestyle-makeover show recently descended on the Sigma Chi house at the University of North Texas in Denton. While the rest of the Fab Five spruced and styled, interior-design expert Thom Filicia took a study break to talk to TIME's Jeffrey Ressner about dorm dcor. "People define themselves aesthetically at a very young age," says Filicia, who spent his college years at Syracuse University. "The idea is to create a space that represents who you are and also something that's in your...