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...course, Harvard does have a social scene that is not located in the dorms. I am talking of those houses one might confuse as pretentious fraternities??final clubs. Even more shocking than my first experience of a dorm party was my first experience at a final club. To explain why, let me recount a story of fraternity rush week my freshman year at UCLA. Parallel to the many complaints that final clubs receive about unfair perks exclusive to men, the girls at UCLA protested as frats found new and exciting ways to persuade men to join while...
...time soon. He knows that social norms programs work better when they’re administered on a smaller scale. So far, he has talked to sports teams, groups of freshmen, and proctors. Over the course of the next year, he wants to work with final clubs, sororities, and fraternities??groups that are considered at high risk for dangerous drinking...
...only has there been a proliferation of social groups in the last decade—including female final clubs, sororities and fraternities??but students are starting to speak up. And the College is listening...
...seems that fraternities??simply for lack of being those “other” clubs— have earned themselves a somewhat alternative reputation. While they remain exclusive and all-male, they have a friendly face, a bizarre twist considering the less cuddly reputation on other campuses. As they have grown in numbers and increased the volume on their events, the frats have shifted the social terrain for Harvard men (and women). But as fraternities take more public shape, they are also forced to make definitional choices...
...fraternities?? presidents are not so blunt, choosing their words carefully in an effort not to offend their peers—and sometimes even fellow frat brothers–who choose the other side of the male social fence...
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