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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fraternities of the '70s have taken on some new dimensions. Though parties and interhouse sporting events are still popular, there is a growing interest in community projects. Last fall Miami's Alpha Epsilon Phi and its sister sorority, Delta Zeta, held a "showerthon"-during which students took showers for 360 straight hours in an especially rigged bathtub on the street-and raised more than $1,500 for the American Cancer Society. At the University of Kansas, the Interfraternity Council has assumed sponsorship of the semiannual campus blood drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fraternity Redux | 1/20/1975 | See Source »

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