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Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2015, 09:34 PM Apr 2015

Connecticut fraternity says wanted to resist order to admit women

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (Reuters) - The president of an all-male fraternity locked in a legal fight with a Connecticut university over its no-women membership policy acknowledged in court on Wednesday that his group had been reluctant to admit women but had not ruled it out.

Wesleyan University advised its Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity in September that as part of a new university policy requiring all campus groups to go co-ed, it must allow at least six women to live in its on-campus houses within three years.

It later told DKE members that they had to move out by the end of the current academic year because they had not made enough progress to admit women. The fraternity filed a lawsuit against the school in February in Middletown Superior Court, contending Wesleyan discriminated against its 32 members and seeking to stop the eviction.

Wesleyan requires undergraduate students to live on campus, which the fraternity contends means that its eviction could have jeopardized its members' studies.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/connecticut-fraternity-seeks-court-order-gender-integration-policy-110627489.html

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Connecticut fraternity says wanted to resist order to admit women (Original Post) Little Tich Apr 2015 OP

Not a frat fan tazkcmo Apr 2015 #1

The Wesleyan University in Connecticut has ordered all sororities and fraternities Little Tich Apr 2015 #2

Ah! tazkcmo Apr 2015 #7

At least 6 women living in a Frat house? What could go wrong? 7962 Apr 2015 #3

But then, look at the bright side. Beauregard Apr 2015 #4

I'm amazed at guys who claim to like women xfundy Apr 2015 #5

So if the guys continue to stink and walk around naked (heck, that's SoapBox Apr 2015 #6

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)

1. Not a frat fan

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 09:49 PM

Apr 2015

Or fan of their members although I'm sure there's respectable ones out there. Just wondering though, in the context of college, aren't frats by definition all male and sororities all female?

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

2. The Wesleyan University in Connecticut has ordered all sororities and fraternities

Reply to tazkcmo (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 10:01 PM

Apr 2015

to go coed or else. Perceptions have changed, and definitions have changed too.

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)

7. Ah!

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 02:05 AM

Apr 2015

Thank you!

7962

(11,841 posts)

3. At least 6 women living in a Frat house? What could go wrong?

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 10:08 PM

Apr 2015

Shit just keeps getting stupider and stupider.

Beauregard

(376 posts)

4. But then, look at the bright side.

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 10:14 PM

Apr 2015

Guys will get to join sororities.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)

5. I'm amazed at guys who claim to like women

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 11:45 PM

Apr 2015

who want to treat them like shit.

I understand, though, a male group that wants to keep all-male so they can stink and walk around in their underwear or less.

But so many str8 men seem to devalue women in so many ways, women they ostensibly want to spend their lives with, well, it's obvious that men want to continue to claim superiority, but damn, if you love someone, wouldn't you want them to have the same value as yourself?

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

6. So if the guys continue to stink and walk around naked (heck, that's

Reply to xfundy (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 02:23 AM

Apr 2015

what happened when I live in a house in the 70's...we farted and went to the head for showers naked sometimes...why not?), will there be complaining?

And how are the sororities doing about admitting guys?

Co-ed is one thing but this order is just stupid.

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